Frank Perry
Directing
Biography
Frank Joseph Perry, Jr. (August 21, 1930 – August 29, 1995) was an American director.
Born: August 21, 1930
Place of Birth: New York City
Known For
The Swimmer
A man spends a summer day swimming home via all the pools in his quiet suburban neighborhood.
David and Lisa
Teenager David Clemens develops a hysterical fear that he will die if he comes into physical contact with another person. Perturbed, David's overbearing mother places him in a home for mentally disturbed young people, but David remains withdrawn from the other patients and his psychiatrist. Over time, however, David grows interested in 15-year-old Lisa, who suffers from multiple personalities – one who can only speak in rhyme, and the other, a mute.
The Dick Cavett Show
The Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various television networks.
Federico Fellini's Autobiography
Federico Fellini was one of the most individual and thought provoking directors who based most of his films upon his own reflections, dreams, life events and fantasies, who did not convey any special message for humanity but regarded cinema simply as entertainment. Is there an answer to everything? Can it possibly be? If yes, then life can no longer be so curious, so dynamic, so creative...
On The Bridge
A documentary of director Frank Perry's own fight with cancer, which he ultimately lost in 1995.
Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans
Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans was set in New York's Hudson Valley during the French and Indian war in the 1750's and depicted the adventures of Hawkeye and his Indian blood brother Chingachgook, the last member of the Mohican tribe. The series based on stories by James Fenimore Cooper.
Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans
Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans was set in New York's Hudson Valley during the French and Indian war in the 1750's and depicted the adventures of Hawkeye and his Indian blood brother Chingachgook, the last member of the Mohican tribe. The series based on stories by James Fenimore Cooper.
The Story of The Swimmer
A documentary about the making of the cult film The Swimmer (1968).
Filmography
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Himself
as Man at Pool Party (uncredited)
as Self - Guest
as Newsdealer (uncredited)
as Quannah
as Copperman