Frances Marion

GPTKB entity

Properties (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Film_Director
Film director
Producer
gptkbp:activeYears 1916
1946
gptkbp:awards Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
2 Academy Awards
Multiple_Academy_Award_nominations
gptkbp:birthDate 1888-08-18
gptkbp:birthPlace San_Francisco,_California,_USA
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Forest_Lawn_Memorial_Park,_Glendale,_California,_USA
gptkbp:children 1
gptkbp:collaboratedWith gptkb:Douglas_Fairbanks
gptkb:Mary_Pickford
George Cukor
gptkbp:contributedTo The development of the screenplay as a profession
gptkbp:deathDate 1973-05-12
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_California,_Berkeley
gptkbp:famousFor Her work in silent films
Her work in early sound films
gptkbp:genre Comedy
Drama
Romance
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Frances Marion
gptkbp:influenced Screenwriting techniques
Character development in screenwriting
Film narrative structure
Many female screenwriters
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:D.W._Griffith
gptkbp:involvedIn gptkb:Hollywood's_Golden_Age
Women’s rights in film industry
gptkbp:knownFor Innovative storytelling techniques
Strong female characters in her scripts
Her_contributions_to_early_Hollywood
gptkbp:legacy Paved the way for women in film
gptkbp:nationality American
gptkbp:notableEvent First woman to win an Academy Award for screenwriting
gptkbp:notableWork The Big House
The Wind
The_Champ
gptkbp:occupation Film director
Producer
Screenwriter
gptkbp:produces gptkb:The_Man_Who_Came_Back
gptkbp:recognizedBy gptkb:Writers_Guild_of_America
gptkb:Academy_of_Motion_Picture_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Fred_Thomson
gptkbp:wrote Silent film stars
Talkie film stars