Paul Mazursky

AKA:
Irwin Mazursky , Caroltta Gerson , Carlotta Gerson
Nationality:
American
Birthdate:
04/25/1930
Birthplace:
Brooklyn, New York
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biography
An independent filmmaker frequently compared with fellow New Yorker Woody Allen, Paul Mazursky spent years in show business, developing an acting career and a reputation as a writer before finally getting the chance to direct his own screenplays. A role Off-Broadway in a revival of "He Who Gets Slapped" while still a Brooklyn College student earned him an introduction to Stanley Kubrick, which in turn led to a role in the director's feature debut "Fear and Desire" (1953). By his own admission, Mazursky overplayed his GI cracking under the strain of combat. Typecast as a juvenile delinquent Continued
Credits
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Norm
2004
Norm
2004
Norm
2004
Norm
2004
Tony
2003
of Psychologist
1998
Artie
1997
Dr Susskind
1996
Director
1996
Sidney Waxman
1986
Director
1982
screenplay
1982
Producer
1982
Screenplay
Leon Tortshiner
Bud Herman
Herb Stillman
Teddy Peppers
1996
Blume's Partner
Arnold
Dr Hans Clava
Interviewee
Sidney
1999
Maurice
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Director
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Director
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Executive Producer
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Executive Producer
milestones
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Milestone
1950 
Landed the leading role in a college revival of Leonid Andreyev's "He Who Gets Slapped" while a senior at Brooklyn College; play transferred for a time Off-Broadway to the Master Institute Theatre where the scenarist Howard Sackler saw him and introduced him to Stanley Kubrick
1951 
Changed first name from Irwin to Paul while acting in his first movie on location in California's San Gabriel Mountains
1953 
Film acting debut in Kubrick's "Fear and Desire"
1953 
Worked in summer stock on Cape Cod, playing Willy Loman in "Death of a Salesman", Sorin in "The Seagull" and Undershaft in "Major Barbara"
1954 
Was briefly in Hollywood before returning to NYC; began acting in live TV shows
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