View source for Scott Frank

{{short description|American screenwriter and director (born 1960)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Scott Frank
| image              =
| image_size         =
| caption            =
| birth_name         = 
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|1960|3|10}}
| birth_place        = [[Fort Walton Beach, Florida|Fort Walton Beach]], [[Florida]], U.S.
| education          = [[University of California, Santa Barbara]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]]) <br>[[American Film Institute]] ([[Master of Fine Arts|MFA]])
| occupation         = Film director, producer, screenwriter, author
| years_active       =
| known_for          =
| spouse             =
| partner            = <!-- (unmarried long-term partner) -->
| children           =
| parents            =
| relatives          =
| awards             =
| website            = <!-- {{url|example.com}} -->
}}

'''A. Scott Frank''' (born March 10, 1960) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and author. Frank has received two [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] nominations for [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]], the first for ''[[Out of Sight]]'' (1998) and the second for ''[[Logan (film)|Logan]]'' (2017). His film work, credited and uncredited, extends to dozens of films.<ref name=BAFTA/> In recent years, he has worked for [[Netflix]] on television miniseries, most prominently writing and directing [[Godless (miniseries)|''Godless'']], ''[[The Queen's Gambit (miniseries)|The Queen's Gambit]]'' and ''[[Dept. Q]]''.

==Early life and education==
Frank was born to a [[American Jews|Jewish]] family<ref name=Jewish>{{Cite news|last= Bloom |first= Nate |title=Anton Yelchin's final role lands in 'Thoroughbreds'; Appatow's 'Love' returns  |newspaper= J |publisher=[[The Jewish News of Northern California]]|date=March 6, 2018 |url=https://www.jweekly.com/2018/03/06/anton-yelchins-final-role-lands-thoroughbreds-appatows-love-returns/ }}</ref> in [[Fort Walton Beach, Florida]], on March 10, 1960.<ref>{{cite news |title=Scott Frank biography |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/90346/Scott-Frank/biography |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006095108/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/90346/Scott-Frank/biography |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 6, 2014 |location=[[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]] |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=2014 |access-date=March 13, 2015}}</ref> His family moved to [[Los Gatos, California]] where he attended high school while his father worked as a pilot for [[Pan Am]].<ref name=TNY>{{Cite magazine |last=Keefe |first=Patrick Radden |date=December 25, 2023 |title=How a Script Doctor Found His Own Voice |magazine=[[The New Yorker]] |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/01/01/how-a-script-doctor-found-his-own-voice |access-date=February 4, 2024 |issn=0028-792X}}</ref> He attended the [[University of California, Santa Barbara]], graduating in 1982 with a Bachelor of Arts in film studies.<ref name="carsey">{{cite web |url=http://www.carseywolf.ucsb.edu/scott-frank |title=Scott Frank bio |work=[[Penguin Random House]] |date=March 26, 2013 |publisher=[[University of California, Santa Barbara]] |access-date=March 13, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Bazer |first=Mark |date=March 25, 2007 |title=Screenwriter Frank takes action After years spent creating scripts, he's directing |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-8699929.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402091918/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-8699929.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 2, 2015 |newspaper=[[The Boston Globe]] |location=Boston, Massachusetts |access-date=March 16, 2015 |url-access=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.millerandsonfilm.com/afi|title=Miller & Son — AFI|website=Miller & Son|access-date=January 12, 2020}}</ref>

==Career==
While a student at the University of California, Frank first had the idea for what would become the script for ''[[Little Man Tate]]'' in 1981, thinking that, in the aftermath of the [[Iran hostage crisis]] there was "a slight petulance to world events at the time" and envisioning "an eight year old who was making more sense of the world than [[Ted Koppel]]."<ref name=Screenplay>{{Cite web|url=https://www.screenplay.com/chatscottfrank|title=Screenwriting Chat: Scott Frank|date=2002|website=Screenplay.com|language=en-US|access-date=April 9, 2021}}</ref> After graduation he worked as a bartender while attempting to sell the script, which eventually led to his hiring an agent, and subsequently being hired by [[Paramount Pictures]] in 1984. It would take several years before the script was made, with Frank's first produced screenwriting work in the meantime being the 1987 film ''[[Plain Clothes (1988 film)|Plain Clothes]]'', which he would later describe as "terrible." ''Little Man Tate'' was ultimately made in 1991 as the directorial debut of actress [[Jodie Foster]].<ref name=Vox2017>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vox.com/2017/3/3/14796168/full-transcript-screenwriter-novelist-and-director-scott-frank-on-recode-media|title=Full transcript: Screenwriter, novelist and director Scott Frank on Recode Media|date=March 3, 2017|website=[[Vox (website)|Vox]]|access-date=April 10, 2021}}</ref>

