Scott Frank, a two-time Adapted Screenplay Oscar nominee forLoganandOut of Sight,will receive theWGA Easts Ian McLellan Hunter Award for Career Achievement Writers GuildAwardsin February.
Frank, who marks his 40th year as a WGA member in 2025, will be honored during the New York portion of the 77th annualWriters Guild Awardson February 15 at the Edison Ballroom in Manhattan.
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Hel also has two Emmys forThe Queens Gambiton six nominations, including three forGodless, and twoWGA Awardson nominations, alomg with a USC Scripter Award forQueens Gambit.Franks long list of film and TV credits also includesOut of Sight,Get Shorty, Minority Report, MArley & Me, The Wonder Years, Dead Again, and Little Man Tate.
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Frank most recently teamed with three-time Emmy Winner Tom Fontana onMonsieur Spade,a Sam Spade limited series for AMC.
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Scott Frank is a brilliant screenwriter who has given us some of the most iconic movies and TV series over his varied career, Lisa Takeuchi Cullen, President of the Writers Guild of America East.
He is also a devoted Guild member, and we are thrilled to honor him with the Hunter Award for Career Achievement.
Established in 1992 and named for longtime WGAE member Ian McLellan Hunter, the Hunter Award is presented to a WGAE member in honor of their body of work as a writer in motion pictures or television.Tony Gilroy was the 2024 recipient.
