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'''Larry Gross''' (born 1953) is an [[United States|American]] screenwriter, producer, and director.<ref name=NYT>{{cite news|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|url=http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/filmography.html?p_id=92690|title=Larry Gross|accessdate=11 June 2016}}</ref> He is a visiting professor of film and new media at [[New York University Abu Dhabi]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nyuad.nyu.edu/en/academics/faculty/larry-gross.html|title=Larry Gross - NYU Abu Dhabi|first=NYU Abu|last=Dhabi|website=Nyuad.nyu.edu|accessdate=11 June 2016}}</ref> Best known for his collaborations with [[Walter Hill (filmmaker)|Walter Hill]], his credits include ''[[48 Hrs.]]''<ref name=NYT/> (1982), ''[[Streets of Fire]]'' (1984),<ref name= "Maslin, Janet">{{cite news |last = Maslin |first=Janet |title =SCREEN: 'STREETS OF FIRE' |newspaper= [[The New York Times]] |date=June 1, 1984 |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9E0CE6DF153BF932A35755C0A962948260 |accessdate=17 May 2007}}</ref> and uncredited contributions to [[Ralph Bakshi]]'s ''[[Cool World]]'' (1992). He won the 2004 Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at the [[Sundance Film Festival]] for ''[[We Don't Live Here Anymore]]'' (2004). His criticism has appeared in ''[[Film Comment]]'' and ''[[Sight & Sound]]''.<ref name=F>{{cite web|url=http://www.forumonlawcultureandsociety.org/biography/larry-a-gross |title=Archived copy |accessdate=September 13, 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104215328/http://www.forumonlawcultureandsociety.org/biography/larry-a-gross |archivedate=November 4, 2012 }}</ref>
'''Larry Gross''' (born 1953) is an American screenwriter, producer, and director.<ref name=NYT>{{cite news|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|url=http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/filmography.html?p_id=92690|title=Larry Gross|accessdate=11 June 2016}}</ref> He is a visiting professor of film and new media at [[New York University Abu Dhabi]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nyuad.nyu.edu/en/academics/faculty/larry-gross.html|title=Larry Gross - NYU Abu Dhabi|first=NYU Abu|last=Dhabi|website=Nyuad.nyu.edu|accessdate=11 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160531151838/https://nyuad.nyu.edu/en/academics/faculty/larry-gross.html|archive-date=31 May 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> Best known for his collaborations with [[Walter Hill]], his credits include ''[[48 Hrs.]]''<ref name=NYT/> (1982), ''[[Streets of Fire]]'' (1984),<ref name= "Maslin, Janet">{{cite news |last = Maslin |first=Janet |title =SCREEN: 'STREETS OF FIRE' |newspaper= [[The New York Times]] |date=June 1, 1984 |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9E0CE6DF153BF932A35755C0A962948260 |accessdate=17 May 2007}}</ref> and uncredited contributions to [[Ralph Bakshi]]'s ''[[Cool World]]'' (1992). He won the 2004 Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at the [[Sundance Film Festival]] for ''[[We Don't Live Here Anymore]]'' (2004). His criticism has appeared in ''[[Film Comment]]'' and ''[[Sight & Sound]]''.<ref name=F>{{cite web|url=http://www.forumonlawcultureandsociety.org/biography/larry-a-gross |title=Larry A. Gross Bio |accessdate=September 13, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104215328/http://www.forumonlawcultureandsociety.org/biography/larry-a-gross |archivedate=November 4, 2012 }}</ref>


Gross attended [[St Edmund Hall, Oxford]] and [[Bard College]], from which he graduated in 1974. He later completed an MA in English at [[Columbia University]] (where he subsequently served as an adjunct assistant professor of film) and an MA in [[film studies]] at [[New York University]].<ref name=F/>
Gross attended [[St Edmund Hall, Oxford]] and [[Bard College]], from which he graduated in 1974. He later completed an MA in English at [[Columbia University]] (where he subsequently served as an adjunct assistant professor of film) and an MA in [[film studies]] at [[New York University]].<ref name=F/>
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==Filmography==
==Filmography==


