Frank Daniel

Frank Daniel
Frank Daniel
Born	František Daniel; April 14, 1926; Kolín, Czechoslovakia
Died	February 29, 1996 (aged 69); Palm Springs, California, US
Nationality	Czech; 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.

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

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

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Frank Daniel
Born	František Daniel (1926-04-14)April 14, 1926 Kolín, Czechoslovakia
Died	February 29, 1996(1996-02-29) (aged 69) Palm Springs, California, US
Nationality	Czech American
Occupation(s)	Film screenwriter, Teacher