In the years to follow, Frank's filmography included scripts for ''[[Dead Again]]'', ''[[Malice (1993 film)|Malice]]'', ''[[Heaven's Prisoners]]'', and ''[[Get Shorty (film)|Get Shorty]]''. The latter earned him his first award nominations with both the [[Writers Guild of America Awards|Writers Guild]] and the [[Golden Globe]]s.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Scott Frank|url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/person/scott-frank|access-date=November 30, 2020|website=www.goldenglobes.com}}</ref> He credited the success of ''Get Shorty'' with reviving his interest in the job after a bad experience on ''Malice'', and was particularly pleased as a longtime fan of [[Elmore Leonard]]'s novels that he felt had not received satisfactory film adaptations previously. This success led to his being asked to work on another Elmore Leonard adaptation, [[Steven Soderbergh]]'s 1998 film ''[[Out of Sight]]'' starring [[George Clooney]] and [[Jennifer Lopez]]. The film was not a commercial success but earned warm critical plaudits.<ref name=Vox2017/> Frank won both the [[Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay]] and the [[List of Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay winners|Edgar Award]] from the [[Mystery Writers of America]], and was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay]].

Frank was recruited by [[Steven Spielberg]] to work on the script for ''[[Minority Report (film)|Minority Report]]'', a [[Philip K. Dick]] adaptation, which he would later say was "a very difficult screenplay to write because it was loaded with so much technical detail."<ref name=BAFTA>{{Cite web|url=http://guru.bafta.org/scott-frank-screenwriters-lecture-0|title=Scott Frank: Screenwriters' Lecture|date=March 3, 2017|website=guru.bafta.org|access-date=October 1, 2012}}</ref> He performed [[second unit]] directing duties for one segment of the film, an area of filmmaking he had contemplated moving into for some time.<ref name=Screenplay/> ''Minority Report'' earned him the [[Saturn Award for Best Writing]] and several other nominations, including for [[Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation|Hugo]] and [[Nebula Award for Best Script|Nebula]] awards. Other credits from this period included ''[[The Interpreter (2005 film)|The Interpreter]]'' and [[Marley & Me (film)|''Marley & Me'']], the latter described as a film he would not have imagined himself working on but which he developed "a big soft spot for."<ref name=BAFTA/> By 2024, Frank had worked on nearly 60 films, including uncredited rewrites on films such as ''[[Saving Private Ryan]]'', ''[[Entrapment (film)|Entrapment]]'', ''[[Dawn of the Dead (2004 film)|Dawn of the Dead]]'', ''[[Night at the Museum]]'' and ''[[Gravity (2013 film)|Gravity]]''.<ref name=TNY/><ref name=BAFTA/>

Frank made his directorial debut in 2007 on ''[[The Lookout (2007 film)|The Lookout]]'', whose script he had begun in 1998 and which was originally meant to be directed by [[Sam Mendes]], who eventually departed the project to make ''[[Road to Perdition]]'' while encouraging Frank to take on the task himself.<ref name=Screenplay/> He had also attempted to recruit [[Sydney Pollack]], the director of ''The Interpreter'' whom he considered a mentor, to direct the project.<ref name=BAFTA/> He won the [[Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature]] for his work on the film. His second film as a director, 2014's ''[[A Walk Among the Tombstones (film)|A Walk Among the Tombstones]]'', had a more mixed reception. In January 2016, Frank published his first novel, ''Shaker,'' a [[crime]] [[mystery fiction|mystery]] published by [[Penguin Random House]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/226090/shaker-by-scott-frank/9780385350037/ |title=Shaker |work=[[Penguin Random House]] |access-date=February 18, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-385-35003-7|website=www.publishersweekly.com|access-date=January 12, 2020|title=Shaker}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.slashfilm.com/scott-frank-interview-shaker/|title=Interview: Scott Frank on Finishing His Debut Novel 'Shaker' Fifteen Years After He Began|date=March 14, 2017|website=/Film|access-date=January 12, 2020}}</ref> He also worked in the burgeoning [[superhero]] genre, making two films with director [[James Mangold]], ''[[The Wolverine (film)|The Wolverine]]'' (2013) and ''[[Logan (film)|Logan]]'' (2017). For the latter, he received his second Academy Award nomination.<ref name=Vox2017/>

