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Frank Perry (August 21, 1930 – August 29, 1995) was an American stage director and filmmaker. The 1962 independent film David and Lisa was nominated for two Academy Awards for best director (Frank Perry) and best screenplay (written by his then-wife, Eleanor Perry). The couple would go on to collaborate on five more films including cult classic, The Swimmer, starring Burt Lancaster, Diary of a Mad Housewife starring Carrie Snodgress and the Emmy award-nominated A Christmas Memory which was based on a short story by Truman Capote, and also adapted by Frank's Emmy-award-winning wife, screenwriter Eleanor. Frank Perry went on to form Corsair Pictures, which was privately financed by United Artists, producing two film flops, Miss Firecracker and A Shock to the System, before folding. His later films include the Razzie Award-nominee Joan Crawford bio drama Mommie Dearest and the documentary On The Bridge, about his battle with prostate cancer.

Early life
Frank Joseph Perry, Jr. was born in New York City, to stockbroker Frank Joseph Perry, Sr. (March 21, 1905 — December 9, 1969) and Pauline E. Schwab, who worked at Alcoholics Anonymous. Pauline was also a niece of Charles M. Schwab, who founded the Bethlehem Steel Corporation. As a teenager, Frank Jr. began pursuing his interest in the theater with a job as a parking lot attendant for the Westport Country Playhouse in nearby Westport, Connecticut. He attended the University of Miami. Frank also studied under Lee Strasberg in New York. He produced several plays at Westport Country Playhouse and then turned for a time to producing television documentaries.

Career
A veteran of the Korean War, he returned back to the entertainment industry after being discharged and made his directorial debut in 1962 with the low-budget drama film David and Lisa. Based on the novel by Theodore Isaac Rubin, the screenplay was written by his wife, Eleanor Rosenfeld, who received a nomination for an Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay. A character study of two emotionally disturbed teenagers, the film was successful at the box office and met with much critical acclaim, earning him a nomination for an Academy Award for Directing. Both Perrys would eventually join the select group of non-actors awarded membership in Actors Studio. Perry went on to direct and produce a number of films, including The Swimmer (1968) based on a John Cheever story, Last Summer (1969), and Trilogy (1969), written by Truman Capote.

Perry is known for his character studies involving a dysfunctional family, such as that in his wife's script of the Sue Kaufman novel Diary of a Mad Housewife (1970). That film earned a Best Actress Oscar nomination for Carrie Snodgress, and Play It As It Lays (1972), starring Tuesday Weld, brought her a Golden Globe Best Actress nomination. Both of these films Perry produced and directed, though he is probably best remembered for directing the notorious 1981 low-budget biographical drama Mommie Dearest, an adaptation of a biography by actress Joan Crawford's adoptive daughter, which portrayed the famous movie star as a crazed, sadistic tyrant who cared more about her acting career than her adopted children. The film became a cult classic despite mixed reviews from critics; it also won the razzie award for worst picture and Frank Perry was nominated for worst director.

Some of his film-related material and personal papers are contained in the Wesleyan University Cinema Archives, to which scholars and media experts from around the world may have full access. wiki

Director (21 credits)
1992 On the Bridge (Documentary)
1987 ¿Estás muerta, cariño?
1985 Posiciones comprometidas
1984 J.F.K.: A One-Man Show (TV Movie)
1982 Monseñor
1981 Queridísima mamá
1980 Skag (TV Series) (1 episode)
- Pilot (1980)
1979 Dummy (TV Movie)
1975 Vidas sin barreras
1974 Man on a Swing
1972 Play It As It Lays
1971 Duelo a muerte en OK Corral (Doc)
1970 Diario de una esposa desesperada
1969 Trilogy
1969 El verano pasado
1968 El nadador (The swimmer)
1967 The Thanksgiving Visitor (TV Movie)
1967 Among the Paths to Eden (TV Movie)
1966 ABC Stage 67 (TV Series) (1 episode)
- A Christmas Memory (1966)
1963 Ladybug Ladybug
1962 Elisa (David and Lisa)
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OK David and Lisa (Frank Perry, 1962)
OK Diary of a Mad Housewife (Frank Perry, 1970)
OK The Swimmer (Frank Perry, 1968) [ARSENEVICH]
OK Doc (Frank Perry, 1971)