Darryl Ponicsan

Personal Info

Know For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1938-05-26 (87 years old)

Place of Birth

Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, USA

Darryl Ponicsan

Biography

Darryl Ponicsan (born May 26, 1938) is an American writer. He is best known as the author of the 1970 novel The Last Detail, which was adapted into a 1973 film. A sequel, Last Flag Flying, based on his 2005 novel of the same name, was released in 2017 and he also co-wrote the screenplay with Richard Linklater. He also wrote the 1973 novel and screenplay Cinderella Liberty. Ponicsan writes mystery novels under the pen name Anne Argula. Description above from the Wikipedia article Darryl Ponicsan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting

1987

Nuts

as Bar Patron #3

Production

1981

Taps

as Screenplay

1987

Nuts

as Screenplay

1973

1988

The Boost

as Screenplay

1988

The Boost

as Co-Executive Producer

1992

School Ties

as Screenplay

2017

Last Flag Flying

as Screenplay

1994

The Enemy Within

as Teleplay

1985

Vision Quest

as Screenplay

1973

Cinderella Liberty

as Screenplay

1973

2017

1999

Random Hearts

as Screenplay

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