Norman René
Norman René ( born 1951 in Bristol, Rhode Iceland, † 24 May 1996 New York City, New York) was an award-winning American film director in theater and film. In addition, he was also active as a film producer.
Life and career
Born in Bristol, Rhode Iceland, Norman René first studied psychology at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore and later acquired in 1974 with a degree in directing at Carnegie Mellon University ( CMU) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. After a brief but unsuccessful attempt as an actor in New York to gain a foothold, he began in 1977 as a theater director, Off-Broadway and was co-founder of the production company and served as its artistic director until 1985.
In 1979 he met the playwright Craig Lucas know and worked for the first time in 1980 at a Stephen Sondheim revue Marry Me a Little with him. In the following 16 years, he should adapt his work several times as a theater and film work. His Broadway debut was in 1986 with George Furth's autobiographical stage work Precious Sons. In addition, he has directed Timothy Mason's piece at Lucille Lortel Theatre Fiery Furnace and Karen Trott's one- woman show, Springhill Singing Disaster for the Playwrights Horizons.
1989 Norman René filmed the romantic drama friendship for life on a play by Craig Lucas about two homosexuals in the era of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome AIDS in the U.S. society. The film won the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival. In 1992, he staged with Alec Baldwin and Meg Ryan in the lead roles the romantic drama The magic is. 1995 was created under his direction, the fantasy drama Who's afraid of Santa Claus? in the occupation of Mia Farrow and Tony Goldwyn. It was his last work for the screen.
Norman René worked throughout his career with many different theater groups throughout the United States together. He often directed at commercially successful productions both on Broadway and in other New York theaters. In addition to the Los Angeles Drama Critics Award René also won two Obie Awards and two Dramalogue Awards.
Norman René died on 24 May 1996 in New York City at the age of 45 years from the effects of AIDS.