Henry Jaglom

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Henry Jaglom is a Londonborn American film director and playwright Jaglom was born to a Jewish family in London England the son of Marie née Stadthagen and Simon M Jaglom who worked in the importexport business His father was from a wealthy family from Russia and his mother was from Germany They left for England because of the Nazi regime Through his mother he is a descendant of philosopher Moses Mendelssohn Jaglom trained with Lee Strasberg at the Actors Studio in New York where he acted wrote and directed offBroadway theater and cabaret before settling in Hollywood in the late 1960s Under contract to Columbia Pictures Jaglom featured in such TV series as Gidget and The Flying Nun and acted in a number of films which included Boris Sagals The Thousand Plane Raid 1969 Jack Nicholsons Drive He Said 1971 Dennis Hoppers The Last Movie 1971 Orson Welles nevercompleted The Other Side of the Wind and more Jagloms transition from acting in films to creating them was largely influenced by his experience watching the Italian film 8½ 1963 The film changed my identity I realized that what I wanted to do was make films Not only that but I realized what I wanted to make films about my own life to some extent Jaglom began his filmmaking career working with Nicholson on the editing of Hoppers Easy Rider 1969 and made his writingdirecting debut with A Safe Place 1971 starring Tuesday Weld Nicholson and Welles His next film Tracks 1976 starred Hopper and was one of the earliest movies to explore the psychological cost on America of the Vietnam War His third film the first to be a commercial success was Sitting Ducks 1980 a comic romp Jaglom costarred in four of his most personal filmsAlways But Not Forever 1985 Someone to Love 1987 starring Orson Welles in his farewell film performance New Years Day 1989 which introduced David Duchovny and VeniceVenice 1992 opposite French star Nelly Alard In 1983 Jaglom taped lunch conversations with Orson Welles at Los Angeless Ma Maison Edited transcripts of these sessions appear in Peter Biskinds book My Lunches With Orson Conversations Between Henry Jaglom and Orson Welles 2013 As a playwright has written four plays that have been successfully performed on Los Angeles stages The Waiting Room 1974 A Safe Place 2003 AlwaysBut Not Forever 2007 and Just 45 Minutes from Broadway 20092010 Jaglom is the subject of the Henry Alex Rubins and Jeremy Workmans documentary Who Is Henry Jaglom 1997 Description above from the Wikipedia article Henry Jaglom licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia