Education
Born to a Jewish family, Frank graduated from the University of Chicago, where he met his future collaborator Norman Panama.
Born to a Jewish family, Frank graduated from the University of Chicago, where he met his future collaborator Norman Panama.
He is known for his work on films such as Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948), The Court Jester (1956), and A Touch of Class (1973). They went on to form a writing partnership which endured for three decades.
Some of their most notable films as co-writers include Mr.
Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948) and White Christmas (1954), among many others, and co-directing films such as The Court Jester (1956). They wrote a broadway play together, which was later adapted into Li"l Abner (1959), directed by Frank.
They also worked on two films in the popular Road to. series, Road to Utopia (1946) and The Road to Hong Kong (1962). Frank went on to a successful solo career as a film director, most notably directing the acclaimed romantic comedy A Touch of Class (1973), starring George Segal and Glenda Jackson.
Subsequent films directed by Frank include The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox (1976) and Lost and Foundation (1979).
Over the course of his career, Frank was nominated for five Academy Awards. He is the father of literary critic Elizabeth Frank and composer Andrew Frank.
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