Michael Bergmann
Michael Bergmann | |
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| Born | |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, director, producer |
| Parent | Martin S. Bergmann |
| Relatives | Hugo Bergman (grandfather) |
Michael Bergmann is an American writer, director, and producer.
Biography
[edit]Michael Bergmann graduated with a B.A. in Latin from Columbia University in 1975 and studied film concurrently at N.Y.U. Undergraduate Film School. He went on to study at the N.Y.U. Graduate School of Film and Television.[citation needed] He is married to the sculptor Meredith Bergmann.
Bergmann is the son of two Freudian psychoanalysts and the grandson of Hugo Bergmann, a philosopher who was one of the founders of Hebrew University in Jerusalem.[1] He is also the great-grandson of Berta Fanta, a Prague salonière whose circle included Franz Kafka and Max Brod.
Filmography
[edit]Bergmann's films include:
- Milk & Money (1996) with Calista Flockhart, Margaret Colin, Marin Hinkle, Olympia Dukakis, Dina Merrill, Robert Vaughn and Peter Boyle
- Trifling With Fate (2000) with Bridget Moynahan, Gordon Elliott, Vivienne Benesch, Jason Butler Harner, Teri Lamm and Sarah Winkler
- In Bed with My Books (2002) (Short)
- Aftershock (2002) (Short) – Jury Award for Best Short Film, Whitehead International Film Festival[2]
- The Reality Trap (2005) with Bonnie Loren, Kevin Stapleton and Hedy Burress
- Tied to a Chair (2009) with Bonnie Loren, Mario Van Peebles and Robert Gosset
- Influence (2015)
Bergmann wrote the libretto for Stefania de Kenessey's opera The Bonfire of the Vanities: The Opera, based on Tom Wolfe’s novel The Bonfire of the Vanities, and directed the premiere in New York on October 9, 2015.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Fox, Margalit (January 27, 2014). "Martin S. Bergmann, Psychoanalyst and an On-Screen Philosopher, Dies at 100". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved September 10, 2023.
- ^ "Awards". Common Good Film Festival. Retrieved September 10, 2023.
- ^ Chow, Andrew R. (July 12, 2015). "'The Bonfire of the Vanities' Gets Opera Adaptation". Retrieved September 12, 2015.
External links
[edit]- Michael Bergmann at IMDb
- Michael Bergman at Rotten Tomatoes
- Official website
- “Tied to a Chair”: Bound for Glory - The New Yorker
- Milk and Money - The New York Times
- http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/711a615a-718d-11e5-9b9e-690fdae72044.html - Bonfire of the Vanities, the Opera - The Financial Times