Having had previous experience working for network television, Frank had begun to develop ''[[Godless (TV series)|Godless]]'', previously intended as a film, into a miniseries for [[HBO]]. However, [[Netflix]] outbid HBO for the project, which Frank wrote and directed.<ref name=Vox2017/> The miniseries earned Frank numerous award nominations, including from the [[Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Miniseries or TV Film|Directors Guild]] and three [[Primetime Emmy Award]]s. The success of ''Godless'' led Frank to pitch further projects to Netflix, several of which were rejected, until they expressed interest in ''[[The Queen's Gambit (miniseries)|The Queen's Gambit]]'', an adaptation of a [[Walter Tevis]] [[The Queen's Gambit (novel)|novel]] that Frank had previously attempted to make as a film.<ref>{{Cite web|title=For Queen's Gambit Creator, the Vineyard Is a Creative Force|url=https://vineyardgazette.com/news/2020/10/23/queens-gambit-creator-vineyard-creative-force|access-date=December 21, 2020|website=The Vineyard Gazette - Martha's Vineyard News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=An interview with Scott Frank: THE QUEEN'S GAMBIT|url=https://www.wgaeast.org/event/an-interview-with-scott-frank-the-queens-gambit/|access-date=December 21, 2020|website=Writers Guild of America, East}}</ref> Frank said that he viewed the novel as exploring "the cost of genius", a theme that he had first intended to explore in ''Little Man Tate'' but "didn't quite get there with it."<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/tv/the-queens-gambit-netflix-scott-frank-interview/|title=The Queen's Gambit creator on 'bringing sexy back to chess' and the series' long journey to TV|date=October 25, 2020|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|access-date=April 9, 2021}}</ref>

Frank won the 2021 [[Primetime Emmy Awards|Emmy]] for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie|Outstanding Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie]].

==Filmography==
===Film===
'''Screenwriter'''
{|class=wikitable
!Year
!Title
!Director
!Notes
|-
|1988
|''[[Plain Clothes (1988 film)|Plain Clothes]]''
|[[Martha Coolidge]]
|
|-
|rowspan="3"|1991
|''[[Dead Again]]''
|[[Kenneth Branagh]]
|
|-
|''[[Little Man Tate]]''
|[[Jodie Foster]]
|
|-
|''The Walter Ego''
|[[John Putch]]
|Short film
|-
|1993
|''[[Malice (1993 film)|Malice]]''
|[[Harold Becker]]
|
|-
|1995
|''[[Get Shorty (film)|Get Shorty]]''
|[[Barry Sonnenfeld]]
|
|-
|1996
|''[[Heaven's Prisoners]]''
|[[Phil Joanou]]
|
|-
|1998
|''[[Out of Sight]]''
|[[Steven Soderbergh]]
|
|-
|2002
|''[[Minority Report (film)|Minority Report]]''
|[[Steven Spielberg]]
|Also [[second unit director]] (uncredited)
|-
|2004
|''[[Flight of the Phoenix (2004 film)|Flight of the Phoenix]]''
|[[John Moore (director)|John Moore]]
|
|-
|2005
|''[[The Interpreter (2005 film)|The Interpreter]]''
|[[Sydney Pollack]]
|
|-
|2008
|''[[Marley & Me (film)|Marley & Me]]''
|[[David Frankel]]
|
|-
|2013
|''[[The Wolverine (film)|The Wolverine]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[James Mangold]]
|
|-
|2017
|''[[Logan (film)|Logan]]''
|
|}

'''Director'''
{|class=wikitable
!Year
!Title
!width=65|Director
!width=65|Writer
!Notes
!width=65|Ref
|-
|2007
|''[[The Lookout (2007 film)|The Lookout]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|
|
|-
|2014
|''[[A Walk Among the Tombstones (film)|A Walk Among the Tombstones]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|
|
|-
|}

'''Producer'''
{|class=wikitable
!Year
!Title
!Director
!Notes
|-
|2001
|''[[The Caveman's Valentine]]''
|[[Kasi Lemmons]]
|
|-
|2022
|''[[No Exit (2022 film)|No Exit]]''
|Damien Power
|
|-
|}

