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Eric Mendelsohn is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Producer, Editor and Costume Assistant American born on 1 november 1964 at Old Bethpage (USA)

Eric Mendelsohn

Eric Mendelsohn
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Nationality USA
Birth 1 november 1964 (59 years) at Old Bethpage (USA)
Awards Guggenheim Fellowship

Eric Mendelsohn (born 1 November 1964) is an American film director and screenwriter. Two of his films have been screened in the Un Certain Regard section at Cannes: Through an Open Window in 1992 and Judy Berlin in 1999., which won the Directing Award at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival. His third film, 3 Backyards, also earned the Directing Award at the Sundance Film Festival in 2010, making him the only person in history to receive that honor twice.

He teaches at Columbia University's School of the Arts in New York City.

Mendelsohn is one of five siblings. One of his brothers is author and critic Daniel Mendelsohn.

Best films

Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
(Assistant Costume Designer)
Everyone Says I Love You (1996)
(Costume Assistant)
Alice (1990)
(Costume Assistant)

Usually with

Woody Allen
Woody Allen
(4 films)
Edie Falco
Edie Falco
(3 films)
Jack Rollins
Jack Rollins
(4 films)
Anne Meara
Anne Meara
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Eric Mendelsohn (8 films)

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Actor

This Is My Life, 1h45
Directed by Nora Ephron
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Children's films
Actors Julie Kavner, Samantha Mathis, Gaby Hoffmann, Carrie Fisher, Dan Aykroyd, Joy Behar
Roles Ice Cream Parlor Waiter
Rating60% 3.000423.000423.000423.000423.00042
Dottie Ingels vend des parfums dans un grand magasin. Son travail ne la passionne guère. Elle rêve de devenir une star du comique. Un beau jour, précisément celui de la mort de sa tante Harriet, qui lui laisse sa maison en héritage, Dottie décide de tout plaquer. Elle vend sa demeure et part à Manhattan avec ses deux filles, Erica et Opal. Elle rencontre bientôt Claudia Curtis, qui devient son agent et organise pour elle des tournées sur mesure. Le succès se présente rapidement. Mais la passion de la mère s'assouvit au détriment du bonheur des deux fillettes, qui lui font sentir leur amertume...

Director

Judy Berlin, 1h33
Directed by Eric Mendelsohn
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Barbara Barrie, Bob Dishy, Edie Falco, Carlin Glynn, Bette Henritze, Madeline Kahn
Rating68% 3.441893.441893.441893.441893.44189
A schoolteacher, Sue Berlin, develops a romantic attachment to the principal, Arthur Gold, who is in an unhappy marriage with his wife Alice.

Scriptwriter

Judy Berlin, 1h33
Directed by Eric Mendelsohn
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Barbara Barrie, Bob Dishy, Edie Falco, Carlin Glynn, Bette Henritze, Madeline Kahn
Roles Writer
Rating68% 3.441893.441893.441893.441893.44189
A schoolteacher, Sue Berlin, develops a romantic attachment to the principal, Arthur Gold, who is in an unhappy marriage with his wife Alice.

Producer

Editor

Judy Berlin, 1h33
Directed by Eric Mendelsohn
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Barbara Barrie, Bob Dishy, Edie Falco, Carlin Glynn, Bette Henritze, Madeline Kahn
Roles Editor
Rating68% 3.441893.441893.441893.441893.44189
A schoolteacher, Sue Berlin, develops a romantic attachment to the principal, Arthur Gold, who is in an unhappy marriage with his wife Alice.

Costume and makup

Everyone Says I Love You, 1h41
Directed by Woody Allen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical theatre, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Alan Alda, Woody Allen, Drew Barrymore, Lukas Haas, Goldie Hawn, Gaby Hoffmann
Roles Costume Assistant
Rating66% 3.3479653.3479653.3479653.3479653.347965
The emotions of an extended upper-class family in Manhattan are followed in song from NY to Paris and Venice. Various friends/lovers/acquaintances/relatives act, interact, and sing, in New York, Venice and Paris. Young lovers Holden and Skylar in Manhattan; Skylar's parents, Bob and Steffi; Joe, an ex-husband of Steffi; DJ, a daughter from the marriage of Joe and Steffi; Von, a lady whom Joe meets in Venice; a recently released prison inmate, Charles Ferry, who is inserted between Skyler and Holden, resulting in their breakup.
Bullets Over Broadway, 1h38
Directed by Woody Allen
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action, Crime
Themes Films about writers, Mafia films, Films about television, Théâtre, Gangster films
Actors John Cusack, Dianne Wiest, Jennifer Tilly, Chazz Palminteri, Mary-Louise Parker, Jack Warden
Roles Assistant Costume Designer
Rating73% 3.6977153.6977153.6977153.6977153.697715
In 1928, David Shayne (John Cusack) is an idealistic young playwright newly arrived on Broadway. In order to gain financing for his play, God of Our Fathers, he agrees to hire Olive Neal (Jennifer Tilly), the actress/girlfriend of a gangster. She is demanding and talentless, but her gangster escort Cheech (Chazz Palminteri) turns out to be a genius, who constantly comes up with excellent ideas for revising the play.
Husbands and Wives, 1h48
Directed by Woody Allen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical theatre, Romance
Actors Woody Allen, Blythe Danner, Judy Davis, Mia Farrow, Juliette Lewis, Liam Neeson
Roles Assistant Costume Designer
Rating74% 3.746283.746283.746283.746283.74628
The film is about two couples: Jack (Pollack) and Sally (Davis), and Gabe (Allen) and Judy (Farrow). The film starts when Jack and Sally arrive at Gabe and Judy's apartment and announce their separation. Gabe is shocked, but Judy takes the news personally and is very hurt. Still confused, they go out for dinner at a Chinese restaurant.
Alice
Alice (1990)
, 1h42
Directed by Woody Allen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Themes Films about families, Christmas films
Actors Mia Farrow, Alec Baldwin, Joe Mantegna, William Hurt, Rachel Miner, Blythe Danner
Roles Costume Assistant
Rating65% 3.2979853.2979853.2979853.2979853.297985
Alice Tate is an upper-class New York housewife, who spends her days shopping, getting beauty treatments, and gossiping with her friends. She has been married to wealthy Doug for fifteen years, and they have two children, who are being raised by a nanny.