Biographies: Nunnally Johnson - Writer

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An American writer, producer, and director. He was born in Columbus, Georgia. His mother was the first female member of the Muscogee County Board of Education and founded what eventually became the National Parent-Teacher Association, or PTA, in Columbus. The Johnson Elementary School in Columbus was built and named after her in 1949. In 1915, he graduated from Columbus High School, and he worked as a newspaper distributor in 1919. He then became a reporter before working for the New York Herald Tribune and the New York Evening Post. He was able to sell his first work to a film producer, and this work constituted his artistic launch.

• 13 February 2024
• Salma El-Sharkawy