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'''Stacy Title''' (February 21, 1964 – January 11, 2021) was an American [[film director]], [[screenwriter]] and [[Film producer|producer]].<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|title=Stacy Title|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/person/203362/Stacy-Title}}</ref> Her films include ''[[Let the Devil Wear Black]]'' (1999), ''[[The Last Supper (1995 film)|The Last Supper]]'' (1995)<ref>{{cite web|work=[[The New York Times]]|title=The Last Supper|year=1995|author=Janet Maslin|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9E01EEDE1339F936A35757C0A960958260|author-link=Janet Maslin}}</ref>, and ''Down on the Waterfront'' (1993).
'''Stacy Title''' (February 21, 1964 – January 11, 2021) was an American [[film director]], [[screenwriter]] and [[Film producer|producer]].<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|title=Stacy Title|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/person/203362/Stacy-Title}}</ref> Her films include ''[[Let the Devil Wear Black]]'' (1999), ''[[The Last Supper (1995 film)|The Last Supper]]'' (1995),<ref>{{cite web|author=Maslin|first=Janet|author-link=Janet Maslin|date=April 5, 1996|title=The Last Supper|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9E01EEDE1339F936A35757C0A960958260|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> and ''Down on the Waterfront'' (1993).


== Career ==
== Career ==

Revision as of 22:40, 12 January 2021

Stacy Title
BornFebruary 21, 1964
DiedJanuary 11, 2021 (aged 56)
Occupation(s)Film director, screenwriter, producer
Known for
Spouse
(m. 1991)
[1]
Children2

Stacy Title (February 21, 1964 – January 11, 2021) was an American film director, screenwriter and producer.[2] Her films include Let the Devil Wear Black (1999), The Last Supper (1995),[3] and Down on the Waterfront (1993).

Career

Title's first project was Down on the Waterfront (1993), a short film nominated for an Academy Award.[4] Her feature film The Last Supper (1995) is a comedy about graduate students who plan to murder right-wing militants.[5]

Title was married to writer-actor and Survivor contestant Jonathan Penner, with whom she collaborated on several movies. Together, they wrote the script for the 2003 WB-produced re-imagining of The Lone Ranger, starring Chad Michael Murray and Nathaniel Arcand. She later directed the 2017 horror film The Bye Bye Man, from a script by Penner. She also directed Penner in the 1995 film The Last Supper. She and Penner were previously developing a King Kong television series for MarVista Entertainment and IM Global Television.[6][7]

Personal life

In December 2017, Title was diagnosed with ALS, though she continued to work on Walking Time Bomb despite her illness. By 2020, she was only able to manually move her eyes.[1][8]

Title was a first cousin of Daena Title, who is married to Seinfeld actor Jason Alexander.[9]

Title died on January 11, 2021, at the age of 56. Penner announced her death via Twitter.[10]

Filmography

Director

Writer

Producer

Cameo

References

  1. ^ a b Kit, Borys (September 21, 2018). "Director Stricken With ALS Vows to Finish Her Final Movie: 'Doing What I Love Will Be Part of My Legacy'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved November 3, 2018.
  2. ^ "Stacy Title". The New York Times.
  3. ^ Maslin, Janet (April 5, 1996). "The Last Supper". The New York Times.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ Shafer, Ellise (2021-01-12). "Stacy Title, Director of 'The Bye Bye Man' and 'The Last Supper,' Dies at 56". Variety. Retrieved 2021-01-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ Barsanti, Sam (January 12, 2021). "R.I.P. Stacy Title, director of The Bye Bye Man". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 2021-01-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (April 18, 2017). "King Kong Female-Led TV Series In Works At MarVista Entertainment & IM Global TV".
  7. ^ Tiffany, Kaitlyn (April 18, 2017). "Following Kong: Skull Island, a TV show called King Kong Skull Island". The Verge.
  8. ^ Wallace, Amy (May 14, 2019). "Director Stacy Title's Mission to Make 'Walking Time Bomb'". Vulture. Retrieved May 21, 2019.
  9. ^ Director Stacy Title’s Mission to Make ‘Walking Time Bomb’
  10. ^ Shafer, Ellise. "Stacy Title, Director of 'The Bye Bye Man' and 'The Last Supper,' Dies at 56". Variety. Retrieved January 12, 2021.

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