Bob Balaban
Naissance : 16/08/1945
(79 ans)
Chicago, Illinois, États-Unis
Biographie
A producer, director, actor, and writer, Balaban has been a fixture of film, television, Broadway, and publishing for over thirty years.
Balaban produced GOSFORD PARK, which was nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award and won the Oscar® for Original Screenplay and the BAFTA for Best British Film. He produced, directed, and wrote THE LAST GOOD TIME, which won Best Director and Best Film at the Hamptons International Film Festival. He also
directed the black comedy-horror film PARENTS. He is most recently the creator, writer, and producer of the IFC animated comedy series “Hopeless Pictures,” and the executive producer of the second season of “Celebrity Charades” on AMC.
As an actor, Balaban has appeared on Broadway in “Plaza Suite,” “The Inspector General” (for which he earned a Tony nomination), and “Speed the Plow.” Off- Broadway work includes “You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown,” “The White House Murder Case,” “Marie and Bruce,” “Pavlo Hummel,” and “Some Americans Abroad.”
Balaban produced and directed the hit off-Broadway evening, “The Exonerated” (which won a Drama Desk Award and an Outer Critics Circle Award), as well as the National Tour starring Robin Williams, Stockard Channing, and Mia Farrow. He also directed the film version of “The Exonerated” for Court TV, which starred Susan Sarandon, Danny Glover, Aidan Quinn, and Brian Dennehy.
Balaban has appeared in nearly 50 movies, including his striking debut in MIDNIGHT COWBOY, CATCH-22, CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND, ALTERED STATES, 2010, ABSENCE OF MALICE, PRINCE OF THE CITY, DECONSTRUCTING HARRY, JAKOB THE LIAR, WAITING FOR GUFFMAN, BEST IN SHOW, THE MEXICAN, GHOST WORLD, A MIGHTY WIND and MARIE AND BRUCE.
He was seen in CAPOTE, TRUST THE MAN, M. Night Syamalan’s LADY IN THE WATER and Christopher Guest’s FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
Balaban has even written a series of best-selling children’s books for Scholastic called “McGrowl.”
The Weinstein Company
Acteur
Documentaires | |
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2022 |
Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy |
2018 |
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction (série) |
Alien Life (E01) |
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2017 |
Wormwood (série) |
Chapitre 6 : Souviens-toi de moi (E06) |
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Chapitre 4 : L'ouverture du cercueil (E04) |
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Chapitre 3 : Le seuil interdit (E03) |
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Chapitre 2 : Une terrible erreur (E02) |
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2016 |
Eva Hesse |
Starring Austin Pendleton |
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2015 |
Everything Is Copy |
2010 |
Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood (série) |
Peepshow Pioneers: 1889–1907 (E01) |
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2008 |
The Windmill Movie |
2006 |
Celebrating Schlesinger |
Reflections of Lady in the Water |
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2003 |
I Love the '70s (série) |
2002 |
Biography: Tim Robbins - Playing From the Heart (téléfilm) |
2001 |
Le Making of de "Rencontres du Troisième Type" |
The Making of 'Gosford Park' (téléfilm) |
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1988 |
Funny |
1984 |
2010: The Odyssey Continues |
In Our Hands |
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1982 |
The Making of 'Absence of Malice' (téléfilm) |
1977 |
The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' (téléfilm) |
Courts métrages | |
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2021 |
How Moving |
2012 |
Moonrise Kingdom: Animated Book Short |
2011 |
The Five Stages of Grief |
2010 |
F--K |
2002 |
The Burbs (téléfilm) |
2000 |
Tex, the Passive-Aggressive Gunslinger |
Réalisateur
Films | |
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2009 |
Georgia O'Keeffe (téléfilm) |
2006 |
Bernard et Doris |
2005 |
The Exonerated (téléfilm) |
1997 |
Subway Stories (téléfilm) |
1994 |
The Last Good Time |
1993 |
My Boyfriend's Back |
1989 |
Parents |
1983 |
The Brass Ring (téléfilm) |
Séries | |
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2016 |
Graves |
That Dare Not Speak (S01E04) |
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Nothing Can Come of Nothing (S01E03) |
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2014 |
Alpha House |
Bugged (S02E08) |
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2013 |
Alpha House |
Prayer Brunch (S01E07) |
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Zingers (S01E06) |
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2012 |
Nurse Jackie |
Interdit aux kimonos (S04E06) |
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Plutôt se couper un bras (S04E05) |
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2011 |
Nurse Jackie |
Jacky l'admirable (S03E08) |
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Plus c'est haut, plus c'est chaud (S03E07) |
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2008 |
Swingtown |
Go Your Own Way (E05) |
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2003 |
The Twilight Zone |
The Pharaoh's Curse (E36) |
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2002 |
The Twilight Zone |
Future Trade (E20) |
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2001 |
Dead Last |
2000 |
Deadline |
Un agent tres secret |
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Lizzard's Tale (E18) |
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1999 |
Strangers with Candy |
1998 |
Oz |
Great Men (S02E03) |
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1995 |
Legend |
Revenge of the Herd (E09) |
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1991 |
Eerie, Indiana |
1985 |
Histoires fantastiques |
Fine Tuning (S01E07) |
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1983 |
Tales from the Darkside |
Trick or Treat (S01E01) |
Documentaires | |
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2014 |
We the Economy: 20 Short Films You Can't Afford to Miss |
1997 |
Directors on Directors (série) |
Compilations vidéo | |
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1992 |
Amazing Stories: Book Five |
Courts métrages | |
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2019 |
Shande |
Participant
Émissions | |
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2020 |
Bad Music Video Theatre - i.a. |
2017 |
Hollywood First Look |
2014 |
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver |
2009 |
The 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards |
1998 |
Vivement dimanche prochain |
1993 |
Good Day L.A. |
Producteur
Courts métrages | |
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2002 |
Lost in the Snow |