Eric Mendelsohn

Personal Info

Know For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1964-11-01 (61 years old)

Place of Birth

Old Bethpage, Long Island, New York

Eric Mendelsohn

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   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...

Acting

1993

Rift

as Director's Assistant

1992

This Is My Life

as Ice Cream Parlor Waiter

Production

1999

Judy Berlin

as Director

1999

Judy Berlin

as Writer

2010

3 Backyards

as Director

1996

Everyone Says I Love You

as Costume Assistant

1994

Bullets Over Broadway

as Assistant Costume Designer

1992

Husbands and Wives

as Assistant Costume Designer

1990

Alice

as Costume Assistant

2010

3 Backyards

as Writer

1992

2018

2010

3 Backyards

as Producer

2010

3 Backyards

as Editor

1999

Judy Berlin

as Editor

2021

Doublespeak

as Thanks

2024

Pierce

as Editor

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