Paul Mazursky Biography (1930-)

Original name, Irwin Mazursky; born April 25, 1930, in Brooklyn, NY; son of David (a laborer) and Jean (a piano player for dance classes; maiden name, Gerson) Mazursky; married Betsy Purdy (an actress), March 12, 1953; children: Meg, Jill (a screenwriter). Addresses: Agent: International Creative Management, 8942 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211.; Manager: Nine Yards Entertainment, 8530 Wilshire Blvd., 6th Floor, Beverly Hills, CA 90211.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Actor, director, producer, writer
Birth Details: April 25, 1930; Brooklyn, New York, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Work
Director, Last Year at Malibu, 1962
Executive producer (with Larry Tucker), I Love You, Alice B. Toklas (also known as I Love My Butterfly), Warner Bros., 1968
Director, Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, Columbia, 1969
Director, Alex in Wonderland, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1970
Director and producer, Blume in Love, Warner Bros., 1973
Director and producer, Harry and Tonto, Warner Bros., 1974
Director and producer, Next Stop, Greenwich Village, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1976
Producer (with Anthony Ray) and director, An Unmarried Woman, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1978
Director and producer, Willie and Phil, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1980
Director and producer, Tempest, Columbia, 1982
Director and producer, Moscow on the Hudson, Columbia, 1984
Director and producer, Down and Out in Beverly Hills, Buena Vista,1985
Producer (with Pato Guzman and Geoffrey Taylor) and director, Moon over Parador, Universal, 1988
Producer (with Guzman and Irby Smith) and director, Enemies: A Love Story, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1989
Executive producer, Taking Care of Business (also known as Filofax), Buena Vista, 1990
Producer (with Guzman and Patrick McCormick) and director, Scenes froma Mall, Buena Vista, 1991
Director and producer, The Pickle, Columbia, 1993
Director, Faithful, New Line Cinema, 1996
Film Appearances
Sidney, Fear and Desire (also known as The Trap), Joseph Burstyn Productions, 1953
Emmanuel Stoker, The Blackboard Jungle (also known as Blackboard Jungle), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1955
Maurice, Deathwatch, Beverly, 1966
Hal Stern, Alex in Wonderland, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1970
The Other Side of the Wind, 1972
Hellman (Blume's partner), Blume in Love, Warner Bros., 1973
(Uncredited) Gay man, Harry and Tonto, Warner Bros., 1974
Brian, A Star Is Born, Warner Bros., 1976
Hal, An Unmarried Woman, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1978
Norman Barrie, A Man, a Woman and a Bank (also known as A VeryBig Withdrawal), Avco-Embassy, 1979
An Almost Perfect Affair, Paramount, 1979
Narrator, Willie and Phil, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1980
Roman officer, History of the World, Part I (also known as MelBrooks' History of the World: Part 1), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1981
Terry Bloomfield, Tempest, Columbia, 1982
Dave, Moscow on the Hudson, Columbia, 1984
Bud Herman, Into the Night, Universal, 1985
Sidney Waxman, Down and Out in Beverly Hills, Buena Vista, 1985
Arnold, Punchline, Columbia, 1988
(As Carlotta Gerson) Momma, Moon over Parador, Universal, 1988
Sidney Lipkin, Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills, Cinecom International, 1989
Leon Tortshiner, Enemies: A Love Story, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1989
Dr. Hans Clava, Scenes from a Mall, Buena Vista, 1991
Lee MacGreevy, Man Trouble, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1992
Butch Levine, The Pickle, Columbia, 1993
Judge Feinstein, Carlito's Way, Universal, 1993
Herb Stillman, Love Affair, Warner Bros., 1994
Vic Marcus, Miami Rhapsody, Buena Vista, 1995
Dr. Susskind, Faithful, New Line Cinema, 1996
Teddy Peppers, 2 Days in the Valley (also known as Two Days inthe Valley), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1996
Artie, Touch, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1997
Morris Levy, Why Do Fools Fall in Love?, Warner Bros., 1998
(Uncredited) Himself, Bulworth, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1998
Voice of psychologist, Antz (animated), DreamWorks, 1998
Walter Schwegmann, Crazy in Alabama, Sony Pictures Entertainment,1999
Himself, Fellini, 2001
Voice of studio executive, The Majestic, Warner Bros., 2001
Studio boss, Da wan (also known as Big Shot's Funeral, The Funeral of the Famous Star, and Happy Funeral), Sony Pictures Entertainment, 2001

