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 • Bobbi Brown • Brad Ausmus • David Miller (tenor) • Greg Maddux • Guillaume LeBlanc • Hidetaka Suehiro • Ivor Forbes Guest • James McFadden • Jeff Andretti • K. Saraswathi Amma • Kerem Tunçeri • Lita (wrestler) • Martin Adolf Bormann • Mustafa Güngör • Osamu Sato • Pete Rose • Rebecca DiPietro • Roger Frappier • Sylvio Mantha • Árpád Tóth

Born in the same month (April 1926): Alan Reynolds (artist) • David Manker Abshire • Elizabeth II • Elmer Kelton • Gerry McNeil • Jacques Castérède • Jane Withers • Jurriaan Schrofer • Jürgen Moltmann • Rawya Ateya • Sergio Franchi