Michael Bergmann is an American writer, director, and producer.

Biography

Michael Bergmann graduated with a B.A. in Latin from

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in 1975 and studied film concurrently at N.Y.U. Undergraduate Film School. He went on to study at the N.Y.U. Graduate School of Film and Television. He is married to the sculptor Meredith Bergmann. Bergmann is the son of two

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psychoanalysts and the grandson of

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, a philosopher who was one of the founders of

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in Jerusalem. He is also the great-grandson of Berta Fanta, a Prague salonière whose circle included

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and Max Brod.

Filmography

Bergmann's films include: * Milk & Money (1996) with

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, Marin Hinkle,

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and

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* Trifling With Fate (2000) with Bridget Moynahan, Gordon Elliott, Vivienne Benesch, Jason Butler Harner, Teri Lamm and Sarah Winkler * In Bed with My Books (2002) (Short) * Aftershock (2002) (Short) – Jury Award for Best Short Film, Whitehead International Film Festival * The Reality Trap (2005) with Bonnie Loren, Kevin Stapleton and Hedy Burress * Tied to a Chair (2009) with Bonnie Loren,

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and Robert Gosset * Influence (2015) Bergmann wrote the

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for Stefania de Kenessey's opera '' The Bonfire of the Vanities: The Opera'', based on

Tom Wolfe Thomas Kennerly Wolfe Jr. (March 2, 1930 – May 14, 2018)Some sources say 1931; ''The New York Times'' and Reuters both initially reported 1931 in their obituaries before changing to 1930. See and was an American author and journalist widely ...

’s novel ''

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'', and directed the premiere in New York on October 9, 2015.

References

External links

*
Michael Bergman
at

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*
“Tied to a Chair”: Bound for Glory - The New Yorker

*http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/711a615a-718d-11e5-9b9e-690fdae72044.html - Bonfire of the Vanities, the Opera - The Financial Times {{DEFAULTSORT:Bergmann, Michael Film directors from New York City American people of Czech-Jewish descent Jewish American film people Living people Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American Jews