Todd SolondzNationality:
American Birthdate:
10/15/1959 Birthplace:
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biography
The strange film career of writer-director Todd Solondz, responsible for "Welcome to the Dollhouse" (1995), a heartbreaking yet hilarious chronicle of junior high school life, has provided some quirky twists to the standard Hollywood success story. Born in Newark and raised in suburban Irvington, New Jersey, the eight-year-old future filmmaker wanted to become a rabbi. This desire propelled him through a succession of religious, public and private schools. Having decided against the ecclesiastical life, Solondz eventually landed among the decidedly humanistic literary set, studying English at
Credits
milestones
Year
Milestone
Moved with family from Newark to suburban Livingston, New Jersey in the 1960s
1968
At age eight, briefly entertained the idea of becoming a rabbi (date approximate); subsequently attended a succession of religious, public and private schools
Moved to Los Angeles; worked as a messenger at the Writers Guild while writing screenplays
Won an agent on the strength of his first script; agent disliked his second script
Returned to NYC; enrolled at NYU
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