Paul Mazursky
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Paul MazurskyPaul Mazursky was born April 25, 1930 in Brooklyn, New York. He is an American film director, screenplay writer and actor.
Mazursky made his film debut as an actor in Stanley Kubrick's first feature, Fear and Desire. Later he appeared as a juvenile delinquent in the 1955 film The Blackboard Jungle.
His acting career has continued for several decades, starting with television work in episodes of The Twilight Zone and The Rifleman.
He has played supporting roles in A Star Is Born (1976), History of the World Part I (1981), Into the Night (1985), Punchline (1988), Man Trouble (1992), Carlito's Way (1993), Love Affair (1994), 2 Days in the Valley (1996) and Crazy in Alabama (1999). He also performed the voice of the Psychologist in Antz (1998).
Following his film making satire The Pickle (1993), Mazursky has worked only sporadically as a director on such films as Faithful (1996), Winchell (1998), Coast to Coast (2003) and most recently the documentary Yippee (2006).
He had a small part as "Sunshine" the poker dealer in The Sopranos. He also appeared in five episodes of Curb Your Enthusiasm.
Filmography
- Cattle Call (2006)
- I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With (2006)
- "Curb Your Enthusiasm" (5 episodes, 2004)
- Coast to Coast (2003) (TV)
- "Once and Again" (7 episodes, 1999-2002)
- Do It for Uncle Manny (2002)
- Da wan (2001)
- The Majestic (2001) (voice)
- "The Sopranos" (2 episodes, 2000-2001)
- A Slight Case of Murder (1999) (TV)
- Crazy in Alabama (1999)
- Winchell (1998) (TV)
- Antz (1998) (voice)
- Why Do Fools Fall in Love (1998)
- Weapons of Mass Distraction (1997) (TV)
- Touch (1997)
- "Ink" (1 episode, 1996)
- 2 Days in the Valley (1996)
- Faithful (1996)
- "Frasier" (1 episode, 1995)
- Miami Rhapsody (1995)
- Love Affair (1994)
- Carlito's Way (1993)
- The Pickle (1993)
- Man Trouble (1992)
- cenes from a Mall (1991)
- Enemies: A Love Story (1989)
- Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills (1989)
- Punchline (1988)
- Moon Over Parador (1988)
- Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986)
- Into the Night (1985)
- Moscow on the Hudson (1984)
- Tempest (1982)
- History of the World: Part I (1981)
- A Man, a Woman and a Bank (1979)
- An Unmarried Woman (1978)
- A Star Is Born (1976)
- Harry and Tonto (1974)
- Blume in Love (1973)
- "Getting Together" (1 episode, 1972)
- The Other Side of the Wind (1972)
- Alex in Wonderland (1970)
- Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969)
- I Love You, Alice B. Toklas! (1968)
- "Love on a Rooftop" (1 episode, 1966)
- "The Monkees" (1 episode, 1966)
- Deathwatch (1966)
- "Channing" (1 episode, 1964)
- "The Rifleman" (2 episodes, 1960-1963)
- "The Twilight Zone" (3 episodes, 1960-1963)
- "G.E. True" (1 episode, 1963)
- "The DuPont Show of the Week" (2 episodes, 1962)
- "The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor" (1 episode, 1962)
- World's Greatest Robbery (1962) (TV)
- "General Electric Theater" (1 episode, 1961)
- "The Dick Powell Show" (1 episode, 1961)
- "Adventures in Paradise" (1 episode, 1961)
- "Michael Shayne" (1 episode, 1961)
- "The Chevy Mystery Show" (2 episodes, 1960)
- "The Steve Allen Show" (1 episode, 1958)
- "The Kaiser Aluminum Hour" (1 episode, 1956)
- "The United States Steel Hour" (1 episode, 1956)
- Blackboard Jungle (1955)
- Fear and Desire (1953)
Awards
- New York Film Critics Circle Award Best Director "Enemies, a Love Story" 1989
- Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award Best Screenplay "An Unmarried Woman" 1978
- New York Film Critics Circle Award Best Screenwriting "An Unmarried Woman" 1978
- National Society of Film Critics Award Best Screenplay "Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice" 1969
- Writers Guild of America Award Best-Written American Comedy Written Directly for the Screen "Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice" 1969
