Tom Schulman

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Tom Schulman (* 1951 in Nashville , Tennessee ) is an Oscar-award winning , American screenwriter , producer and director .

Life

Schulman graduated from Vanderbilt University in 1972 with a Bachelor of Arts degree . Today he lives married in California .

Career

Schulman began his career as a producer for television and film back in the 1980s .

The first real attention, as well as the high point of his professional career, did not come until 1989, when Schulman wrote the script for the film The Dead Poets Club . The drama is about the life of some male students at a school with an ultra-conservative value tradition. Contrary to the strict disciplinary principles of the school, the boys are brought up by their English teacher Mr. Keating to be free-thinking and questioning students, true to the central tenet of the film: Carpe Diem . Tom Schulman's true school teacher served as a source of inspiration for John Keating, embodied by Robin Williams . The film was received extremely positively by the critics and nominated for several Academy Awards including Best Picture , Best Director and Best Actor . Schulman was the only one involved in this production to win in the category for the best original screenplay and was thus able to take home the coveted gold statue. A novel based on the film was later written by Nancy H. Kleinbaum .

In the same year the films My partner with a second glance and Darling, I have shrunk the children , for whom Schulman co-wrote the scripts, were released. While the latter was still a complete success at the box office, Tom Schulman became increasingly silent in the 90s. 1991 followed with What about Bob? a last notable hit with viewers and critics. In 1992 the film Medicine Man, written by Schulman, was released , starring Sean Connery . Nevertheless, this adventure film directed by John McTiernan failed to convince the critics.

In 1997 Schulman first directed the script 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag , which he wrote himself . A year later, the comedy based on Schulman's script followed The Guru , with Eddie Murphy in the lead role, but which was also criticized by the experts.

Schulman, however, also continued to work as a producer and produced the comedy Ich, both & them in 2000 . In 2004 Schulmans was the last script work to this day. The script he wrote, Welcome to Mooseport , was filmed with Gene Hackman , but like other films with Schulman's participation before, it was not well received by critics.

Filmography (selection)

Individual evidence

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