===Credits as writer===
===Filmography===
* ''[[Headin' for Broadway]]'' (with [[Joseph Brooks]]) (1980)
* ''[[Headin' for Broadway]]'' (with [[Joseph Brooks (songwriter)|Joseph Brooks]]) (1980)
* ''[[48 Hrs.]]'' (with [[Steven E. de Souza]], [[Roger Spottiswoode]] and [[Walter Hill]]) (1982)
* ''[[48 Hrs.]]'' (with [[Steven E. de Souza]], [[Roger Spottiswoode]] and [[Walter Hill]]) (1982)
* ''[[Streets of Fire]]'' (1984)
* ''[[Streets of Fire]]'' (with [[Walter Hill]]) (1984)
* ''[[The Loner]]'' (1988) (TV Movie)
* ''[[3:15]]'' (1986)
* ''[[Another 48 Hrs.]]'' (1990)
* ''[[Another 48 Hrs.]]'' (with [[John Fasano]] and [[Jeb Stuart]]) (1990)
* ''[[Geronimo: An American Legend]]'' (1993)
* ''[[Geronimo: An American Legend]]'' (with [[John Milius]]) (1993)
* ''[[This World, Then the Fireworks]]'' (1997)
* ''[[This World, Then the Fireworks]]'' (1997)
* ''[[Chinese Box]]'' (with [[Jean-Claude Carrière]], [[Paul Theroux]] and [[Wayne Wang]]) (1997)
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* ''[[David]]'' (1997) (TV Movie)
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* ''[[Chinese Box]]'' (1997)
* ''[[Gunshy]]'' (1998)
* ''[[Gunshy]]'' (1998)
* ''[[Rear Window (1998 film)|Rear Window]]'' (1998) (TV Movie)
* ''[[True Crime (1999 film)|True Crime]]'' (with [[Paul Brickman]] and [[Stephen Schiff]]) (1999)
* ''[[True Crime (1999 film)|True Crime]]'' (1999)
* ''[[Crime and Punishment in Suburbia]]'' (2000)
* ''[[The Virginian (2000 film)|The Virginian]]'' (2000) (TV Movie)
* ''[[The Virginian (2000 film)|The Virginian]]'' (2000)
* ''[[Prozac Nation (film)|Prozac Nation]]'' (with [[Galt Niederhoffer]], and [[Frank Deasy]]) (2001)
* ''[[Crime + Punishment in Suburbia]]'' (2000)
* ''[[Prozac Nation]]'' (2001)
* ''[[We Don't Live Here Anymore]]'' (2004)
* ''[[We Don't Live Here Anymore]]'' (2004)
* ''[[Say It in Russian]]'' (2007)
* ''[[Say It in Russian]]'' (with [[Jeff Celentano]], [[Kenneth Eade]] and [[Agata Gotova]]) (2007)
* ''[[Veronika Decides to Die]]'' (2009)
* ''[[Veronika Decides to Die (film)|Veronika Decides to Die]]'' (with [[Roberta Hanley]]) (2009)
* ''[[Porto]]'' (2016)
* ''[[Porto (film)|Porto]]'' (with [[Gabe Klinger]]) (2016)

===TV Credits===

* ''[[The New Mike Hammer]]'' (1984)
* ''[[MacGyver (1985 TV series)|MacGyver]]'' (1986)
* ''[[The Loner (film)|The Loner]]'' (1988)
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* ''[[Midnight Caller]]'' (1989)
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* ''[[David (1997 film)|David]]'' (1997)
* ''[[Rear Window (1998 film)|Rear Window]]'' (1998)


==References==
==References==
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Larry Gross
Born1953 (age 70–71)
United States
Occupation(s)Screenwriter, director, producer, academic

Larry Gross (born 1953) is an American screenwriter, producer, and director.[1] He is a visiting professor of film and new media at New York University Abu Dhabi.[2] Best known for his collaborations with Walter Hill, his credits include 48 Hrs.[1] (1982), Streets of Fire (1984),[3] and uncredited contributions to Ralph Bakshi's Cool World (1992). He won the 2004 Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at the Sundance Film Festival for We Don't Live Here Anymore (2004). His criticism has appeared in Film Comment and Sight & Sound.[4]

Gross attended St Edmund Hall, Oxford and Bard College, from which he graduated in 1974. He later completed an MA in English at Columbia University (where he subsequently served as an adjunct assistant professor of film) and an MA in film studies at New York University.[4]

In 2008, Gross published his contemporaneous diary of his days on the set of 48 Hrs. on MovieCityNews.[5]

Filmography[edit]

Filmography[edit]

TV Credits[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Larry Gross". The New York Times. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  2. ^ Dhabi, NYU Abu. "Larry Gross - NYU Abu Dhabi". Nyuad.nyu.edu. Archived from the original on 31 May 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  3. ^ Maslin, Janet (June 1, 1984). "SCREEN: 'STREETS OF FIRE'". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 May 2007.
  4. ^ a b "Larry A. Gross Bio". Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved September 13, 2012.
  5. ^ "MCN: The 48 Hr Journals, Pt 10". Moviecitynews.com. Retrieved 11 June 2016.

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