Mitchell Lichtenstein

Mitchell Wilson Lichtenstein (born 10 March 1956 in Cleveland, OH) is an openly gay^[1] American actor, writer, producer and director.

Lichtenstein studied acting at Bennington College in Vermont.^[2]

In Ang Lee's film The Wedding Banquet (1993), Lichtenstein played the partner of a gay Taiwanese man living in the United States who is forced to marry by his parents.^[3] Other credits include Streamers (1983). He produced, wrote, and directed the 2007 black comedy horror film Teeth, about the pitfalls and power of a girl as a living example of the vagina dentata myth.^[4] The film premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival to positive reviews.^[4]

His latest film Happy Tears premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2009.^[5]

He is the son of artist Roy Lichtenstein.^[2]

References

1. ^ Stevenson, William (June, 1995). "Mitchell & Roy". Genre, pp. 42-45.
2. ^ ^{a b} Julianelli, Jane (1997-02-02). "Actor Finds That His Roles Walk on the Darker Side of Life". New York Times. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10F10F93C590C718CDDAB0894DF494D81. 
3. ^ Herman, Tony (1993-09-03). "Romance: man to man". Pittsburg Post-Gazette. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=u1cNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0W4DAAAAIBAJ&dq=mitchell%20lichtenstein&pg=3894%2C1238048. 
4. ^ ^{a b} Harmanci, Reyhan (2008-01-20). "Horror comedy 'Teeth' based on 'vagina dentata' myth". SFGate. http://articles.sfgate.com/2008-01-20/entertainment/17151377_1_sundance-film-festival-dentata-hale-appleman. 
5. ^ Cole, Deborah (2009-02-12). "Demi Moore plays against sexy type". Inquirer. http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/breakingnews/breakingnews/view/20090212-188858/Demi-Moore-plays-against-sexy-type. 

External links

• Mitchell Lichtenstein at the Internet Movie Database
• Mitchell Lichtenstein at the Internet Broadway Database
• Mitchell Lichtenstein at the Internet Off-Broadway Database

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Name	Lichtenstein, Mitchell
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Short description	American actor
Date of birth	1956-03-10
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