Eric Mendelsohn

Eric Mendelsohn

Born: November 1, 1964
in Old Bethpage, Long Island, New York
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Eric Mendelsohn (born 1 November 1964) is an American film director and screenwriter. Two of his films have been screened in the Un Certain Regard section at Cannes: Through an Open Window in 1992 and Judy Berlin in 1999., which won the Directing Award at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival. His third film, 3 Backyards, also earned the Directing Award at the Sundance Film Festival in 2010, making him the only person in history to receive that honor twice.

He teaches at Columbia University's School of the Arts in New York City.

Mendelsohn is one of five siblings. One of his brothers is author and critic Daniel Mendelsohn.

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Movies for Eric Mendelsohn...

Rift
Title: Rift
Character: Director's Assistant
Released: January 20, 1993
Type: Movie
A songwriter seeks a psychiatrist's help after his obsession with his best friend's wife turns to chilling fantasies of murder.
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This Is My Life
Title: This Is My Life
Character: Ice Cream Parlor Waiter
Released: February 21, 1992
Type: Movie
Single mom Dottie Ingels sells cosmetics in a department store, but she dreams of being a comedian. When she inherits some money, she takes the chance and moves with her two children Erica and Opel to New York to perform in small bars. Soon her agent Arnold Moss makes her famous, but while she travels all over USA, her children stay home lonely.