Paul Mazursky

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Lawrence "Paul" Mazursky (May 25, 1930-1984) was an American film producer, screenwriter, and actor.

He was nominated for five Academy Awards, two times for Best Original Screenplay and another for Best Picture for An Unmarried Woman (1978).

Bob & Carol & Alice (1969), Blume in Love (1973), Harry and Tonto (1974), and Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986).

Early life and education

He was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Jean (née Gerson), a pianist for dance lessons, and David Mazursky, a worker. Mazursky's grandfather was an immigrant from Ukraine. Mazursky graduated from Brooklyn College in 1951.

Personal life

Betsy Mazursky, a librarian and social worker, was married to Mazursky (née Purdy) from 1953 to his death. Meg and Jill, their two daughters, were born. Mazursky was an atheist.

Mazursky, an altitude patient, died on June 30, 2014 at Los Angeles' Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

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Career

In Stanley Kubrick's first film, Fear and Desire (1953), Mazursky began his film career as an actor. Kubrick requested for verification of his name for the credits, and at that time, he decided on a first-name change to Paul. In The Blackboard Jungle, two years ago, he was in a prominent position as one of a classroom of teenagers with problems facing authority. (1955) His acting career spanned decades, beginning with appearances in episodes of television series The Twilight Zone and The Rifleman.

In the majority of his own films, Mazursky appeared in supporting roles or cameos. Mazursky played himself as a tyrant's mother in Moon over Parador (1988), although the Rio Opera House was only available for three days of shooting, and Mazursky played the role in drag.

Mazursky appeared in Several Faces of the Wind (1972), The Other Side of the Wind (1984), The People Who Were Born (1988), A Star in the Wind (1990), Man in the Evening (1995), Crazy in Alabama (1999), and I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With (2006). In Antz (1998), he also performed the voice of the Psychologist.

Mazursky appeared in "Sunshine" the poker dealer in later years in The Sopranos. Mel Brooks' associate Norm appeared in five episodes of Curb Your Enthusiasm as Norm, a role that was later reprised in a season 7 episode.

Mazursky became a writer and appeared on The Danny Kaye Show in 1963, just after starting his acting career. In 1965, he collaborated with Larry Tucker in drafting the script for the original pilot of The Monkees television series, in which they also appeared in cameos.

Alice B. Toklas (1968), Mazursky's debut as a film screenwriter. He directed his first film, Bob & Carol & Alice, (produced and written by Mazursky and Larry Tucker), which was a huge critical and commercial success. Mazursky's first Oscar nomination was earned on the film, and it was the fifth highest grossing of the year.

As he wrote and directed a number of quirky, thrilling, and critically influential films, his career behind the camera continued for the next two decades. His most popular films were contemporary dramatic comedies, including the Academy Award-nominated An Unmarried Woman (1978), and Beverly Hills' 1986 film Down and Out. "From the late 1960s to the 1980s, [he] seemed to channel the zeitgeist," the Hollywood Reporter said.

Other Mazursky films during this period include the comedy satire Alex in Wonderland (1970), the cutting Los Angeles relationship comedy Blume in Love (1980), and the acclaimed Isaac Bashevis Singer film Enemies, a Love Story (1989).

Roger Ebert, a film critic, was a huge fan of Mazursky's films, awarding six of his films the best four stars in his reviews. "Mazursky has a way of making comedies that are more intelligent and relevant than most of the serious films around," Ebert said in 1986.

Mazursky's 1990s had less success, beginning with Scenes from a Mall (1991), starring Woody Allen and Bette Midler. Mazursky worked only as a director on films including Faithful (1996), Winchell (1998), and Coast to Coast (2003), with his filmmaking parody The Pickle (1993), his last writing credit. Yippee (2006), his last film was the independent documentary Yippee.

Any film by Mazursky used New York City or Los Angeles as one of its locations. "No filmmaker has been more insightful or amusing about the Los Angeles cavalcade than Mazursky," the Los Angeles Times reported in 1991. It's not just about being hip to the scene; what makes such L.A. films as Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice and Alex in Wonderland and Blume, Beverly Hills, soar, Mazursky's wide-eyed infatuation with the city's rampant pop nuttiness.

His films received a total of twelve Academy Award nominations, with one winning and nineteen Golden Globe nominations, with two winners.

Mazursky's autobiography Show Me the Magic (1999), he relates his filmmaking experiences and interactions with many well-known screen stars, including Peter Sellers.

In a number of documentaries on film, including A Decade Under the Influence, New York at the Movies, and Screenwriters: Words Into Image, Mazursky appeared as himself in a number of documentaries.

Mazursky, a late in his life, was creating a Broadway musical version of his 1988 film Moon Over Parador.

Mazursky served as a film critic for Vanity Fair from 2011 to 2014.

Mazursky received five Academy Award nominations, four for his screenplay writing on Bob & Carol (1969) and Enemies, a Love Story (1989), as well as once as producer of An Unmarried Woman (1979), as well as for Best Picture. Among other prizes, he was also nominated for a Golden Globe and twice for the Cannes Film Festival's Palm d'Or.

In 2000, he was named recipient of the Austin Film Festival's Distinguished Screenwriter Award.

He was given the Amicus Poloniae (Latin: "Friend of Poland") in 2000, which is a award given annually by the Polish ambassador to the US and given to citizens of the United States for their outstanding contributions to Polish-American relations.

The Los Angeles Film Critics Association awarded him with an award for Career Achievement in 2010.

Mazursky was named the 2,515th star of the Hollywood Walk of Fame in front of Musso & Frank Grill on December 13, 2013. Mel Brooks, Richard Dreyfuss, and Jeff Garlin were among the guests and collaborators.

Mazursky received the Screen Laurel Award at the WGA Awards on February 1, 2014, which is the lifetime achievement award of the Writers Guild of America. Mel Brooks, a comedian, writer, and a close friend, accepted the award.

At his alma mater Brooklyn College's annual gala in New York City in May 2014, Mazursky received the Best of Brooklyn Award.

In 2015, Joe Swanberg's film Digging for Fire was dedicated in honor of Mazursky.

Greg Pritikin dedicated his film The Last Laugh to Mazursky in 2019.

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