Schwartz, Bruce
Schwartz, Bruce
(Bruce R. Schwartz)
PERSONAL
Son of Al (a writer, producer, and director) and Mimi Schwartz. Education: University of California, Berkeley, B.A.; University of California, Irvine and University of California, Los Angeles, joint M.F.A.
Career:
Director, producer, and writer. California State University, Northridge, instructor; Marymount College, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, associate professor of literature and film; instructor at various other institutions, including Rutgers University.
Awards, Honors:
Fipresci Prize, San Sebastian Film Festival, c. 1978, for In MacArthur Park; Peace Prize and Children's Jury Award—Certificate of Merit, best live–action short film or video, both Chicago International Children's Film Festival, 1996, for Make a Wish, Molly; Best in Show Award, Danish Film Festival, 2005, for Everyday Use; Silver Award, Chicago International Film Festival, 2005, for I Stand Here Ironing.
CREDITS
Film Director:
(As Bruce R. Schwartz) In MacArthur Park, Western World Productions, 1977.
(As Bruce R. Schwartz) Outside the Lucky, 1990.
A Worn Path, 1994.
Make a Wish, Molly, 1995.
A & P (short film), 1996.
Cathedral, Films for the Humanities, 2002.
(As Bruce R. Schwartz) Everyday Use, 2003.
(As Bruce R. Schwartz) Salvation (short film), Worn Path Productions, 2003.
I Stand Here Ironing (also known as Tillie Olsen: I Stand Here Ironing), Films for the Humanities and Sciences/Worn Path Productions, 2005.
Some sources cite Schwartz as the director of An Interview with Tillie Olsen.
Film Producer:
(As Bruce R. Schwartz) In MacArthur Park, Western World Productions, 1977.
(As Bruce R. Schwartz) Associate producer, Outside the Lucky, 1990.
A Worn Path, 1994.
(With others) Make a Wish, Molly, 1995.
A & P (short film), 1996.
Cathedral, Films for the Humanities, 2002.
(As Bruce R. Schwartz) Everyday Use, 2003.
(As Bruce R. Schwartz) Salvation (short film), Worn Path Productions, 2003.
I Stand Here Ironing (also known as Tillie Olsen: I Stand Here Ironing), Films for the Humanities and Sciences/Worn Path Productions, 2005.
Film Work; Other:
(As Bruce R. Schwartz) Editor, In MacArthur Park, Western World Productions, 1977.
Production coordinator, Valley Girl (also known as Bad Boyz, College Lovers, and Rebel Dreams), Atlantic Releasing, 1983.
WRITINGS
Screenplays:
(As Bruce R. Schwartz) In MacArthur Park, Western World Productions, 1977.
(As Bruce R. Schwartz) Outside the Lucky, 1990.
A Worn Path (based on a work by Eudora Welty), 1994.
Make a Wish, Molly (based on a book by Barbara Cohen), 1995.
A & P (short film; based on a work by John Updike), 1996.
Cathedral (based on a work by Raymond Carver), Films for the Humanities, 2002.
(As Bruce R. Schwartz) Everyday Use (based on a short story by Alice Walker), 2003.
(As Bruce R. Schwartz) Salvation (short film; based on work by Langston Hughes), Worn Path Productions, 2003.
I Stand Here Ironing (also known as Tillie Olsen: I Stand Here Ironing), Films for the Humanities and Sciences/Worn Path Productions, 2005.
Some sources state that Schwartz worked on An Interview with Tillie Olsen.
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