===Television===
{|class=wikitable
!Year
!Title
!width=65|Director
!width=65|Writer
!width=65|Executive<br>producer
!width=65|Creator
!Notes
|-
|1988
|''[[The Wonder Years]]''
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
| Episode "The Phone Call"
|-
|1993
|''[[Fallen Angels (American TV series)|Fallen Angels]]''
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
| Episode "Dead End for Delia"
|-
|1994
|''[[Birdland (TV series)|Birdland]]''
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
| Episodes "Pilot" and "Plan B"
|-
|2004
|''[[Karen Sisco]]''
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
| Episode "He Was a Friend of Mine"
|-
|2011
|''[[Shameless (U.S. TV series)|Shameless]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|Episode "It's Time to Kill the Turtle"
|-
|2017
|''[[Godless (miniseries)|Godless]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|rowspan=3|Miniseries
|-
|2020
|''[[The Queen's Gambit (miniseries)|The Queen's Gambit]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|-
|2024
|''[[Monsieur Spade]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|-
|2025
|''[[Dept. Q]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|
|}

==Awards and nominations==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Award
! Category
! Work
! Result
!class="unsortable"| {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}
|-
| 1992
| [[Edgar Award]]s
| [[List of Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay winners|Best Motion Picture Screenplay]]
| ''[[Dead Again]]''
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="26"| <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0291082/awards?ref_=nm_awd|title=Scott Frank|website=IMDb|access-date=March 12, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="4"| 1996
| [[48th Writers Guild of America Awards|Writers Guild of America Awards]]
| [[Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]]
| rowspan="4"| ''[[Get Shorty (film)|Get Shorty]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[USC Scripter Award]]s
| Film
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Edgar Award]]s
| [[List of Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay winners|Best Motion Picture Screenplay]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[53rd Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Awards]]
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| 1998
| [[Boston Society of Film Critics|Boston Society of Film Critics Awards]]
| [[Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
| rowspan="6"| ''[[Out of Sight]]''
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="5"| 1999
| [[51st Writers Guild of America Awards|Writers Guild of America Awards]]
| [[Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Online Film Critics Society Awards 1998|Online Film Critics Society Awards]]
| [[Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[1998 National Society of Film Critics Awards|National Society of Film Critics Awards]]
| [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Edgar Award]]s
| [[List of Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay winners|Best Motion Picture Screenplay]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[71st Academy Awards|Academy Awards]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| 2002
| [[Bram Stoker Award]]s
| [[Bram Stoker Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
| rowspan="5"| ''[[Minority Report (film)|Minority Report]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="3"| 2003
| [[Online Film Critics Society Awards 2002|Online Film Critics Society Awards]]
| [[Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[61st World Science Fiction Convention|Hugo Awards]]
| [[Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation|Best Dramatic Presentation — Long Form]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[29th Saturn Awards|Saturn Awards]]
| [[Saturn Award for Best Writing|Best Writing]]
| {{won}}
|-
| 2004
| [[Nebula Award]]s
| [[Nebula Award for Best Script|Best Script]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| 2007
| [[12th Satellite Awards|Satellite Awards]]
| [[Satellite Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]]
| rowspan="3"| ''[[The Lookout (2007 film)|The Lookout]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2008
| [[23rd Independent Spirit Awards|Independent Spirit Awards]]
| [[Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature|Best First Feature]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Edgar Award]]s
| [[List of Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay winners|Best Motion Picture Screenplay]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| 2017
| [[Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2017|Chicago Film Critics Association Awards]]
| [[Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]]
| rowspan="2"| ''[[Logan (2017 film)|Logan]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="10"| 2018
| rowspan="2"| [[70th Writers Guild of America Awards|Writers Guild of America Awards]]
| [[Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Long Form – Original|Long Form – Original]]
| ''[[Godless (miniseries)|Godless]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[USC Scripter Award]]s
| Film
| ''[[Logan (2017 film)|Logan]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[70th Directors Guild of America Awards|Directors Guild of America Awards]]
| [[Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Miniseries or TV Film|Outstanding Directing – Miniseries or TV Film]]
| ''[[Godless (miniseries)|Godless]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[90th Academy Awards|Academy Awards]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]]
| rowspan="2"| ''[[Logan (2017 film)|Logan]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Nebula Award]]s
| [[Ray Bradbury Award|Outstanding Dramatic Presentation]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[70th Primetime Emmy Awards|Primetime Emmy Awards]]
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series|Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series]]
| rowspan="3"| ''[[Godless (miniseries)|Godless]]''
