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David Frankel

American film director

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name	David Frankel
caption	Frankel at a CFC Masterclass, November 2011
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birth_place	New York City, New York
alma_mater	Harvard College
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years_active	1984–present
father	Max Frankel
relatives	Joyce Purnick (stepmother)

David Frankel (born April 2, 1959) is an American filmmaker. He directed The Devil Wears Prada (2006), Marley & Me (2008), Hope Springs (2012), Jerry & Marge Go Large (2022), and the first and fourth episodes of the Netflix miniseries Inventing Anna (2022).

Biography

Frankel was born to a Jewish family in New York City. He is the son of Tobia Simone (née Brown) and New York Times columnist Max Frankel. His younger brother is TV journalist Jon Frankel.

He won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for his 1996 short film Dear Diary and an Emmy for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series for the pilot episode of Entourage (2004), and has since directed the studio films The Devil Wears Prada (2006), Marley & Me (2008), and Hope Springs (2012). His birdwatching comedy The Big Year, starring Steve Martin, Owen Wilson, JoBeth Williams, and Jack Black, was released in October 2011. He directed the 2022 film Jerry & Marge Go Large, starring Bryan Cranston and Annette Bening.

As of 2008, he lives in the Coconut Grove section of Miami.{{Citation

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Producer
1990	Funny About Love
1992	Nervous Ticks
1995	Miami Rhapsody
2006	The Devil Wears Prada
2008	Marley & Me
2011	The Big Year
2012	Hope Springs
2013	One Chance
2016	Collateral Beauty
2022	Jerry & Marge Go Large
2026	The Devil Wears Prada 2

Executive Producer

The Short Game (2013) (Documentary)
Chronically Metropolitan (2016)

Short film

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Notes
1996	Dear Diary			Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film
2002	Just Like You Imagined

Television

Year	Title	Director
Producer	Writer	Notes
1992	Grapevine		Also creator
2001	Band of Brothers		2 episodes
2001–2003	Sex and the City		6 episodes
2002	The Pennsylvania Miners' Story		TV movie
2004	Entourage		2 episodes
2005	Rome		Episode: "Pharsalus"
2018	Manifest		Episode: "Pilot"
2019	The Morning Show		2 episodes
2020	The Baker and the Beauty		2 episodes
2022	Inventing Anna		2 episodes
2023	The Irrational		Episode: "Pilot"

References

Friedman, Gabe. (February 23, 2017). "Oscars 2017: 7 unexpected Jewish facts". Jewish Telegraph Agency.
(1988-05-17). "David Frankel Biography (1960–)". Filmreference.com.
(June 20, 1956). "Tobia S. Brown is Wed − Barnard Alumna Married in Brooklyn to Max Frankel". The New York Times.
(June 16, 2022). "'Jerry & Marge Go Large' Review: Lottery Loophole Flick Proves Retirees Can Make Algorithmic Content Too". Indiewire.

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