Paul R. Gurian

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Paul Richard Gurian (born October 18, 1946 in New Haven , Connecticut ) is an American film producer and screenwriter .

Life

Since his parents owned a Kosher catering company, Paul Gurian and his sister grew up in the field of gastronomy. So it wasn't surprising that after graduating from Staunton Military Academy in 1964 and dropping out of New York University in 1969 , Gurian opened his own bakery and wine business in rural Vermont . It was there that he met the later director Jack Sholder , who brought him into contact with the film business and with whom he also made the first short films together.

After tourism died down in Vermont due to the ongoing economic crisis in the late 1970s, Gurian's business also went bad, which is why he went bankrupt. He then moved to New York with Sholder, where he made other short films and documentaries with him, some of which were shown at several film festivals. In 1976 he first managed to attract attention with Bernice Bob's Her Hair , so that in 1981 he was able to produce his first feature film with Cutter's Way - No Mercy . His biggest film to date was Peggy Sue Got Married , which was directed by Francis Ford Coppola .

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Paul Gurian  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at uspublicrecords.com , accessed July 27, 2011@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.uspublicrecords.com  
  2. ↑ a b c d Paul R. Gurian at sonymoviechannel.com (English), accessed on July 27, 2011
  3. ↑ Senior Class of 1964 ( Memento of the original from September 11, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at sma-alumni.org , accessed July 27, 2011 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sma-alumni.org
personal data
SURNAME Gurian, Paul R.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gurian, Paul Richard (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American film producer and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH October 18, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH New Haven , Connecticut