Paul Mazursky
Irwin Lawrence "Paul" Mazursky (April 25, 1930 – June 30, 2014) was an American film director, screenwriter, and actor. Known for his dramatic comedies that often dealt with modern social issues, he was nominated for five Academy Awards for Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969), An Unmarried Woman (1978), Harry and Tonto (1974), and Enemies, A Love Story (1989). He is also known for directing such films as Next Stop, Greenwich Village (1976), Moscow on the Hudson (1984), Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986), Moon over Parador (1988), and Scenes from a Mall (1991).
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| Known For | Directing |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.9405 |
| Birthday | 1930-04-25 |
| Place of Birth | Brooklyn, New York, USA |
| Also Known As |
1981
History of the World: Part I
6.8/904
An uproarious version of history that proves nothing is sacred – not even the Roman Empire, the French Revolution and the Spanish Inquisition.
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History of the World: Part I
1953
Fear and Desire
5.4/541
After their airplane crashes behind enemy lines, four soldiers must survive and try to find a way back to their battalion. However, when they come acr...
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Fear and Desire
1985
Into the Night
6.545/322
Ed Okin used to have a boring life. He used to have trouble getting to sleep. Then one night, he met Diana. Now, Ed's having trouble staying alive.
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Into the Night
1993
Carlito's Way
7.831/3440
Free after years in prison, Carlito Brigante intends to give up his criminal ways, but it's not long before the ex-con is sucked back into the New Yor...
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Carlito's Way
1984
Moscow on the Hudson
6.281/221
A Russian circus visits the US. A clown wants to defect, but doesn't have the nerve. His saxophone playing friend however comes to the decision to def...
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Moscow on the Hudson
1976
Next Stop, Greenwich Village
6.36/43
An aspiring Jewish actor moves out of his parents' Brooklyn apartment to seek his fortune in the bohemian life of Greenwich Village in 1953.
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Next Stop, Greenwich Village
1998
Antz
6.181/4715
A neurotic worker ant in love with a rebellious princess rises to unlikely stardom when he switches places with a soldier. Signing up to march in a pa...
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Antz
1955
Blackboard Jungle
6.928/160
Richard Dadier is a teacher at North Manual High School, an inner-city school where many of the pupils frequently engage in anti-social behavior. Dadi...
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Blackboard Jungle
1996
2 Days in the Valley
6.182/295
In a sleepy bedroom community of LA's San Fernando Valley, the murder of a professional athlete by two hit men sets into motion a chain of events that...
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2 Days in the Valley
1979
An Almost Perfect Affair
5/7
An idealistic first-time director lives for his art — until he meets a wife of an Italian producer at the Cannes Film Festival. A passionate affair be...
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An Almost Perfect Affair
1988
Punchline
5.507/150
Lilah Krytsick is a mother and housewife who's always believed she could be a stand-up comedian. Steven Gold is an experienced stand-up seemingly on t...
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Punchline
1993
The Pickle
5/14
Harry Stone always dreamed of making "The Great American Movie." Instead, he made "The Pickle" - a teenage sci-fi flick about a flying cucumber. Harry...
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The Pickle
1980
Willie & Phil
4.583/12
Life imitates art when two Manhattanites — pompous teacher Willie and quiet photographer Phil — become friends after a thought-provoking screening of...
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Willie & Phil
1968
I Love You, Alice B. Toklas!
4.943/35
Harold Fine is a self-described square - a 35-year-old Los Angeles lawyer who's not looking forward to middle age nor his upcoming wedding. His life c...
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I Love You, Alice B. Toklas!
1999
A Slight Case of Murder
6.479/24
In the midst of a spat, film critic Terry Thorpe accidentally kills his lover. Though Thorpe covers his tracks, he raises the suspicions of a private...
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A Slight Case of Murder
2012
Show Me the Magic
2.5/2
Don McAlpine, legendary cinematographer. World renowned Australian. A documentary of his life journey from teaching physical education in Temora, NSW,...
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Show Me the Magic
1978
An Unmarried Woman
6.725/80
A wealthy woman from Manhattan's Upper East Side struggles to deal with her new identity and her sexuality after her husband of 16 years leaves her fo...
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An Unmarried Woman
1998
Bulworth
6.308/267
A suicidally disillusioned liberal politician puts a contract out on himself and takes the opportunity to be bluntly honest with his voters by affecti...
