Nino Frank, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Nino Frank

French film critic

Date of Birth: 27-Jun-1904

Place of Birth: Barletta, Apulia, Italy

Date of Death: 17-Aug-1988

Profession: screenwriter, writer, journalist, radio personality, film critic

Nationality: Italy

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Nino Frank (born 27 June 1904 in Barletta, Italy - Paris, 17 August 1988) was an Italian-born French film critic and writer who was most active in the 1930s and 1940s.
Frank is best known for being the first film critic to use the term "film noir" to refer to 1940s US crime drama films such as The Maltese Falcon, although research indicates that the term was used in French film reviews and newspaper articles in 1938 and 1939.