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Paul Auster

Screenwriter / Film Director / Novelist / Poet / Writer | * 02/03/1947 (77) | Newark, NJ (United States of America (USA))
Paul Benjamin Auster (born February 3, 1947) is an American writer and film director. His notable works include The New York Trilogy (1987), Moon Palace (1989), The Music of Chance (1990), The Book of Illusions (2002), The Brooklyn Follies (2005), Invisible (2009), Sunset Park (2010), Winter Journal (2012), and 4 3 2 1 (2017). His books have been translated into more than forty languages. ()

Paul Benjamin Auster is an American author known for works blending absurdism, existentialism, crime fiction and the search for identity and personal meaning in works such as The New York Trilogy (1987), Moon Palace (1989), The Music of Chance (1990), The Book of Illusions (2002) and The Brooklyn Follies (2005).

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Most frequent genres for this person: Documentaries | Drama | Romance / Love

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This film is about a famous jazz saxophonist, Izzy who's life is forever changed after he is accidentally shot. ...

Lulu on the Bridge

PG-13

1998 | 3.0/5 | 1h 43min
Drama, Mystery, Romance / Love, Thriller
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A young woman ventures into an unnamed city that has collapsed into chaos and disorder to search for her journalist brother. ...

In the Country of Last Things

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2020 | 2.3/5 | 1h 29min
Drama
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A writer awakens one day to find a strange but beautiful woman in bed with him. He quickly falls in love with her, thinking he has found his muse, but as time passes she becomes more and more unattain ...

The Inner Life of Martin Frost

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2007 | 2.0/5 | 1h 34min
Drama, Romance / Love
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Writer Paul Benjamin is nearly hit by a bus when he leaves Auggie Wren's smoke shop. Stranger Rashid Cole saves his life, and soon middle-aged Paul tells homeless Rashid that he wouldn't mind a short- ...

Smoke

R

1995 | 3.7/5 | 1h 52min
Comedy, Drama
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Awards & Nominations for Paul Auster

Princess of AsturIAS Literary Prize Prix Médicis étranger Fellow of The American Academy of Arts and Sciences Commandeur Des Arts Et Des Lettres‎ PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction Honorary Doctor of The University of Liège Booker Prize
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Movies with Paul Auster as Actor(9)

as himself2023 Doc
as himself2022 Bonnie
as Self - Writer2019 Paul Auster: What If
2017 Out of My Head
as himself2009 Act of God
as Narrator2007 The Inner Life of Martin Frost
as himself2006 Edge of Outside
as himself2005 As Smart As They Are: The Author Project
1969 The Fall

TV Shows/Series with Paul Auster as Actor(1)

as himself1975 Apostrophes

Movies with Paul Auster as Crew(15)

Writing/Novel2020 In the Country of Last Things
Writing/Writer2015 It Was Mine
Writing/Writer2009 Act of God
Directing/Director2007 The Inner Life of Martin Frost
Production/Producer2007 The Inner Life of Martin Frost
Writing/Writer2007 The Inner Life of Martin Frost
Writing/Story2001 The Center of the World
Production/Executive Producer1999 I Remember
Directing/Director1998 Lulu on the Bridge
Writing/Writer1998 Lulu on the Bridge
Directing/Director1995 Smoke
Writing/Author1995 Smoke
Directing/Director1995 Blue in the Face
Writing/Writer1995 Blue in the Face
Writing/Writer1993 The Music of Chance

Additional Information

Official websites:
paul-auster.com
Full Name: Paul Auster
Born: Monday, 02/03 1947 (February) in Newark, NJ (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 77 years + 77 days)
Zodiac sign: Aquarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Pig)
Languages: English (EN), French (FR)
Educated at: Columbia University, Columbia High School
Employer: Columbia University
Member of: American Academy of Arts and Letters, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, PEN America
Spouses (current/former): Lydia Davis, Siri Hustvedt
Children: Sophie Auster
Other names for Paul Auster (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Paul Benjamin Auster"
"Paul Benjaminn" (Pseudonym)
Paul Auster frequently works together with these people:
Wayne Wang (6x, Crew)
Greg Johnson (5x, Crew)
Harvey Keitel (4x, Actor)
Peter Whitehead (4x, Crew)
Siri Hustvedt (4x, Crew)
Giancarlo Esposito (3x, Actor)
Victor Argo (3x, Actor)
David Chartier (3x, Crew)
Bernard Pivot (3x, Actor)
Avi Zev Weider (3x, Crew)
John Lurie (3x, Actor)
Simon Wallon (3x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:1380659, Added: 09/04/2019, Last updated: 03/22/2024