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Born August 23, 1960 (age 66) • Lincoln • Nebraska
Awards And Honors Tony Awards (2002)
Elia Kazan stands on a docked ship set with arms outstretched, directing a scene for Panic in the Streets in New Orleans, with crew members and rigging visible behind him.
Elia Kazan
American director and author
Julie Taymor
Julie Taymor
American director, playwright, and costume designer
Mike Nichols, wearing a black tuxedo and bow tie, stands smiling at a podium with a star-shaped award in front of him at the AFI Lifetime Achievement Awards.
Mike Nichols
American director
Mel Brooks in a tuxedo smiles widely and points at his Emmy Award trophy while posing in front of a blue Emmy Awards backdrop.
Mel Brooks
American director, producer, screenwriter, and actor
Bob Fosse with a beard and open-collared shirt, looking to the side in a black and white publicity still from the film All That Jazz.
Bob Fosse
American choreographer and director
Matthew Broderick wearing glasses, a dark suit, white shirt, and striped tie, smiling at the camera in a formal portrait taken in 2017.
Matthew Broderick
American actor
Denzel Washington
Denzel Washington
American actor
Al Pacino, wearing glasses and dark clothing, stands in dramatic lighting with a blurred face visible on a screen in the background in a scene from The Insider.
Al Pacino
American actor
Kevin Spacey, wearing a tuxedo, stands onstage smiling and speaking at a microphone during the 2017 British Academy Britannia Awards in Beverly Hills.
Kevin Spacey
American actor
Argo
Alan Arkin
American actor
South Park
Trey Parker
American screenwriter, actor, and producer
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Robert Falls
American director
Harold Prince
Harold Prince
American theatrical producer and director
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Lin-Manuel Miranda
American actor, composer, lyricist, and writer
Mark Rylance as Thomas Cromwell in Wolf Hall, wearing a black cap and dark fur-trimmed cloak, standing against a plain background.
Mark Rylance
British actor and director
Sam Mendes stands smiling in a dark pinstripe suit and white shirt, wearing a red poppy pin, with hands in his pockets in front of a Skyfall backdrop.
Sam Mendes
English director
Stephen Daldry smiles while posing for a portrait against a plain dark background, wearing a denim jacket over a light sweater.
Stephen Daldry
English film and theater director
Ralph Fiennes
Ralph Fiennes
English actor
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Nicholas Hytner
English director
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Michael Grandage
English theater director