Paul Mazursky Highlights

  • 2006: Appeared in Jeff Garlin's feature directing debut, "I Want Someone to Eat Cheese with"
  • 2004: Appeared in five episodes of HBO's "Curb Your Enthusiasm" as Norm, one of Mel Brooks' associates
  • 2000: Had a small part as 'Sunshine,' the poker dealer, on HBO's popular series "The Sopranos"
  • 1999: Acted in TNT's "A Slight Case of Murder", a black comedy starring William H Macy and Adam Arkin
  • 1999: Played recurring role as Sela Ward's father on "Once and Again" (ABC)
  • 1998: Provided the voice of the psychologist in the animated feature "Antz"
  • 1998: Helmed HBO's acclaimed "Winchell", which earned Stanley Tucci an Emmy in the title role
  • 1996: Acted in "2 Days in the Valley", which reunited him with Marsha Mason from "Blume in Love" and Danny Aiello from "The Pickle"
  • 1996: Last feature (to date) as director, "Faithful"; co-produced by Robert De Niro; marked first time he had helmed a screenplay which he had not written
  • 1993: Helmed the disappointing feature, "The Pickle"
  • 1991: 12th and last collaboration with Guzman, "Scenes from a Mall", starring Woody Allen and Midler; co-written with Simon; Mazursky dedicated the film to his long-time friend Guzman, who died prior to film's opening
  • 1990: Executive produced "Taking Care of Business", directed by Arthur Hiller (only the second film he has produced and not directed); screenplay written by his daughter Jill
  • 1989: With Roger L Simon, co-wrote "Enemies: A Love Story", based on the novel by Isaac Bashevis Singer; received Oscar nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay
  • 1988: Credited as Carlotta Gerson for his role as Momma in "Moon Over Parador", which he produced, directed and co-wrote with Capetanos (their fourth consecutive collaboration); second film with Dreyfuss
  • 1986: Scored box office hit with "Down and Out in Beverly Hills", a remake of Jean Renoir's "Boudu Saved From Drowning"; starred Nick Nolte, Richard Dreyfuss and Bette Midler
  • 1984: Co-scripted (with Capetanos), directed, produced and acted in "Moscow on the Hudson"; provided a breakthrough screen role for star Robin Williams
  • 1982: First film with Guzman as co-producer as well as production designer, "Tempest"; also first collaboration with screenwriter Leon Capetanos
  • 1978: Delivered tour de force vehicle for Jill Clayburgh, "An Unmarried Woman", writing, directing and producing (with Tony Ray), as well as acting in it; film earned him two Oscar nominations, one for Best Picture and another for his screenplay
  • 1976: Chronicled his own move from Brooklyn to NYC during the early 1950s in "Next Stop, Greenwich Village"
  • 1974: Produced, directed, scripted (with Josh Greenfield) and played a gay man in "Harry and Tonto"; garnered second Oscar nod for Best Screenplay; Art Carney took home the Best Actor Oscar
  • 1973: Produced first film that he also directed, "Blume in Love"; also played Blume's uptight law partner; first solo film script
  • 1970: Reteamed with Tucker on script of "Alex in Wonderland"; also directed; daughter Meg played Alex's (Donald Sutherland) daughter
  • 1969: Feature directorial debut, "Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice"; also co-wrote with Tucker and played a bit part; received first Oscar nomination for Best Screenplay; film partly inspired by Mazursky's experiences with an Esalen encounter group
  • 1968: Debut as executive producer and as screenwriter (with Larry Tucker), "I Love You, Alice B. Toklas" (also played a bit part), Hollywood's first send-up of hippie culture; began his long association with production designer Pato Guzman
  • 1966: Acted in Morrow's "Deathwatch", film version of Jean Genet play; Morrow co-scripted (with his wife Barbara Turner) and co-produced with Leonard Nimoy, who also acted
  • 1966: With Tucker, wrote the pilot for "The Monkees" (NBC)
  • 1959: Moved to Los Angeles with writing partner Larry Tucker; joined Second City Improvisational Revue; appeared on episodes of "The Twilight Zone" (CBS)
  • 1957: Acted in and directed revue and nightclub acts in Greenwich Village, San Francisco and Chicago
  • 1956: Had a small success in Off-Broadway revue "Shoestring '57"
  • 1955: Played a juvenile delinquent and pal to big bully Vic Morrow in Richard Brooks' "Blackboard Jungle"
  • 1954: Was briefly in Hollywood before returning to NYC; began acting in live TV shows
  • 1953: Worked in summer stock on Cape Cod, playing Willy Loman in "Death of a Salesman", Sorin in "The Seagull" and Undershaft in "Major Barbara"
  • 1953: Film acting debut in Kubrick's "Fear and Desire"
  • 1951: Changed first name from Irwin to Paul while acting in his first movie on location in California's San Gabriel Mountains
  • 1950: Landed the leading role in a college revival of Leonid Andreyev's "He Who Gets Slapped" while a senior at Brooklyn College; play transferred for a time Off-Broadway to the Master Institute Theatre where the scenarist Howard Sackler saw him and introduced him to Stanley Kubrick
  • Worked as a stand-up comedian with comic Herb Hartig in an act billed as "Igor and H"
  • Was a staff writer (with Larry Tucker) for "The Danny Kaye Show" (CBS)

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