Eric Mendelsohn (born November 1, 1964) is an American

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and

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Biography

Two of his films have been screened in the

Un Certain Regard (, meaning 'a certain glance') is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's official selection. It is run at the Debussy, parallel to the competition for the . This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob. The section presents 20 films w ...

section at Cannes: '' Through an Open Window'' in

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and '' Judy Berlin'' in

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., which won the Directing Award at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival. His third film, ''

3 Backyards ''3 Backyards'' is a film written and directed by Eric Mendelsohn and starring Embeth Davidtz. It premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Directing Prize, as did ''Mendelsohns first feature, ''Judy Berlin''; Mendelsohn is ...

'', also earned the Directing Award at the

Sundance Film Festival The Sundance Film Festival (formerly Utah/US Film Festival, then US Film and Video Festival) is an annual film festival organized by the Sundance Institute. It is the largest independent film festival in the United States, with more than 46,6 ...

in 2010, making him the only person in history to receive that honor twice. Mendelsohn also co-wrote the screenplay of the 2017 film '' Love After Love'' with Russell Harbaugh. He teaches at

Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...

's School of the Arts in New York City. Mendelsohn is one of five siblings. One of his brothers is author and critic

Daniel Mendelsohn Daniel Mendelsohn (born 1960), is an American author, essayist, critic, columnist, and translator. Best known for his internationally best-selling and award-winning Holocaust family memoir The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million, he is current ...

Filmography

* '' Through an Open Window'' (1993) * '' Judy Berlin'' (1999) * ''

'' (2010)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mendelsohn, Eric 1964 births Living people American film directors American male screenwriters People from Old Bethpage, New York Columbia University faculty Screenwriters from New York (state)