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Bulworth
1988
Moon Over Parador
5.866/86
Little known actor, Jack Noah, is working on location in the dictatorship of Parador at the time the dictator dies. The dictator's right hand man, Rob...
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Moon Over Parador
1998
Why Do Fools Fall In Love
6.39/50
In the mid-80s, three women (each with an attorney) arrive at the office of New York entertainment manager, Morris Levy. One is an L.A. singer, former...
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Why Do Fools Fall In Love
1996
Faithful
5.467/30
A depressed housewife whose husband is having an affair contemplates suicide, but changes her mind when she faces death by a killer hired to do her in...
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Faithful
1991
Scenes from a Mall
5.154/78
A comedy about a married couple -- he's a sports lawyer, she's a psychologist -- which takes place on their 16th wedding anniversary, when they make s...
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Scenes from a Mall
2012
Casting By
6.857/43
This essential new documentary pays tribute to the legacy of the late, legendary casting director Marion Dougherty and shines a light on one of the mo...
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Casting By
1979
A Man, a Woman and a Bank
6.357/14
Two novice thieves are plotting to rob a bank in Vancouver. A photographer snaps a shot of one thief as he is carrying the bank building's blueprints....
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A Man, a Woman and a Bank
2001
Big Shot's Funeral
6.573/55
Don Tyler, a famous film-maker, falls ill on the sets of his movie. Fascinated by the funereal traditions of China, he requests a cameraman named Yoyo...
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Big Shot's Funeral
1973
Blume in Love
5.826/23
Lawyer Stephen Blume, who specializes in divorces, lives a paradoxical situation when, having his own marriage break up, is still in love with his ex-...
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Blume in Love
1989
Enemies, a Love Story
6.216/44
A ghostwriter finds himself romantically involved with his current wife, a married woman and his long-vanished wife.
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Enemies, a Love Story
2002
New York at the Movies
9/3
Meryl Streep conducts us to a trip to New York City as presented in many films during the 20th Century, and how its cultural importance and impact are...
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New York at the Movies
1966
Deathwatch
4.5/8
Based on a play by Jean Genet, a small-time thief battles with his gay cellmate over a third illiterate, muscular convict.
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Deathwatch
1986
Down and Out in Beverly Hills
5.903/278
Beverly Hills couple Barbara and Dave Whiteman find their lives altered by the arrival of a vagrant who tries to drown himself in their swimming pool.
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Down and Out in Beverly Hills
1976
A Star Is Born
5.987/239
Drunken, has-been rock star John Norman Howard falls in love with unknown singer Esther Hoffman after seeing her perform at a club. He lets her sing a...
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A Star Is Born
2018
The Other Side of the Wind
6.722/230
Surrounded by fans and sceptics, grizzled director J.J. "Jake" Hannaford returns from years abroad in Europe to a changed Hollywood, where he attempts...
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The Other Side of the Wind
1997
Weapons of Mass Distraction
5.176/17
As two warring media moguls grapple for ownership of a coveted professional football team, they use the newspapers, magazines and television stations...
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Weapons of Mass Distraction
2017
Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies
5.4/11
Profile of the producer and former studio head of 20th Century Fox in the 1970s, Alan Ladd Jr.
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Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies
2001
Hidden Values: The Movies of the Fifties
7/1
This documentary was broadcast on the Turner Classic Movies (TCM) cable channel to kick off the presentation of films related to TCM's theme of the mo...
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Hidden Values: The Movies of the Fifties
2011
Kung Fu Panda 2
7.1/7834
Po is finally living the dream as the Dragon Warrior—until a shadow from his past comes roaring back. When the ruthless peacock Lord Shen unleashes a...
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Kung Fu Panda 2
2002
Do It for Uncle Manny
3.4/10
Struggling actor Danny and his pal Stuart are ready to rock the L.A. nightlife -- with help from a Rolls Royce and Rolex "borrowed" from Stuart's uncl...
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Do It for Uncle Manny
2001
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
7.412/198
With commentary from Hollywood stars, outtakes from his movies and footage from his youth, this documentary looks at Stanley Kubrick's life and films....
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Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
2014
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
6.5/35
The extraordinary life of Orson Welles (1915-85), an enigma of Hollywood, an irreducible independent creator: a musical prodigy, an excellent painter,...
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Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
1992
Man Trouble
4.9/67
A sleazy but affable guard dog trainer is blackmailed to steal a manuscript for a tell-all book from one of his clients.
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Man Trouble
1997
Hey, Hey, We're The Monkees
8.375/4
Documentary focusing The Monkees, the 1960s pop group originally created for a TV sitcom. Interviews with the band members, the show's creators, and m...
