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Todd Solondz was born on 15 October, 1959 in Newark, New Jersey, U.S., is an American filmmaker. Discover Todd Solondz's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 64 years old?

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Occupation Filmmaker, playwright
Age 64 years old
Zodiac Sign Libra
Born 15 October 1959
Birthday 15 October
Birthplace Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1959

Todd Solondz (born October 15, 1959) is an American filmmaker and playwright known for his style of dark, socially conscious satire.

Solondz's work has received critical acclaim for its commentary on the "dark underbelly of middle class American suburbia," a reflection of his own background in New Jersey.

1985

Solondz's student short film Schatt's Last Shot was produced in 1985, and was shown at least once in 1986.

The title character is a high schooler who wants to get into Stanford University, but his gym teacher hates him.

The teacher fails him because he cannot make a shot in basketball.

He has no luck with the girl of his dreams, but he wishes he was more like the coach, whom he challenges to a game of one-on-one.

1989

In 1989 Solondz wrote and directed Fear, Anxiety & Depression, an episodic comedy about fledgling playwright Ira (played by Solondz) and his frustrating interactions with women.

The film contains several musical interludes, including three songs written for the film.

Stanley Tucci appears in one of his early roles as an old, disliked acquaintance of Ira, who takes up playwriting on a whim and becomes the toast of Off-Broadway.

The frustrations of his first feature led Solondz to swear off further involvement with the industry.

More than five years later, an attorney friend urged Solondz to give filmmaking another go, and promised partial finance for any project Solondz came up with.

1990

During the early 1990s, Solondz worked at NYANA as a teacher of English as a second language to Russian immigrants in New York City and described the experience as positive.

Solondz is an atheist.

In The A.V. Club article "Is There a God?", he answered the question "Well, me, I'm an atheist, so I don't really believe there is. But I suppose I could be proven wrong."

1995

His work includes Welcome to the Dollhouse (1995), Happiness (1998), Storytelling (2001), Palindromes (2004), Life During Wartime (2009), Dark Horse (2011), and Wiener-Dog (2016).

Solondz was born in Newark, New Jersey.

He wrote several screenplays while working as a delivery boy for the Writers Guild of America.

Solondz earned his undergraduate degree in English from Yale and attended New York University's Master of Fine Arts program in film and television, but did not complete a degree.

The end result was 1995's Welcome to the Dollhouse, which went on to win the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival.

The dark comedy follows the travails of Dawn Wiener, a bespectacled, toothy, and shy 7th-grade girl who is mercilessly teased at school and treated to alternating contempt and neglect at home.

It was distinct from most earlier films about adolescent abuse due to its complex characterization.

It gave a balanced and sometimes sympathetic portrayal of the bully antagonist Brandon, and its depiction of Dawn, the ostensible protagonist and victim of the story, showed her as deeply flawed and sometimes cruel and selfish herself.

The film was a major success among critics, and a moderate success at the box office.

It was a festival hit, with screenings all over the world.

1998

Solondz's next piece was Happiness (1998), a highly controversial film due to the themes explored in it, which range from rape, pedophilia, incest, suicide, and murder to a bizarre sexual phone caller.

After the original distributor October Films dropped it, the film was distributed by Good Machine Releasing.

The movie received numerous awards, including International Critics' Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, and yielded strong critical praise for Solondz.

2001

In 2001, Solondz released Storytelling, which premiered at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival.

It is a film separated into two parts, entitled "Fiction" and "Nonfiction."

The two stories share two thematic elements, but deal with each in an autonomous manner.

Solondz used this format because he wanted to "find a fresh structure, a fresh form, and a different way of tackling what may be identical geographical material."

When Solondz initially presented the film to the MPAA, he was told that if he wished to receive a rating other than NC-17, he would have to remove a scene of explicit sex involving a white female and a black male.

However, a clause in Solondz's contract allowed him to cover part of the actors with a bright red box.

"For me it's a great victory to have a big red box, the first red box in any studio feature [...] it's right in your face: You're not allowed to see this in our country."

Solondz did, however, remove a portion of the film (which has variously been reported as either a subplot of the second story, or a third story entirely) which contained a sex scene involving two male actors (one of whom was James Van Der Beek).

2004

Solondz's next film, Palindromes (2004), raised the eyebrows of many pundits and reviewers due to its themes of child molestation, statutory rape and abortion.

Like all of Solondz's previous films, Palindromes is set in suburban New Jersey.

It was released unrated in the US.

2009

Life During Wartime (formerly known as Forgiveness) was produced by John Hart and Evamere Entertainment and released in 2009.

Solondz said the film is a companion piece to Happiness and Welcome to the Dollhouse.