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Mark Medoff

Film Director / Screenwriter / Actor / Playwright | * 03/18/1940 († 79, 04/23/2019) | Mount Carmel (United States of America (USA))
Mark Medoff (March 18, 1940 – April 23, 2019) was an American playwright, screenwriter, film and theatre director, actor, and professor. His play Children of a Lesser God received both the Tony Award and the Olivier Award. He was nominated for an Academy Award and a Writers Guild of America Best Adapted Screenplay Award for the film script of Children of a Lesser God and for a Cable ACE Award for his HBO Premiere movie, Apology. He also received an Obie Award for his play When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder? Medoff's feature film Refuge was released in 2010. When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder? was adapted into a film with a screenplay by Medoff in 1979. ()
Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Romance / Love

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Starting his new job as an instructor at a New England school for the deaf, James Leeds meets Sarah Norman, a young deaf woman who works at the school as a member of the custodial staff. In spite of S ...

Children of a Lesser God

R

1986 | 3.5/5 | 1h 59min
Drama, Romance / Love
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Havoc is created in a small Southern community when a 12-year-old shows up, causing a couple 13-year-old friends to fall in love with her, thus possibly jeopardizing their friendship. ...

Children on Their Birthdays

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2002 | 3.4/5 | 1h 42min
Comedy, Kids & Family, Romance / Love
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Never is a long time. Stephen Ryder swore he would never return to New Mexico after a tragic ordeal. When his Mother dies, he is forced back home to confront his past, while falling back in love with ...

The Heart Outright

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2016 | 1h 34min
 
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Awards & Nominations for Mark Medoff

Guggenheim Fellowship Jeff Award Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
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Movies with Mark Medoff as Crew(16)

Writing/Screenplay2021 Walking with Herb
Directing/Director2010 Refuge
Writing/Story2010 Refuge
Directing/Director2002 Children on Their Birthdays
Writing/Writer1997 Santa Fe
Production/Producer1995 Homage
Writing/Screenplay1995 Homage
Writing/Theatre Play1995 Homage
Writing/Screenplay1992 City of Joy
Writing/Screenplay1988 Clara's Heart
Writing/Writer1986 Apology
Writing/Screenplay1986 Children of a Lesser God
Writing/Theatre Play1986 Children of a Lesser God
Writing/Theatre Play1979 When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?
Writing/Screenplay1979 When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?
Writing/Screenplay1978 Good Guys Wear Black

Full Name: Mark Medoff
Born: Monday, 03/18 1940 (March) in Mount Carmel (United States of America (USA))
Died: Tuesday, 04/23 2019 (April) in Las Cruces (aged: 79)
Zodiac sign: Pisces (Chinese zodiac sign: Dragon)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Stanford University, University of Miami
Employer: New Mexico State University, University of Houston
Mark Medoff frequently works together with these people:
Christopher McDonald (3x, Actor)
Ross Kagan Marks (3x, Crew)
Kathleen Quinlan (2x, Actress)
Roland Joffé (2x, Crew)
Sheryl Lee (2x, Actress)
Andrew Shea (2x, Crew)
Marjoe Gortner (2x, Actor)
Patrick J. Palmer (2x, Crew)
Richard Kendall (2x, Crew)
Patrick Drummond (1x, Crew)
Georgia Ann Cline (1x, Cast)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:1080355, Added: 12/07/2018, Last updated: 04/22/2024