Eric Simonson

Eric Simonson (* June 27, 1960 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin ) is an American film director. For the film A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin, he won an Oscar in 2006.

Life

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

2000, the piece Work Song: Three Views of Frank Lloyd Wright, the Simonson had co-written with Jeffrey Hatcher, premiere on Milwaukee Repertory Theater. Also in 2000 he won with his short film Ladies Room LA the Audience Award at the Temecula Valley International Film Festival. For documentation On Tiptoe: Gentle Steps to Freedom 2001 he won an IDA Award from the International Documentary Association and was nominated for an Emmy in 2002. The Oscars 2001 Best Short Documentary, he was also nominated for an Oscar in the category

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

In 2007, he led in the opera The Grapes of Wrath (German fruit of anger ) Director, which was performed at the Minnesota Opera. This was followed by several other plays, including Lombardi, running on Broadway since 2010.