Frank Daniel

František "Frank" Daniel 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. 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. ^{Frank Daniel, Czech director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1996)}

14 April 1926

Born on the same birth date (14 April 1926): Barbara Anderson (writer) • Gloria Jean • Liz Renay

Born on the same birth day (14 April): Abraham Ortelius • Alexandre Jardin • Baker Mayfield • Bradford Dillman • Claire Windsor • D. J. Moore • Don Willesee • Eliška Klučinová • Faisal of Saudi Arabia • Geoffrey Dalton • Jason Wiemer • Jean Pierre-Bloch • Joe Haden • John Appold • Julian Lloyd Webber • Martin Adolf Bormann • Matt Derbyshire • Mickey O'Sullivan • Patrick Surtain II • Sarah Michelle Gellar • Vebjørn Selbekk

Born in the same month (April 1926): Alan Reynolds (artist) • Anne McCaffrey • Cloris Leachman • Gloria Jean • Gus Grissom • James Stirling (architect) • Liang Yusheng • Marilyn Erskine • Roger Corman • Rudra Rajasingham • Sergio Franchi