Eric Simonson

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Eric Simonson (born June 27, 1960 in Milwaukee , Wisconsin ) is an American director and screenwriter. For the film A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin , he won an Oscar in 2006 for Best Documentary Short Film .

Life

Simonson grew up on a farm in the small town of Eagle , Waukesha County , Wisconsin . He graduated from Lawrence University with a Bachelor of Arts and then moved briefly to Madison , where he was employed at the Ark Repertory Theater . In 1983 he moved to Chicago , where he co-founded the Lifeline Theater and initially worked irregularly, from 1993 as a permanent member of the Steppenwolf Theater Company ensemble . In 1993 he was nominated for a Tony Award for his musical The Song of Jacob Zulu . In the 1990s he was in smaller roles as an actor in various television series, such as B. Seinfeld to see.

In 2000, Work Song: Three Views of Frank Lloyd Wright , which Simonson wrote with Jeffrey Hatcher , premiered at the Milwaukee Repertory Theater . Also in 2000 he won the Audience Award at the Temecula Valley International Film Festival with his short film Ladies Room LA . For the documentary On Tiptoe: Gentle Steps to Freedom , he won an IDA Award from the International Documentary Association in 2001 and was nominated for an Emmy in 2002. At the 2001 Academy Awards , he was also nominated for an Oscar in the Best Documentary Short Film category

For the film A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin , in which he directed and was a producer, he won in 2006 together with Corinne Marrinan an Oscar for Best Short Documentary.

2007 he directed the opera The Grapes of Wrath (dt. The anger fruits ) Directed by participating in the Minnesota Opera was performed. Several other plays followed, including Lombardi , which has been on Broadway since 2010 .

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personal data
SURNAME Simonson, Eric
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American director
DATE OF BIRTH June 27, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Milwaukee , Wisconsin , USA