Jonathan Glatzer (born 21 October 1969) is an American writer, director, and producer.

Life and career

Glatzer is a television writer and producer for such shows as ''Succession'',''

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'', ''Bloodline'', and ''Bad Sisters'' Along with his fellow writers, he has received a Primetime Emmy Award, two Peabody Awards, a Golden Globe and a WGA award and has been nominated for two Primetime Emmys, and six WGA awards. Glatzer's first feature film as director, co-writer and producer was ''What Goes Up''. The film stars Steve Coogan, Olivia Thirlby,

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, Molly Shannon and

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. Glatzer grew up in North Caldwell, NJ and began his career in theater as a director, staging productions at such venues as the Oxford Playhouse in England, the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, D.C., and the Ensemble Studio Theatre in New York. He attended

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and graduated in 1991. He then attended

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's Film School, where his short ''Prix Fixe'' won the school's best film award.

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