Frank Daniel

Frank Daniel
Born
František Daniel

(1926-04-14)April 14, 1926
Kolín, Czechoslovakia
DiedFebruary 29, 1996(1996-02-29) (aged 69)
Palm Springs, California, US
NationalityCzech
American
Occupation(s)Film screenwriter, Teacher

František "Frank" Daniel (April 14, 1926 – February 29, 1996) was a Czech-American screenwriter, film director and teacher. He is known for developing the sequence paradigm of screenwriting, in which a classically constructed movie can be broken down into three acts, and a total of eight specific sequences.[1] He served as co-chair of the Columbia University film program, and as a dean of FAMU, the American Film Institute and the USC School of Cinema-Television. He was also an Artistic Director of the Sundance Institute.

  1. ^ Gulino, Paul Joseph (2013). Screenwriting: The Sequence Approach. Bloomsbury. ISBN 978-1628922394.