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BIRTHDAY

June 19, 1952

Princeton, Illinois, USA

RECENT CREDITS

Quills (FILM) Nov. 22, 2000

The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwin... (FILM) Jun. 30, 2000

The Iron Giant (FILM) Aug. 6, 1999

Cousin Bette (FILM) Jun. 12, 1998

Renaissance Man (FILM) Jun. 3, 1994

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BIOGRAPHY

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Two-time Tony Award-winning director Des McAnuff grew up in Canada and moved to NYC in the mid-1970s, co-founding the Dodger Theatre Company and directing their first production "Gimme Shelter" in 1978. His production of "The Death of Von Richthofen as Witnessed From Earth" (1982), complete with special effects like a flying piano, got him tagged a "wunderkind" in Newsweek and convinced La Jolla Playhouse board members to hire him as artistic director. During his tenure at La Jolla, he directed four shows that he eventually brought to Broadway, beginning with "Big River" (1985), Roger Miller's musical version of "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn", and followed by Lee Blessing's "A Walk in the Woods" (1988), "The Who's 'Tommy'" (1993) and the revisal of "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" (1995). He received his first film credit as director of the "Henry V" theatrical unit for Penny Marshall's "Renaissance Man" (1994) and finally made his feature directorial debut with the 19th Century period piece "Cousin Bette" (1998), adapted from Honore Balzac's novel "La Cousin Bette". McAnuff produced the animated "Iron Giant" (1999) based on the Ted Hughes novel "Iron Giant: A Story in Five Nights" before working on his own live-action/animated feature, "The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle" (2000).

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Broadway's newest source

May. 7, 2001

With the huge Broadway success of Mel Brooks' The Producers, it looks like you can bring the movies to the stage. On Monday, Brooks' musical stage adaptation of his classic movie received 15 Tony nominations, including nods for best musical, for stars Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick, and for Brooks for best book and score.

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B.O. ANALYSIS: 'Scary' Looks to Top Box Office

Posted: Jul. 7, 2000

THE COMING BOX OFFICE WEEKEND (JULY 7-9, 2000):

Posted: Jul. 6, 2000

THE COMING BOX OFFICE WEEKEND (JUNE 30-JULY 2, 2000):

Posted: Jun. 29, 2000

B.O. ANALYSIS: Clooney 'Storms' Holiday Box Office

Posted: Jul. 2, 2000

B.O. ANALYSIS: 'Patriot,' 'Storm' Battle for Independence

Posted: Jun. 29, 2000

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