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Hey, Hey, We're The Monkees
1969
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
6.302/111
After returning to Los Angeles from a group therapy session, documentary filmmaker Bob Sanders and his wife, Carol, find themselves becoming vigilante...
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Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
1989
Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills
5.371/31
A wealthy Beverly Hills resident who has just become a widow, Clare Lipkin temporarily takes on her friend Lisabeth as a house guest. As the two women...
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Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills
1994
Love Affair
5.426/61
Ex-football star Mike Gambril meets Terry McKay on a flight to Sydney, which is forced to land on a small atoll. They become romantic on board a ship...
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Love Affair
2007
Yippee: A Journey to Jewish Joy
1/1
Paul Mazursky journeys to a small town in the Ukriane, to witness and participate in a three day celebration by over 25,000 singing, dancing, praying,...
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Yippee: A Journey to Jewish Joy
2009
Vittorio D.
6.3/10
A documentary about Vittorio de Sica with clips of his films and testimonials from friends and family.
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Vittorio D.
2001
The Majestic
6.748/824
Set in 1951, a blacklisted Hollywood writer gets into a car accident, loses his memory and settles down in a small town where he is mistaken for a lon...
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The Majestic
1989
First Works
7/1
It's a mixed bag in the age of illuminating DVD supplements, but First Works effectively demonstrates the early promise of 13 successful filmmakers. C...
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First Works
1997
Touch
5.652/46
At the discovery of his ability to work miracles, Juvenal becomes a media sensation, but now he's prone to those who want to exploit him.
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Touch
1995
Miami Rhapsody
5.32/61
Even though Gwyn Marcus is engaged to her boyfriend, Matt, she is still afraid of commitment. While she admires her parents' loving relationship, she...
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Miami Rhapsody
2002
The Making of 'The Producers'
7.875/4
An hour-long making-of featurette which features interviews and anecdotes from the likes of Mel Brooks, Gene Wilder, Kenneth Mars, Lee "Ulla" Meredith...
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The Making of 'The Producers'
1970
Alex in Wonderland
5.524/21
Bohemian Alex Morrison has just finished directing his first feature length movie. In its previews, the movie is considered a critical, artistic and s...
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Alex in Wonderland
2002
The Magic of Fellini
3.5/6
Documentary with interviews and clips of Fellini's movies.
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The Magic of Fellini
2006
Searching for Orson
5.5/2
Narrated by Peter Bogdanovich, this biography of Orson Welles includes the emotional memoirs of actress Oja Kodar and interviews with Steven Spielberg...
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Searching for Orson
2006
I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With
5.531/49
Life has its downs for James, living with his mom in Chicago at 39, an aging performer at Second City, eating and weighing too much. A woman he's been...
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I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With
1999
Crazy in Alabama
6.032/109
An abused wife heads to California to become a movie star while her nephew back in Alabama has to deal with a racially-motivated murder involving a co...
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Crazy in Alabama
2006
Cattle Call
4.147/34
A guy starts a fake casting agency in hopes that he will meet his soul mate.
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Cattle Call
1974
Harry and Tonto
7.094/96
Harry is a retired teacher in his 70s who has lived in the Upper West Side of New York City all his life. When his building is torn down to make way f...
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Harry and Tonto
1982
Tempest
5.989/45
A sobering mid-life crisis fuels dissatisfaction in Philip Dimitrius, to the extent where the successful architect trades his marriage and career in f...
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Tempest
2003
A Decade Under the Influence
7.919/43
A documentary examining the decade of the 1970s as a turning point in American cinema. Some of today's best filmmakers interview the influential direc...
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A Decade Under the Influence
2004
Coast to Coast
7/6
Barnaby and Maxine Pierce, an embattled married couple in Connecticut, are on the verge of divorce. Their son is getting married in California and the...
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Coast to Coast
2002
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film
8/1
illustrates how directors pushed boundaries and altered the art of filmmaking during the turbulent, swinging 1960s. Narrated by Woody Harrelson, "Reel...
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Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film
1998
Winchell
6.278/18
The true story of the influential and controversial columnist Walter Winchell, who ruled the newspaper and radio waves with his groundbreaking brand o...
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Winchell
2009
The Anatomy of Vince Guaraldi
0/0
A musical journey through the brief life and times of the celebrated composer who pioneered the crossover of jazz and pop music -- from his celebrated...
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