About

Known credits:
102
Birthday:
1897-12-05
Place of birth:
Columbus, Georgia, USA
Website:
N/A

Nunnally Johnson

Overview

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

Directing
1960 The Angel Wore Red Directing Director 58
Average
1959 The Man Who Understood Women Directing Director 58
Average
1957 The Three Faces of Eve Directing Director 61
Fair
1957 Oh, Men! Oh, Women! Directing Director 59
Average
1956 The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit Directing Director 59
Average
1955 How To Be Very, Very Popular Directing Director 58
Average
1954 Black Widow Directing Director 59
Average
1954 Night People Directing Director 59
Average

Writing
1988 The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission Writing Characters 58
Average
1985 The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission Writing Characters 59
Average
1967 The Dirty Dozen Writing Screenplay 70
Good
1965 Dear Brigitte Writing Writers' Assistant 59
Average
1964 The World of Henry Orient Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1963 Take Her, She's Mine Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1962 Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1962 Something's Got to Give Writing Writer 59
Average
1960 Flaming Star Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1960 The Angel Wore Red Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1959 The Man Who Understood Women Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1957 The Three Faces of Eve Writing Screenplay 61
Fair
1957 The True Story of Jesse James Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1957 Oh, Men! Oh, Women! Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1956 The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1955 How To Be Very, Very Popular Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1954 Black Widow Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1954 Night People Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1953 How to Marry a Millionaire Writing Screenplay 63
Fair
1952 My Cousin Rachel Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1952 We're Not Married! Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1952 Phone Call from a Stranger Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1951 The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel Writing Screenplay 60
Fair
1951 The Long Dark Hall Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1950 The Mudlark Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1950 Three Came Home Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1949 Everybody Does It Writing Writer 59
Average
1948 Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1946 The Dark Mirror Writing Writer 60
Fair
1945 Along Came Jones Writing Writer 58
Average
1945 The Southerner Writing Writer 59
Average
1944 The Keys of the Kingdom Writing Screenplay 60
Fair
1944 The Woman in the Window Writing Screenplay 65
Fair
1944 Casanova Brown Writing Writer 59
Average
1943 Holy Matrimony Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1943 The Moon Is Down Writing Writer 59
Average
1942 Life Begins at Eight-Thirty Writing Writer 59
Average
1942 The Pied Piper Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1942 Roxie Hart Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1941 Tobacco Road Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1940 Chad Hanna Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1940 The Grapes of Wrath Writing Screenplay 71
Good
1939 Rose of Washington Square Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1939 Wife, Husband and Friend Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1939 Jesse James Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1936 Banjo on My Knee Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1936 The Prisoner of Shark Island Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1935 The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo Writing Writer 59
Average
1935 Thanks a Million Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1935 Cardinal Richelieu Writing Writer 59
Average
1935 Baby Face Harrington Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1934 Kid Millions Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1934 Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1934 The House of Rothschild Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1934 Moulin Rouge Writing Writer 59
Average
1933 Mama Loves Papa Writing Story N/A
N/A
1933 A Bedtime Story Writing Writer 59
Average
1927 Rough House Rosie Writing Story N/A
N/A

Production
1959 The Man Who Understood Women Production Producer 58
Average
1957 The Three Faces of Eve Production Producer 61
Fair
1955 How To Be Very, Very Popular Production Producer 58
Average
1954 Black Widow Production Producer 59
Average
1954 Night People Production Producer 59
Average
1953 How to Marry a Millionaire Production Producer 63
Fair
1952 My Cousin Rachel Production Producer 59
Average
1952 We're Not Married! Production Producer 59
Average
1952 Phone Call from a Stranger Production Producer 59
Average
1951 The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel Production Producer 60
Fair
1950 The Mudlark Production Producer 59
Average
1950 The Gunfighter Production Producer 62
Fair
1950 Three Came Home Production Producer 59
Average
1949 Everybody Does It Production Producer 59
Average
1948 Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid Production Producer 59
Average
1946 The Dark Mirror Production Producer 60
Fair
1944 The Woman in the Window Production Producer 65
Fair
1944 Casanova Brown Production Producer 59
Average
1943 The Moon Is Down Production Producer 59
Average
1942 Life Begins at Eight-Thirty Production Producer 59
Average
1942 The Pied Piper Production Producer 59
Average
1942 Roxie Hart Production Producer 59
Average
1940 Chad Hanna Production Associate Producer 59
Average
1940 I Was an Adventuress Production Associate Producer 59
Average
1940 The Grapes of Wrath Production Associate Producer 71
Good
1939 Rose of Washington Square Production Producer 59
Average
1939 Wife, Husband and Friend Production Associate Producer 58
Average
1939 Jesse James Production Associate Producer 59
Average
1937 Slave Ship Production Associate Producer 58
Average
1937 Café Metropole Production Associate Producer 59
Average
1937 Nancy Steele Is Missing! Production Associate Producer N/A
N/A
1936 Banjo on My Knee Production Associate Producer 59
Average
1936 The Road to Glory Production Associate Producer 58
Average
1936 The Prisoner of Shark Island Production Associate Producer 59
Average
1935 The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo Production Producer 59
Average

Crew
1950 The Gunfighter Crew Additional Writing 62
Fair