Tony Kushner
Biography: Anthony Robert Kushner (born July 16, 1956) is an American author, playwright, and screenwriter. Lauded for his work on stage he's most known for his seminal work Angels in America which earned a Pulitzer Prize and a Tony Award. At the turn of the 21st Century he became known for his numerous film collaborations with Steven Spielberg. He received the National Medal of Arts from President Barack Obama in 2013. Kushner made his Broadway debut in 1993 with both Angels in America: Millennium Approaches and Angels in America: Perestroika. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony Award for Best Play. He then adapted it into a 2003 miniseries directed by Mike Nichols for which Kushner received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series or Movie. In 2003 he wrote the lyrics and book to the musical Caroline, or Change which earned Kushner Tony Award nominations for Best Book of a Musical and Best Original Score. The 2021 Broadway revival of Caroline, or Change earned Kushner a nomination for the 2023 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album, making Kushner among the few playwrights in history nominated for all four major American entertainment awards: the Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Awards. He has collaborated with director Steven Spielberg on the films Munich (2005), Lincoln (2012), West Side Story (2021), and The Fabelmans (2022), the former two earning him nominations for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tony Kushner, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Arthur Miller: Writer
2017-12-08
Arthur Miller: Writer
Overview: One of the greatest playwrights of the 20th century, Arthur Miller created such celebrated works as Death of a Salesman and The Crucible, which continue to move audiences around the world today. He also made headlines for being targeted by the House Un-American Activities Committee at the height of the McCarthy Era and entering into a tumultuous marriage with Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe. Told from the unique perspective of his daughter, filmmaker Rebecca Miller, Arthur Miller: Writer is an illuminating portrait that combines interviews spanning decades and a wealth of personal archival material, and provides new insights into Miller’s life as an artist and exploring his character in all its complexity.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-12-08
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Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film
2006-03-27
Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film
Overview: Eugene O'Neill tells the haunting story of the life and work of America's greatest and only Nobel Prize-winning playwright -- set within the context of the harrowing family dramas and personal upheavals that shaped him, and that he in turn struggled all his life to give form to in his art.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-03-27
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Something's Coming: West Side Story
2021-12-05
Something's Coming: West Side Story
Overview: Incredible video behind-the-scenes with the stars, Steven Spielberg, and see one of the last interviews with the legendary Stephen Sondheim.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-12-05
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Theater of War
2008-04-28
Theater of War
Overview: A behind-the-scenes look at The Public Theater's production of Bertolt Brecht's "Mother Courage" that examines the playwright's life and ideas.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-04-28
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The Stories of West Side Story
2022-03-02
The Stories of West Side Story
Overview: Rejoice in the astonishing all-new footage of Spielberg at work in documentary filmmaker Laurent Bouzereau’s revealing The Stories of West Side Story. Composed of Opening, Prologue, Sharks & Jets, Dance at the Gym, The Romance, America, Gee, Officer Krupke, Cool, From Quintet to the Rumble, I Feel Pretty, Somewhere, Finale, and Tribute.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-03-02
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The Fabelmans: A Family in Film
2023-02-14
The Fabelmans: A Family in Film
Overview: A fascinating behind-the-scenes special about Steven Spielberg's "The Fabelmans."
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-02-14
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Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner
2006-01-15
Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner
Overview: Filmmaker Freida Lee Mock explores the life and work of playwright Tony Kushner. Starting in 2001, when Kushner was mounting the production of his play Homebody/Kabul and running through 2004, as he worked on John Kerry's presidential campaign, got married to Mark Harris, worked with Maurice Sendak, and opened the Broadway musical Caroline, or Change.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-01-15
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The Royal Road
2015-03-22
The Royal Road
Overview: A fascinating and unlikely reinvention story, The Royal Road simultaneously explores cinematic spiritual channeling, the conquest and colonization of Mexico and the American Southwest, fading historical Californian urban landscapes, and the passions found in butch identity to achieve an achingly beautiful and poetic defense of remembering. Probing roads from El Camino Real, to the Boulevard of Broken Dreams, to the road right outside the front door, Olson crafts a deeply intelligent and transcending observation of the human condition that reaches for redemption in the embrace of history, nostalgia, mindfulness, and sheer beauty. If you give yourself over to it, it will crack you wide open.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-03-22
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Mike Nichols: An American Master
2016-01-29
Mike Nichols: An American Master
Overview: With charm and wit, Nichols discusses his life and 50-year career as a performer and director.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-01-29
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Spielberg
2017-10-05
Spielberg
Overview: A documentary on the life and career of one of the most influential film directors of all time, Steven Spielberg.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-10-05
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In the Wings: Angels in America On Broadway
1993-06-11
In the Wings: Angels in America On Broadway
Overview: Backstage documentary chronicling the Original Broadway Production of “Angels in America.”
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-06-11
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Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn
2019-09-29
Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn
Overview: Legendary and controversial attorney Roy Cohn was a power broker in the rough and tumble world of New York City business and politics. Senator Joseph R. McCarthy’s top counsel during investigations into Communist activities in the 1950s, Cohn is also known for being Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer, fixer and mentor.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-09-29
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Lincoln: An American Journey
2013-01-16
Lincoln: An American Journey
Overview: Documentary on the making of Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln" (2012).
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-01-16
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Live to Tell: The First Gay and Lesbian Prom in America
1995-01-01
Live to Tell: The First Gay and Lesbian Prom in America
Overview: Documentary about the first gay prom in America, that took place in West Hollywood, promoted by students of the EAGLES center, an alternative high school.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-01-01
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Outrage
2009-04-24
Outrage
Overview: An indictment of closeted politicians who lobby for anti-gay legislation in the US.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-04-24
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