Wynn Handman
American theatre director (1922-2020) · United States · On the map · Died at 97
Wynn Handman was the artistic director of The American Place Theatre, which he co-founded with Sidney Lanier and Michael Tolan in 1963. His role in the theatre was to seek out, encourage, train, and present new and exciting writing and acting talent and to develop and produce new plays by living American writers.
Wynn Handman is read about 25 times a day, in 7 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 13 June 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?People around Wynn
Close ties
Robert De Niro Studied under Wynn
Denzel Washington Studied under Wynn
Dustin Hoffman Studied under Wynn
Michael Douglas Studied under Wynn
Alec Baldwin Studied under Wynn
Richard Gere Studied under Wynn
Christopher Walken Studied under Wynn
James Caan Studied under Wynn
Mia Farrow Studied under Wynn
Raul Julia Studied under Wynn
Christopher George Studied under Wynn
Sidney Lanier Co-founded American Place Theatre
Michael Tolan Co-founded American Place Theatre
Media & music
Photos 1
Awards
About this person
In addition, he initiated several Arts Education Programs, such as Literature to Life. His life and the history of The American Place Theatre are the subjects of the 2019 documentary It Takes a Lunatic.