Nunnally Johnson

Personal Info

Know For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1897-12-05 (80 years old)

Deathday

1977-03-27

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 de...

Production

1940

The Grapes of Wrath

as Screenplay

1967

The Dirty Dozen

as Screenplay

1952

We're Not Married!

as Screenplay

1957

1957

1939

1939

Jesse James

as Screenplay

1963

1946

The Dark Mirror

as Producer

1946

1954

Black Widow

as Producer

1954

Black Widow

as Director

1954

Black Widow

as Screenplay

1944

1950

The Gunfighter

as Producer

1944

1941

Tobacco Road

as Screenplay

1960

Flaming Star

as Screenplay

1964

1945

1954

Night People

as Screenplay

1954

Night People

as Director

1954

Night People

as Producer

1952

My Cousin Rachel

as Screenplay

1957

1960

The Angel Wore Red

as Screenplay

1935

Thanks a Million

as Screenplay

1950

The Mudlark

as Screenplay

1943

1943

The Moon Is Down

as Producer

1943

Holy Matrimony

as Screenplay

1960

1944

1951

The Long Dark Hall

as Screenplay

1957

1940

Chad Hanna

as Screenplay

1949

1949

1934

1934

Kid Millions

as Screenplay

1940

I Was an Adventuress

as Associate Producer

1927

1935

1934

Moulin Rouge

as Writer

1935

1933

1933

1936

The Prisoner of Shark Island

as Associate Producer

1936

The Road to Glory

as Associate Producer

1937

Nancy Steele Is Missing!

as Associate Producer

1936

Banjo on My Knee

as Screenplay

1936

Banjo on My Knee

as Associate Producer

1937

Slave Ship

as Associate Producer

1939

Jesse James

as Associate Producer

1939

1939

Wife, Husband and Friend

as Associate Producer

1940

Chad Hanna

as Associate Producer

1950

The Mudlark

as Producer

1937

Café Metropole

as Associate Producer

1940

The Grapes of Wrath

as Associate Producer

1942

The Pied Piper

as Screenplay

1942

The Pied Piper

as Producer

1950

Three Came Home

as Screenplay

1945

1952

1944

Casanova Brown

as Producer

1950

Three Came Home

as Producer

1965

Dear Brigitte

as Writers' Assistant

1942

Roxie Hart

as Producer

1942

Roxie Hart

as Screenplay

1952

My Cousin Rachel

as Producer

1957

Oh, Men! Oh, Women!

as Screenplay

1942

Moontide

as Additional Writing

1950

The Gunfighter

as Script Consultant

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