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Stuart Wurtzel Biography (1940-)

Born August 2, 1940, in Newark, NJ; son of Nathan and Pearl Sylvia (maiden name, Spirn) Wurtzel; married Patrizia von Brandenstein (a designer), October 19, 1969; children: Kimberly. Addresses: Home: 460 Greenwich Street, New York, NY 10013.; Agent: c/o Clifford Stevens, STE Representation, 888 Seventh Ave., New York, NY 10019.; Office: Paradigm, 200 W. 57th St., Suite 900, New York, NY 10019-3211.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Occupation

Production designer

Birth Details

August 2, 1940

Newark, New Jersey, United States

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Work
• Production Designer
• Hester Street, Midwest Films, 1975
• The Next Man, Allied Artists, 1976
• Between the Lines, Midwest Films, 1977
• Hair, United Artists, 1979
• Simon, Warner Bros., 1980
• Times Square, Associated Films, 1980
• Night of the Juggler (also known as New York Killer), 1980
• Tattoo, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1981
• The Chosen, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1982
• The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez, Embassy, 1983
• The Purple Rose of Cairo, Orion, 1985
• Hannah and Her Sisters, Orion, 1986
• Brighton Beach Memoirs (also known as Neil Simon's BrightonBeach Memoirs), Universal, 1987
• Suspect, 1987
• The House On Carroll Street, 1988
• Old Gringo, 1989
• Staying Together, 1989
• An Innocent Man, 1989
• 3 Men and a Little Lady, 1990
• Mermaids, 1990
• Used People,1992
• The Mambo Kings, 1992
• The Saint of Fort, 1993
• Romeo Is Bleeding, 1993
• When a Man Loves a Woman (also known as To Have and to Hold), 1994
• I.Q., 1994
• Before and After, Buena Vista, 1996
• The Ghost and the Darkness, Paramount, 1996
• Jungle2Jungle (also known as Jungle 2 Jungle), Buena Vista,1997
• Stepmom, TriStar, 1998
• Isn't She Great, Universal, 2000
• Television Production Designer
• Movies
• Bernice Bobs Her Hair, PBS, 1976
• Little Gloria ... Happy at Last, NBC, 1982
• Pope John Paul II (also known as The Pope), CBS, 1984
• Curtain Call, Starz!, 1998
• Television Work
• Series
• Specials
• Visual consultant, A Tale of Cinderella, PBS, 1998

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

• Theatre Crafts, -February, 1980, pp. 34--; May, 1987, pp. 36--.