Michael Bergmann

Michael Bergmann
Michael Bergmann
Born	United States
Occupation(s)	Writer, director, producer
Parent	Martin S. Bergmann
Relatives	Hugo Bergman (grandfather)

Michael Bergmann is an American writer, director, and producer.

Biography

Michael Bergmann graduated with a B.A. in Latin from Columbia University in 1975 and studied film concurrently at N.Y.U. Undergraduate Film School. He went on to study at the N.Y.U. Graduate School of Film and Television.^{[citation needed]} He is married to the sculptor Meredith Bergmann.

Bergmann is the son of two Freudian psychoanalysts and the grandson of Hugo Bergmann, a philosopher who was one of the founders of Hebrew University in Jerusalem.^[1] He is also the great-grandson of Berta Fanta, a Prague salonière whose circle included Franz Kafka and Max Brod.

Filmography

Bergmann's films include:

Milk & Money (1996) with Calista Flockhart, Margaret Colin, Marin Hinkle, Olympia Dukakis, Dina Merrill, Robert Vaughn and Peter Boyle
Trifling With Fate (2000) with Bridget Moynahan, Gordon Elliott, Vivienne Benesch, Jason Butler Harner, Teri Lamm and Sarah Winkler
In Bed with My Books (2002) (Short)
Aftershock (2002) (Short) – Jury Award for Best Short Film, Whitehead International Film Festival^[2]
The Reality Trap (2005) with Bonnie Loren, Kevin Stapleton and Hedy Burress
Tied to a Chair (2009) with Bonnie Loren, Mario Van Peebles and Robert Gosset
Influence (2015)

Bergmann wrote the libretto for Stefania de Kenessey's opera The Bonfire of the Vanities: The Opera, based on Tom Wolfe’s novel The Bonfire of the Vanities, and directed the premiere in New York on October 9, 2015.^[3]

References

^ Fox, Margalit (January 27, 2014). "Martin S. Bergmann, Psychoanalyst and an On-Screen Philosopher, Dies at 100". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved September 10, 2023.
^ "Awards". Common Good Film Festival. Retrieved September 10, 2023.
^ Chow, Andrew R. (July 12, 2015). "'The Bonfire of the Vanities' Gets Opera Adaptation". Retrieved September 12, 2015.

External links

Michael Bergmann at IMDb
Michael Bergman at Rotten Tomatoes
Official website
“Tied to a Chair”: Bound for Glory - The New Yorker
Milk and Money - The New York Times
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/711a615a-718d-11e5-9b9e-690fdae72044.html - Bonfire of the Vanities, the Opera - The Financial Times

[1] Fox, Margalit (January 27, 2014). "Martin S. Bergmann, Psychoanalyst and an On-Screen Philosopher, Dies at 100". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved September 10, 2023.

[2] "Awards". Common Good Film Festival. Retrieved September 10, 2023.

[3] Chow, Andrew R. (July 12, 2015). "'The Bonfire of the Vanities' Gets Opera Adaptation". Retrieved September 12, 2015.

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