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MEET YOUR EDITOR Bruno Chatelin - Check some of his interviews. Board Member of many filmfestivals and regular partner of a few key film events such as Cannes Market, AFM, Venice Production Bridge, Tallinn Industry and Festival...Check our recent partners. The news in French I English This content and related intellectual property cannot be reproduced without prior consent. Phillip Seymour Hoffman debuted as a feature film director in SundanceWhen you have already won an Oscar, have your own theater stage company and are one of the go-to acting talents in the business, there is a need for new horizons to keep oneself fresh. Such is the case for actor Phillip Seymour Hoffman, an Oscar winner for his role in the biopic CAPOTE, who debuted as a feature film director this past weekend at the Sundance Film Festival with his film JACK GOES BOATING. Hoffman was born in Rochester, New York on July 23, 1967. After becoming involved in high school theatrics, he attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, graduating with a degree in Drama in 1989. He made his feature film debut in the indie production TRIPLE BOGEY ON A PAR FIVE HOLE, with his first major role one year later in the indie film MY NEW GUN.
His breakthrough performance came as a porno industry gaffer in Paul Thomas Anderson's BOOGIE NIGHTS. He quickly became an icon of indie cinema, establishing a reputation as one of the screen's finest actors, in a variety of supporting and second leads in indie and major features, including HAPPINESS, FLAWLESS, THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY, MAGNOLIA and ALMOST FAMOUS. Last year he was again nominated for a Best Actor Oscar for his role as a priest who may be a child molester in the drama DOUBT, opposite Meryl Streep.
Hoffman is also quite active on the stage. On Broadway, he has earned two Tony nominations, as Best Actor in 2000 for a revival of Sam Shepard's "True West" and as Best Supporting Actor in 2003 for a revival of Eugene O'Neill's "Long Day's Journey into Night". He is the Co-Artistic Director of the LAByrinth Theater Company in New York, where he has served as both director and producer for a number of well-received productions.
In JACK GOES BOATING, he not only directs but also stars. In the dark comedy, he plays Jack, a limousine driver with vague dreams of landing a more prestigious job and an obsession with reggae music that prompts him to grow dreadlocks. He spends most of his time hanging out with his best friend and fellow driver Clyde (played by John Ortiz) and his wife Lucy (played by Daphne Rubin-Vega). Jack also has a budding relationship with Connie, played by Amy Ryan, herself an Oscar nominee as the working class mother in GONE, BABY GONE.
The film, with an original screenplay by Robert Glaudini based on his stage play, is a humanist tale of four ordinary people in New York City, who might easily recede into the anonymous background of the giant metropolis. The film follows in the tradition of the Woody Allen films which utilize the city as one of its characters and which communicates the frustrations, obsessions and potentials of life in a very urban setting. The film will be released in North America by Overture Films and is being represented internationally by Celluloid Dreams.
Sandy Mandelberger, Festival Dailies Editor 25.01.2010 | Editor's blog Cat. : actor Amy Ryan Amy Ryan Arts Capote Cinema of the United States Clyde Co-Artistic Company Location Daphne Rubin-Vega Director director and producer driver editor Entertainment Entertainment Eugene O'Neill's "Long Day Family Relation Festival Dailies Film film director Jack Goes Boating Jack Goes Boating John Ortiz John Ortiz LAByrinth Theater Company Long Day's Journey into Night Lucy Major Meryl Streep MY NEW GUN New York New York New York City New York University New York University North America Oscar Overture Films Overture Films Paul Thomas Anderson Paul Thomas Anderson Person Attributes Person Career Person Education Person Location Person Relation Philip Seymour Hoffman Phillip Seymour Hoffman priest Robert Glaudini Robert Glaudini Rochester Sam Shepard's "True West Sandy Mandelberger Sundance the SUNDANCE Film Festival |
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