Zoe Cassavetes

Zoe Rowlands Cassavetes ( born June 29, 1970 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actress, screenwriter and film director.

Life and career

Zoe Rowlands Cassavetes was born in 1970 as jüngestes of three children in Los Angeles. Your parents are the former filmmakers John Cassavetes and actress Gena Rowlands. Her siblings Nick and Alexandra " Xan " Katherine are also active in the film industry. My great-grandmother was Katherine Cassavetes, who appeared as an actress in three of four films directed by her son John. Zoe Cassavetes is four times the aunt and the sister in law of Heather Wahlquist.

As a baby, Zoe Cassavetes was in 1971 in komödischen Drama Minnie and Moskowitz, like to see their siblings. Only in 1991 was Cassavetes next time on camera. She was given a role as a waitress in Ted & Venus in the Bud Cort a major role, as well as with James Brolin and Carol Kane were given a secondary role. The following year, she was seen alongside Michael Caine begins in the fun. In 1993, she again received a role as a waitress in The Thing Called Love - The decision for life by Peter Bogdanovich with River Phoenix in the lead role. Then Zoe Cassavetes starred in the two short films Ciao LA and Lick the Star and decided to work from now on behind the camera.

In 2000, she directed the short film Men Make Women Crazy Theory. In 2007, Cassavetes presented at the Sundance Film Festival their comedy Broken English. In this comedy Parker Posey and Drea de Matteo and Tim Guinee stood in front of the camera, Zoe Cassavetes wrote the screenplay and served as director. For the script, she was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award and was awarded the Jury Prize at the Philadelphia Film Festival.

Filmography

• 2000: Men Make Women Crazy Theory (Short Film )
• 2007: Broken English (also writer)
• 2009: X Femmes (TV series, also writer)
• 2011: Ma plus belle histoire ( TV short film )