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Biography
MICHAEL BERGMANN is a writer and director whose favorite comments about his work are “sexy, surreal and entirely original” and “unafraid to be both smart and silly.” He is a confirmed realist who believes that realism is wasted on things that can actually happen and loves to master genres in order subvert them. Michael has been privileged to direct many great actors, and his films have won prizes all in the U.S., France, Canada, and England. His films include Milk & Money, which was called “a treat to see” by The New York Times, starring Calista Flockhart (Ally McBeal, Supergirl) and featuring Academy Award and Golden Globe Award winner Olympia Dukakis (Moonstruck, Steel Magnolias), Emmy Award Winner Peter Boyle (Everybody Loves Raymond, Young Frankenstein), Margaret Colin (As the World Turns, Gossip Girl), Marin Hinkle (Two and a Half Men, Once Again), Dina Merrill (The Player, Butterfield 8) and Robert Vaughn (The Man From U.N.C.L.E., Hustle); Influence, inspired by Michael's son who has autism, which America Magazine said “bravely explores this rough terrain, initiating the audience into the world of autism”; Trifling With Fate of which Variety said, “unafraid to be both smart and silly”, with Bridget Moynahan (Blue Bloods, Battle: Los Angeles); and Tied to a Chair, which The New Yorker called “one of the more exotic and enticing new independent films”, starring Bonnie Loren and featuring Mario Van Peebles (All My Children, Damages) and Robert Gossett (The Closer, Batman Returns). Bergmann wrote the libretto for Stefania de Kenessey's opera based on Tom Wolfe's bestselling novel The Bonfire of the Vanities and directed the world premiere in New York, which Financial Times called “melodically ingratiating; caustically witty”; the filmed performance is represented by House of Film. Michael's newest work in development, the digital series Puzzled, stars James Kacey (Ace the Case, The Making of the Mob and award-winning international actress and singer Melissa Mars (From Paris with Love, Six Ways to Die).
There are no productions for this artist in the Season Schedule of Performances which currently only dates back to 1991.
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