
Nunnally Johnson
Personal Info
Known for
Writing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1897-12-05
Day of Death
1977-03-27 (79 years old)
Place of Birth
Columbus, Georgia, USA
Nunnally Johnson
Biography
Nunnally Hunter Johnson (December 5, 1897 – March 25, 1977) was an American filmmaker who wrote, produced, and directed motion pictures.
Johnson was born in Columbus, Georgia. He began his career as a journalist, writing for the Columbus Enquirer Sun, the Savannah Press, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, and the New York Herald Tribune. He also wrote short stories and a collection of these, There Ought To Be a Law, was published in 1930.
Johnson's first connection with film work was the sale of screen rights to one of his stories in 1927. Johnson asked his editor if he could write film criticism articles in 1932. When this request was denied, he decided to relocate to Hollywood and work directly in the film industry.
Quickly finding work as a scriptwriter, Johnson was hired fulltime as a writer by 20th Century-Fox in 1935. He soon began producing films as well and co-founded International Pictures in 1943 with William Goetz. Johnson also directed several films in the 1950s, including two starring Gregory Peck.
Johnson was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Screenplay in 1940 for The Grapes of Wrath and the Directors Guild of America Best Directors Award in 1956 for The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit.
Johnson died of pneumonia in Hollywood in 1977 and was interred in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles.
Known For
Crew
(1988)
The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission
Characters
(1985)
The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission
Characters
(1967)
The Dirty Dozen
Screenplay
(1965)
Dear Brigitte
Writers' Assistant
(1964)
The World of Henry Orient
Screenplay
(1963)
Take Her, She's Mine
Screenplay
(1962)
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
Screenplay
(1962)
Something's Got to Give
Writer
(1960)
Flaming Star
Screenplay
(1960)
The Angel Wore Red
Screenplay, Director
(1959)
The Man Who Understood Women
Director, Screenplay, Producer
(1957)
The Three Faces of Eve
Director, Screenplay, Producer
(1957)
The True Story of Jesse James
Screenplay
(1957)
Oh, Men! Oh, Women!
Director, Screenplay
(1956)
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
Director, Screenplay
(1955)
How To Be Very, Very Popular
Director, Screenplay, Producer
(1954)
Black Widow
Director, Screenplay, Producer
(1954)
Night People
Director, Producer, Screenplay
(1953)
How to Marry a Millionaire
Screenplay, Producer
(1952)
We're Not Married!
Screenplay, Producer
(1952)
Phone Call from a Stranger
Producer, Screenplay
(1952)
My Cousin Rachel
Screenplay, Producer
(1951)
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
Screenplay, Producer
(1951)
The Long Dark Hall
Screenplay
(1950)
The Gunfighter
Producer, Script Consultant
(1950)
The Mudlark
Screenplay, Producer
(1950)
Three Came Home
Screenplay, Producer
(1949)
Everybody Does It
Writer, Producer
(1948)
Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid
Screenplay, Producer
(1946)
The Dark Mirror
Writer, Producer
(1945)
Along Came Jones
Writer
(1945)
The Southerner
Writer
(1944)
The Woman in the Window
Screenplay, Producer
(1944)
The Keys of the Kingdom
Screenplay
(1944)
Casanova Brown
Writer, Producer
(1943)
The Moon Is Down
Writer, Producer
(1943)
Holy Matrimony
Screenplay
(1942)
The Pied Piper
Screenplay, Producer
(1942)
Life Begins at Eight-Thirty
Producer, Writer
(1942)
Roxie Hart
Screenplay, Producer
(1942)
Moontide
Additional Writing
(1941)
Tobacco Road
Screenplay
(1940)
The Grapes of Wrath
Screenplay, Associate Producer
(1940)
Chad Hanna
Screenplay, Associate Producer
(1940)
I Was an Adventuress
Associate Producer
(1939)
Jesse James
Screenplay, Associate Producer
(1939)
Rose of Washington Square
Screenplay, Producer
(1939)
Wife, Husband and Friend
Screenplay, Associate Producer
(1937)
Nancy Steele Is Missing!
Associate Producer
(1937)
Slave Ship
Associate Producer
(1937)
Café Metropole
Associate Producer
(1936)
The Prisoner of Shark Island
Screenplay, Associate Producer
(1936)
The Road to Glory
Associate Producer
(1936)
Banjo on My Knee
Screenplay, Associate Producer
(1935)
Thanks a Million
Screenplay
(1935)
Baby Face Harrington
Screenplay
(1935)
Cardinal Richelieu
Writer
(1935)
The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo
Writer, Producer
(1934)
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
Screenplay
(1934)
The House of Rothschild
Screenplay
(1934)
Kid Millions
Screenplay
(1934)
Moulin Rouge
Writer
(1933)
A Bedtime Story
Writer
(1933)
Mama Loves Papa
Story
(1927)
Rough House Rosie
Story