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Jack Hofsiss

American director (1950-2016) · United States · On the map · Directors · Died at 65

John Bernard Hofsiss was an American theatre, film, and television director. He received a Tony Award for his direction of The Elephant Man on Broadway, the youngest director to have ever received it at the time.

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2016Died13 September 20161984Cat on a Hot Tin RoofFilm, DirectorFamily SecretsFilm, 1984Director1982American PlayhouseSeries, DirectorI'm Dancing as Fast as I CanFilm, 1982DirectorThe Elephant ManFilm, 1982Director1980The Oldest Living GraduateFilm, Director1979Tony Award for Best Direction of a PlayAwardThe Sorrows of GinFilm, 1979Director1978Out of Our Fathers' HouseFilm, Director, Writer1950Born28 September 1950

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Filmography 7

9 credits on file

Television 1

Awards

Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play1979

About this person

The production also garnered him a Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Award, Obie Award, and New York Drama Critics Circle Award. Director of Family Secrets in the year 1984; starring Melissa Gilbert, James Spader, Stefanie Powers, and Maureen Stapleton.

Country
United States
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1950 to 2016 · aged 65

In the same film or series as Jack

Macon McCalmanAlso in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1984)Allyn Ann McLerieAlso in The Oldest Living Graduate (1980)Irene TedrowAlso in Family Secrets (1984)Paula WagnerAlso in Out of Our Fathers' House (1978)Margaret LaddAlso in I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can (1982)Mara HobelAlso in The Sorrows of Gin (1979)