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Todd Solondz Biography (1960-)

Born in 1960, in Newark, NJ. Career: Director, writer, and actor. Awards, Honors: Grand Jury Prize, dramatic category, Sundance Film Festival, Independent Spirit Award nominations, best director and best feature, CICAE Award, Berlin International Film Festival, and Grand Special Prize nomination, Deauville Film Festival, all 1995, for Welcome to the Dollhouse; Golden Globe Award nomination, best screenplay, Independent Spirit Award nomination, best director, Chicago Film Critics Association Award nomination, bestscreenplay, Critic's Choice Award, best film, Ford Lauderdale International Film Festival, Audience Award nomination, San Sebastian International Film Festival, International Jury Award, best feature, Sao Paulo International Film Festival, and Metro Media Award, Toronto International Film Festival, all1998, for Happiness..

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Occupation

Director, Writer, Actor

Birth Details

1960

Newark, New Jersey, United States

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Work
• Director, Unless Otherwise Noted
• Babysitter (short film), 1984
• Feelings (short film), 1984
• Schatt's Last Shot (short film), 1985
• Fear, Anxiety, and Depression, Samuel Goldwyn, 1989
• (And producer) Welcome to the Dollhouse (also known as Middle Child), Sony Pictures Classics, 1995
• Happiness, Good Machine, 1998
• Also directed How I Became a Leading Artistic Figure in New York City's East Village Cultural Landscape (short film), broadcast on Saturday Night Live (also known as NBC's Saturday Night, Saturday Night, and SNL), NBC.
• Film Appearances
• Zany reporter, Married to the Mob, Orion, 1988
• Ira Ellis, Fear, Anxiety, and Depression, Samuel Goldwyn, 1989
• Man on bus, As Good as It Gets, TriStar, 1997
• Television Appearances
• Specials
• SST: Screen, Stage, Television, ABC, 1989
• WRITINGS
• Screenplays
• Babysitter (short film), 1984
• Feelings (short film), 1984
• Schatt's Last Shot (short film), 1985
• Fear, Anxiety, and Depression, Samuel Goldwyn, 1989
• Welcome to the Dollhouse (also known as Middle Child), SonyPictures Classics, 1995
• Happiness, Good Machine, 1998
• Also wrote How I Became a Leading Artistic Figure in New York City's East Village Cultural Landscape (short film), broadcast on SaturdayNight Live (also known as NBC's Saturday Night, Saturday Night, and SNL), NBC.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

• Cineaste, summer, 1996, p. 24.
• Film Comment, September 1998, p. 72; January, 1999, p. 70.
• Interview, November 1998, p. 34.
• Time, June 3, 1996, p. 77.*