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="3"| <ref>{{cite web |title=Winners & Nominees 2018 |url=https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2018 |website=[[Primetime Emmy Awards]] |access-date=April 11, 2021 |date=September 17, 2018}}</ref>
|-
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special|Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special|Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[44th Saturn Awards|Saturn Awards]]
| [[Saturn Award for Best Writing|Best Writing]]
| ''[[Logan (2017 film)|Logan]]''
| {{nom}}
| <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://bleedingcool.com/movies/44th-annual-saturn-awards-nominations/|title=Here Are the 44th Annual Saturn Awards Nominations
|work=[[Bleeding Cool]]|date=March 15, 2018}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="8"| 2021
| [[78th Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Awards]]
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Miniseries or Television Film|Best Miniseries or Television Film]]
| rowspan="4"| ''[[The Queen's Gambit (miniseries)|The Queen's Gambit]]''
| {{won}}
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Winners & Nominees 2021 |url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/winners-nominees/2021 |website=[[Golden Globe Awards]] |access-date=April 11, 2021 |date=February 28, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[73rd Writers Guild of America Awards|Writers Guild of America Awards]]
| [[Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Long Form – Adapted|Long Form – Adapted]]
| {{won}}
| <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2021/film/news/wga-awards-winners-2021-writers-guild-1234935361/|title='The Great,' 'Queen's Gambit,' 'Mrs. America' Take Early Wins at Writers Guild Awards 2021 (Updating Live)|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=March 21, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[32nd Producers Guild of America Awards|Producers Guild of America Awards]]
| [[Producers Guild of America Award for Best Limited Series Television|Best Limited Series Television]]
| {{won}}
| <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2021/awards/news/producers-guild-awards-winners-2021-1234937556/|title=Producers Guild Awards Winners (Updating Live)|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=March 24, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[73rd Directors Guild of America Awards|Directors Guild of America Awards]]
| [[Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Miniseries or TV Film|Outstanding Directing – Miniseries or TV Film]]
| {{won}}
| <ref>{{cite web |title=DGA Awards: Chloe Zhao and 'Nomadland' Take Top Honor |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/2021-dga-awards-winners-list |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |access-date=April 10, 2021 |date=April 10, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[USC Scripter Award]]s
| Television
| ''[[The Queen's Gambit (miniseries)|The Queen's Gambit]]'' (<small>Episode: "Openings"</small>)
| {{won}}
| <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/usc-scripter-awards-nomadland-and-queens-gambit-named-best-adaptations|title=USC Scripter Awards: 'Nomadland' and 'Queen's Gambit' Named Best Adaptations|first=Scott|last=Feinberg|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=March 14, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[73rd Primetime Emmy Awards|Primetime Emmy Awards]]
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series|Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series]] (<small>together with [[William Horberg]] and [[Allan Scott (Scottish screenwriter)|Allan Scott]]</small>)
| rowspan="3"| ''[[The Queen's Gambit (miniseries)|The Queen's Gambit]]''
| {{won}}
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2021/07/2021-emmy-nominations-list-1234791599/ |title=Emmy Nominations: 'The Crown', 'The Mandalorian' Top List; HBO/HBO Max Edges Netflix For Top Spot – Full List Of Nominees |website=Deadline |first=Patrick |last=Hipes |date=July 13, 2021 |access-date=July 13, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special|Outstanding Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special|Outstanding Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie]]
| {{nom}}
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0291082}}
* {{cite web|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/01/01/how-a-script-doctor-found-his-own-voice|title=How A Script Doctor Found His Own Voice|author=Patrick Radden Keefe|date=December 25, 2023|website=The New Yorker {subscription reqd}|access-date=December 28, 2023}}
{{Scott Frank}}
{{Navboxes
|title = Awards for Scott Frank
|list =
{{Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay}}
{{DirectorsGuildofAmericaAwardMiniseriesorTVFilm}}
{{Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay}}
{{EmmyAward MiniseriesDirector}}
{{National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay}}
{{Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Adapted Screenplay}}
{{Saturn Award for Best Writing 1991–2010}}
{{USC Scripter Awards — Television}}
{{Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay}}
{{Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Long Form – Adapted}}
}}
{{Authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Frank, Scott}}
[[Category:1960 births]]
[[Category:20th-century American Jews]]
[[Category:20th-century American male writers]]
[[Category:20th-century American screenwriters]]
[[Category:21st-century American Jews]]
[[Category:21st-century American male writers]]
[[Category:21st-century American screenwriters]]
[[Category:AFI Conservatory alumni]]
[[Category:American male screenwriters]]
[[Category:American television directors]]
[[Category:American television writers]]
[[Category:American male television writers]]
[[Category:Directors Guild of America Award winners]]
[[Category:Edgar Award winners]]
[[Category:Film directors from Florida]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Fort Walton Beach, Florida]]
[[Category:Primetime Emmy Award winners]]
[[Category:Screenwriters from Florida]]
[[Category:University of California, Santa Barbara alumni]]
[[Category:Writers Guild of America Award winners]]