Eric Mendelsohn
Writer · b. 1964 · Old Bethpage, Long Island, New York
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Eric Mendelsohn, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Movie6.0ComedyDramaSingle mom Dottie Ingels sells cosmetics in a department store while dreaming of becoming a comedian. After she inherits some money, she decides to move to New York with her children Erica and Opal in order to begin a stand-up career in small bars. Dottie soon rises to stardom, but while she travels all over the USA, her daughters stay home lonely.
This Is My Life
1992 · 21 votes
Movie6.3ThrillerDramaA songwriter seeks a psychiatrist's help after his obsession with his best friend's wife turns to chilling fantasies of murder.
Rift
1993 · 4 votes