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Paul Mazursky

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Paul Mazursky · Arts & Literature

What

Writer-director ('An Unmarried Woman', 'Moscow on the Hudson')

When

1930, Brooklyn, New York, United States — 2014, Los Angeles, California, United States

Where

United States

Biography

Paul Mazursky is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Writer-director ('An Unmarried Woman', 'Moscow on the Hudson')

How & why

Paul Mazursky was an American writer, director and actor who chronicled American middle-class life with warmth and satire in films such as 'An Unmarried Woman' (1978) and 'Moscow on the Hudson' (1984). His work earned multiple Academy Award nominations and helped define a distinctively personal strand of 1970s American cinema. Mazursky was a Jewish American, born to an immigrant family in Brooklyn, and Jewish identity and immigrant experience often shaped his stories.

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Source: IMDb (Jewish Directors list)

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Writer-director ('An Unmarried Woman', 'Moscow on the Hudson')

1930

Source: IMDb (Jewish Directors list)