Sig Libowitz (born March 1, 1968) is an American lawyer, actor, film executive, writer and producer.
Libowitz is notable for writing, producing, and acting in a film, ''
The Response'', which he wrote after reading the actual transcripts from the
Guantanamo detainees'
Combatant Status Review Tribunals.
Education
Libowitz earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in theatre and politics from
New York University and a
Juris Doctor
The Juris Doctor (J.D. or JD), also known as Doctor of Jurisprudence (J.D., JD, D.Jur., or DJur), is a graduate-entry professional degree in law
and one of several Doctor of Law degrees. The J.D. is the standard degree obtained to practice law ...
from the
University of Maryland School of Law in 2007. One of Libowitz's professors at law school distributed Guantanamo transcripts to his class. Libowitz decided the transcript could be turned into a script.
Career
From 2007 to 2012, Libowitz worked for the law firm
Venable LLP
Venable LLP is an American law firm headquartered in Washington, D.C. It is the largest law firm in the state of Maryland. Founded in 1900 by Richard Venable in Baltimore, today Venable has 10 offices across the United States and 800 attorneys w ...
.
Libowitz was a vice president of acquisitions and co-productions at
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film and television production company, production and Distribution (marketing), distribution company and the main namesake division of Paramount Global (formerly ViacomCBS). It is the fifth-oldes ...
. Prior to that, he was an executive at
Film4 and
Good Machine
Good Machine Productions was an American independent film production, film distribution, and foreign sales company started in the early 1990 by its co-founders and producers, Ted Hope and James Schamus. David Linde joined as a partner in the late ...
, where he oversaw production of the Academy Award-nominated film, ''In The Bedroom'', starring
Sissy Spacek,
Tom Wilkinson, and
Marisa Tomei. As an actor, Libowitz had recurring roles in ''
The Sopranos'' and ''
Law & Order
''Law & Order'' is an American police procedural and legal drama television series created by Dick Wolf and produced by Wolf Entertainment, launching the '' Law & Order'' franchise.
''Law & Order'' aired its entire run on NBC, premiering on ...
''.
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''The Response'' has screened at the Pentagon,
United States Congress,
United States Department of Justice, the
United States Military Academy, and numerous universities including
Harvard University,
UCLA, and
Columbia University. ''The Response'' was shortlisted for the 2010 Academy Award (Best Live Action Short) and won the 2009 ABA Award as Best of the Year in Drama and Literature. Previous ABA winners include ''
To Kill a Mockingbird'', ''
Twelve Angry Men'', and ''
Judgment at Nuremberg
''Judgment at Nuremberg'' is a 1961 American epic courtroom drama film directed and produced by Stanley Kramer, written by Abby Mann and starring Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark, Maximilian Schell, Werner Klemperer, Marlene Dietr ...
''.
Peter Riegert
Peter Riegert (born April 11, 1947) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Donald "Boon" Schoenstein in ''Animal House'' (1978), oil company executive "Mac" MacIntyre in '' Local Hero'' (1983), pickle store owner Sam Posner in '' ...
,
Kate Mulgrew star as the two other JAG officers on the Tribunal.
Aasif Mandvi stars as the detainee.
Filmography
Film
Television
References
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American lawyers
Living people
1968 births