Stuart Gordon Biography (1947-)

Born August 11, 1947, in Chicago, IL; son of Bernard Leo (an executive with the Helene Curtis company) and Rosalie (a social worker and English teacher; maiden name, Sabbath) Gordon; married Carolyn Purdy (an actress and writer), December 20, 1968; children: Suzanna Katherine, Jillian Bess, Margaret Berni.Addresses: Agent: Jim Preminger Agency, 450 N. Roxbury Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90210-4231.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Director, producer, writer, actor
Birth Details: August 11, 1947; Chicago, Illinois, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Stage Director
Candide, Organic Theater Company, Body Politic Theater, Chicago, IL, then Public Theatre, New York City, 1971
Warp, Organic Theater Company, Body Politic Theater, then Ambassador Theatre, New York City, 1973
The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit, Organic Theater Company, Uptown Center Theater, 1973
Bloody Bess, Organic Theater Company, Uptown Center Theater, 1974
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Organic Theater Company, Uptown Center Theater, 1974
Sexual Perversity in Chicago, Organic Theater Company, Uptown Center Theater, 1974
Chemin de Fer, Goodman Theatre Center, Chicago, 1975
Cops, Organic Theater Company, Uptown Center Theater, 1976
Bleacher Bums, Organic Theater Company, Uptown Center Theater, then Performing Garage, later American Place Theatre, both New York City, 1978
Fornicopia, Organic Theater Company, Uptown Center Theater, 1980
The Little Sister, Organic Theater Company, Uptown Center Theater,1980
The King Must Die, Organic Theater Company, Buckingham Theater, 1981
E/R, Organic Theater Company, 1982
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Goodman Theatre, Chicago, 1985
Ghost Man, c. 1995
Kabbalah, Lex Theater, Los Angeles, 2000
Also directed numerous other productions for the Organic Theater Company,including Richard III, Animal Farm, Odyssey, Poe, The Sirens of Titan, The Great Switcheroo, The Visitor, Mrs. Bixby and the Colonels Coat, The Beckoning Fair One, andDr. Rat.
Major Tours
Bloody Bess and The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit, Organic Theater Company, European cities, 1974
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Organic Theater Company, European cities, and U.S. cities, 1976
The Sirens of Titan and The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit, Organic Theater Company, West Coast cities, 1977
Stage Appearances
Appeared in a production of Marat/Sade.
Film Director, Except Where Indicated

Re-Animator, Empire, 1985
From Beyond (also known as H. P. Lovecraft's From Beyond), Empire, 1986
Dolls, Empire, 1987
Robot Jox (also known as Robojox), Triumph, 1990
The Pit and the Pendulum (also known as The Inquisitor), Paramount, 1991
Fortress, Dimension Films, 1993
Castle Freak, Full Moon Enterprises, 1995
(And producer) Space Truckers (also known as Star Truckers), Pachyderm Productions, 1997
(And producer) The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit, Buena Vista/Walt Disney, 1998
Dagon, Lions Gate Films, 2001
Film Executive Producer
Honey, I Blew Up the Kid, Buena Vista, 1992
The Progeny, Fries Film Group, 1999
Film Appearances
Biker, The Arrival, 1990
Doctor number two, Susan's Plan (also known as Dying to GetRich), Kushner-Locke Productions, 1998
Chicago Filmmakers on the Chicago River (documentary), Film Foetus, 1998
Tommy, Ratcatcher, 1999
Bread and Roses (also known as Pan y rosas), Lions Gate Films, 2000
Television Work
Director (with Pat Denny), Bleacher Bums (special), PBS, 1979
Director, Daughter of Darkness (movie), CBS, 1990
WRITINGS
Plays
(With Bury St. Edmund) Warp, first produced by Organic Theater Company, Body Politic Theater, Chicago, IL, 1971-72, then produced at AmbassadorTheatre, New York City, 1973
(With William J. Norris and John Ostrander) Bloody Bess, first produced by Organic Theater Company, Uptown Center Theater, 1974
(With Joe Mantagna and others) Bleacher Bums, produced by OrganicTheater Company, Uptown Center Theater, 1977, then produced at Performing Garage, New York City, later at American Place Theatre, New York City, both 1978
(With Carolyn Purdy-Gordon) The Little Sister (adapted from the novel by Raymond Chandler), produced by Organic Theater Company, 1980
(With Ronald Berman and others) E/R, produced by Organic Theater Company, 1982
Also wrote The Gameshow, first produced at University of Wisconsin--Madison.
Screenplays
(With William J. Norris and Dennis Paoli) Re-Animator (based on H.P. Lovecraft's story "Herbert West: The Re-Animator"), Empire, 1985
(With Paoli and Brian Yuzna) From Beyond (also known as H. P. Lovecraft's From Beyond; based on H. P. Lovecraft's story of the same title), Empire, 1986
(With Paoli and Nicholas St. John) Body Snatchers, Warner Bros., 1993
The Dentist, Trimark Pictures, 1996
Space Truckers (also known as Star Truckers), Pachyderm Productions, 1997
Dagon, Lions Gate Films, 2001
Also wrote the stories for Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (with Ed Nahaand Brian Yuzna), Buena Vista, 1989; Robot Jox (also known as Robojox), Triumph, 1990; Castle Freak, Full Moon Enterprises, 1995; The Progeny, Fries Film Group, 1999. Wrote unproduced screenplays Sweetheart (with Lenny Kleinfeld) and Lucky (with Dennis Paoli).

Further Reference

ADAPTATIONS

Warp February, 1987, p. 68. inspired a comic-book series, published by First Comics, 1982; E/R was adapted as a television series that aired on CBS, 1984-85; Sexual Perversity in Chicago was adapted as thefilm About Last Night, Tri-Star, 1986; Re-Animator inspired acomic-book series, published by Pacific Comics, 1990.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

Film Comment,
Rolling Stone, November 20, 1986, p. 109.

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