Todd Solondz

Nationality:
American
Birthdate:
10/15/1959
Birthplace:
Newark, New Jersey
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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 Continued
Credits
Director
2005
Screenplay
2005
Director
2002
screenplay
2002
Director
1998
screenplay
1998
Screenplay
1996
Producer
1996
Director
1996
screenplay
1996
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
Continued