Himself, Stanley Kurbick: A Life in Pictures (documentary), WarnerBros., 2001
Famous movie director, Do It for Uncle Manny, 2002
Himself, A Decade under the Influence (documentary), IFC Films, 2003
Television Work
Series
Story editor (with Larry Tucker), The Monkees, NBC, 1966-1968
Movies
Director, Winchell, HBO, 1998
Director, Coast to Coast, Showtime, 2003
Specials
Supervisor of English version, Intervista (also known as Frederico Fellini's Intervista), RAI TV, 1987
Television Appearances
Series
Phil Brooks, Once and Again, ABC, 1999-2001
Movies
Dr. Jonathan Cummings, Weapons of Mass Destruction, HBO, 1997
John Brandt, A Slight Case of Murder (also known as A Travesty), TNT, 1998
Stanley Tarto, Coast to Coast, Showtime, 2003
Specials
Himself, Oltre New York, 1986
Street Scenes: New York on Film, AMC, 1992
Homeward Bound, AMC, 1994
Himself, Intimate Portrait: Marsha Mason, Lifetime, 1998
(Uncredited) Himself, Hidden Values: The Movies of the Fifties, TCM, 2001
Stanley Kurbick: A Life in Pictures, Cinemax, 2001
Hidden Values: The Movies of the Fifties, TCM, 2001
Himself, New York at the Movies, Arts and Entertainment, 2002
(Uncredited) Himself, Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film, AMC, 2002
Pilots
TV interviewer, The Monkees, 1966
Episodic
"Boy in a Cage," Kraft Television Theatre, 1956
"The Murder of a Sand Flea," Kraft Television Theatre, 1956
Orderly, "The Purple Testament," The Twilight Zone, CBS, 1960
(Uncredited) Shorty, "Shotgun Man," The Rifleman, 1960
Danny, "Dead Man's Walk," The Chevy Mystery Show, 1960
Reporter, "I Know What I'd Have Done," The Chevy Mystery Show, 1960
Olin, "The Trouble with Ernie," Michael Shayne, 1961
Alvin, "Somebody's Waiting," The Dick Powell Show, 1961
Joseph Kane, "Call to Danger," General Electric Theater (also known as GE Theater), CBS, 1961
Officer, "The Gift," The Twilight Zone, CBS, 1962
Buddy, "The Jagged Edge," The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor, 1962
Lou Pugliese, "The World's Greatest Robbery: Part 1," The DuPont Showof the Week, 1962
Lou Pugliese, "America's Fads and Foibles," The DuPont Show of the Week, 1962
Frank, "He's Alive," The Twilight Zone, CBS, 1963
Himself, "George Gobel Presents," Alcoa Premiere, 1963
Sylvester Bulgutch, "Hostages to Fortune," The Rifelman, 1963
"The Fifty Dollar Misunderstanding," Love on a Rooftop, 1966
Firstworks, The Movie Channel, 1988
Himself, "Naked Hollywood," A&E Premieres, Arts and Entertainment, 1991
Alan King: Inside the Comedy Mind, Comedy Central, 1991
Voice of Vinnie, "The Last Time I Saw Maris," Frasier, NBC, 1995
Max, "Mike & Kelly & Max & Kate," Ink, CBS, 1996
Sunshine, "The Happy Wanderer," The Sopranos, HBO, 2000
Sunshine, "Amour Fou," The Sopranos, HBO, 2001
Phil Brooks, "Losing You," Once and Again, ABC, 2002
Also appeared as Frank, Firstworks; himself, Naked Hollywood; Norm, Curb You Enthusiasm, HBO; and in Alan King: Inside the Comedy Mind.
Stage Work
Director, Kaleidoscope (revue), Provincetown Playhouse, New York City, 1957
Also worked as producer and director of He Who Gets Slapped, New York City.
Stage Appearances
He Who Gets Slapped, New York City, 1950
Appeared in the off-Broadway productions Death of a Salesman, Hello Out There, Major Barbara, and The Sea Gull.
WRITINGS
Screenplays
(With Larry Tucker) I Love You, Alice B. Toklas (also known as I Love My Butterfly), Warner Bros., 1968
(With Tucker) Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, Columbia, 1969
(With Tucker) Alex in Wonderland, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1970
Blume in Love, Warner Bros., 1973
(With Josh Greenfeld) Harry and Tonto, Warner Bros., 1974, published by Dutton (New York City), 1974
Next Stop, Greenwich Village, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1976
An Unmarried Woman, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1978
Willie and Phil, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1980
(With Leon Capetanos) Tempest, Columbia, 1982
(With Capetanos) Moscow on the Hudson, Columbia, 1984
Down and Out in Beverly Hills, Buena Vista, 1985
(With Capetanos) Moon over Parador (based on a story by Charles G.Booth), Universal, 1988
(With Roger L. Simon) Enemies: A Love Story (based on the novel byIsaac Bashevis Singer), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1989
(With Simon) Scenes from a Mall, Buena Vista, 1991
The Pickle, Columbia, 1993
Television Episodes
(With Larry Tucker) The Danny Kaye Show, CBS, 1963-1967
(With others) The Monkees, NBC, 1966-1968
Also wrote episodes of The Rifleman.
Memoirs
Show Me the Magic, Simon & Schuster, 1999

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

Dictionary of Literary Biography, Volume 44: American Screenwriters, Gale, 1986
International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, Volume 2: Directors, St. James Press, 1996

Periodicals

Library Journal, June 1, 1999, p. 116
Publishers Weekly, May 31, 1999, p. 76

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