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Paul Rudnick Biography (1957-)

Born c. 1957, in Piscataway, NJ; son of Norman (a physicist) and Selma (a publicist) Rudnick. Career: Screenwriter, songwriter, playwright, novelist, and producer. Awards, Honors: Outer Critics Circle Award, 1983, forPoor Little Lambs; Obie Award, Village Voice, best playwriting, Outer Critics Circle Award, and John Gassner Playwriting Award, 1994, all for Jeffrey. Addresses: Agent: Creative Artists Agency, 9830 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Occupation

Screenwriter, songwriter, playwright, novelist, producer

Birth Details

1957

Piscataway, New Jersey, United States

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Appearances
• The Celluloid Closet, 1995
• Film Producer
• (With others) Jeffrey, 1995
• Television Appearances
• Producer
• Hi Honey--I'm Dead, 1991
• WRITINGS
• Plays
• Poor Little Lambs, Theatre of St. Peter's Church, New York City, 1982
• Cosmetic Surgery (one-act), Immediate Theatre Company, Chicago, IL, 1983
• Arts and Leisure, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Louisville, KY, 1983-84
• "Raving," in One-Act Play Marathon '84, Ensemble Studio Theatre, New York City, 1984
• I Hate Hamlet, Walter Kerr Theatre, New York City, 1991published by Dramatists Play Service (New York City), 1992
• Jeffrey, Works Progress Administration Theatre, New York City, 1992-93
• The Naked Eye, American Repertory Theatre, Cambridge, MA, 1995-96
• Author of The Naked Truth, 1994.
• Screenplays
• (Under pseudonym Joseph Howard; with Eleanor Bergstein, Jim Cash, Jack Epps, Jr., and others) Sister Act, Buena Vista, 1992
• Addams Family Values, Paramount, 1993
• Jeffrey (based on his play), Orion Classics, 1995
• (Uncredited) The First Wives Club, 1996
• In & Out, Paramount, 1997
• Film Songs
• In & Out, Paramount, 1997
• Novels
• Social Disease, Knopf, 1986
• I'll Take It, Knopf, 1989
• Other
• Scriptwriter for performers Lily Tomlin, Madonna, and Bette Midler; author of "If You Ask Me," a column under the pseudonym Libby Gelman-Waxer, in Premiere, 1989--; contributor to periodicals, including Interviewand Vogue.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Perodicals:

• Entertainment Weekly, June 27, 1997, p. 45.
• Los Angeles Magazine, October 27, 1997, p. 48.*