- Tom DiCillo
Tom DiCillo is an American
film director ,screenwriter andcinematographer . He was born in Camp Le Jeune,North Carolina , in 1953, and studied creative writing atOld Dominion University [cite bio |url=http://www.tomdicillo.com/blog/?page_id=31 |title=WHO at Tom DiCillo |author=Tom DiCillo] inNorfolk, VA and went on to study filmmaking atNew York University 's Film School, subsequently working as an actor, then cinematographer, before making his own films.His first film, "
Johnny Suede ", cast the then-unknownBrad Pitt andCatherine Keener in what would be their first starring roles. It received a nomination for a Grand Jury Prize at theSundance Film Festival [imdb title|0104567|title=Johnny Suede] .In his second film, DiCillo received acclaim for his satire of independent film-making "
Living in Oblivion ". This 1995black comedy , itself a low-budgetindependent film , featuresSteve Buscemi as a director driven to near-madness by his cast and crew, including a vain Hollywood actor. Describing the inspiration for and origin of "Living in Oblivion" in an interview with Salon magazine, DiCillo described making a movie as "one of the most tedious, boring, painful experiences, and that's just when something goes right" [cite news |url=http://www.salon.com/aug97/entertainment/dicillo970808.html |title=Adult juvenile delinquency |publisher=Salon |date=1997-08-08 |author=Jennie Yabroff] .In 2001, his film "Double Whammy" was released
straight to video . [cite news |url=http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2003/02/10/030210ta_talk_mankiewicz |title=Straight to video |author=John Mankiewicz |publisher=The New Yorker |date=2003-02-10 ] His latest film, "Delirious", is a comedy starring Steve Buscemi, Michael Pitt, Alison Lohman and Elvis Costello. It was screened at the San Sebastian Film Festival where it won three awards (Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and the Signis Award for originality) [imdb title|0412637|Delirious] . The film also screened at Sundance in 2007 and won Best Director at the HBO Comedy Film Festival in Aspen. He has published books of two of his screenplays, "Living in Oblivion" and "Box of Moonlight". Both books contain the full scripts along with humorous commentary, stories and anecdotes.Filmography (director)
* "Delirious" (2006)
* "Double Whammy" (2001)
* "The Real Blonde " (1997)
* "Box of Moon Light " (1996)
* "Living in Oblivion " (1995)
* "Johnny Suede " (1991)References
External links
* [http://www.tomdicillo.com/ Official site]
*imdb name|id=0001139|name=Tom DiCillo
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