Broadway Directors who are also movie directors and vice versa (if any)
Broadway Directors who are also movie directors and vice versa (if any)
jasobres
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/9/05
#0Broadway Directors who are also movie directors and vice versa (if any)
Posted: 1/11/06 at 4:15pm
Yes, it's another list thread! Anyway, most recently, Susan Stroman gave movie directing a shot and that made me think about other Broadway directors who got their shot at movie directing and vice versa, and some even got Oscars on the way. Let's see....
Of course, there's Bob Fosse who directed the movie version of Cabaret and the original movie musical All That Jazz. He won an Oscar for the former.
Mike Nichols directed the movie of The Graduate and directed many Broadway plays and two musicals.
Rob Marshall recently gained success with his Memoirs of a Geisha.
Mortan da Costa directed the movie version of The Music Man as well as the original movie.
Any others?
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#1re: Broadway Directors who are also movie directors and vice versa (if any)
Posted: 1/11/06 at 4:18pm
Sam Mendes.
He won an Oscar for American Beauty.
Updated On: 1/11/06 at 04:18 PM
#2re: Broadway Directors who are also movie directors and vice versa (if any)
Posted: 1/11/06 at 4:26pm
Joe Mantello
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philcrosby
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/17/04
#3re: Broadway Directors who are also movie directors and vice versa (if any)
Posted: 1/11/06 at 4:37pm
Hal Prince directed the film version of A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC and SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE starring Angela Lansbury and Michael York.
George Abbott (co) directed (with Stanley Donen) THE PAJAMA GAME and DAMN YANKEES.
Gene Saks directed the film of MAME. (Though he would probably want to forget it.)
And of course, Elia Kazan went back and forth between Broadway and Hollywood.
sanda
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/10/04
#4re: Broadway Directors who are also movie directors and vice versa (if any)
Posted: 1/11/06 at 4:46pm
Orson Welles
#5re: Broadway Directors who are also movie directors and vice versa (if any)
Posted: 1/11/06 at 4:53pmJerome Robbins co-directed the West Side Story film, although he eventually dropped from the film, his name remained in the credits and was given an Oscar for best director.
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