Daniel J. Sullivan
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| Born | June 11, 1940 Wray, Colorado, USA |
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Daniel J. Sullivan (born June 11, 1940) is an award-winning American theatre and film director and playwright.
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[edit] Biography
Born in Wray, Colorado, Sullivan was raised in San Francisco, where he graduated from San Francisco State University. In 1963, he began his professional career as an actor at the city's Actor's Workshop, where he remained for two years.
Sullivan worked as both an actor and director with the Lincoln Center Repertory Company in the late 1960s and 1970s. After two years as Resident Director of the Seattle Repertory Theatre, he assumed the position of Artistic Director in 1981, serving until 1997. It was there that he directed the first production of his own play, Inspecting Carol.
Sullivan has forged successful working relationships with three prominent contemporary American playwrights. He directed Herb Gardner's I'm Not Rappaport at Seattle Rep before staging it off-Broadway, on Broadway, in London's West End production, and for the United States national tour. He reteamed with Gardner to stage Conversations with My Father in Seattle, New York City, and Los Angeles. His first association with Wendy Wasserstein was the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Heidi Chronicles, which he directed at Playwrights Horizons before its transfer to Broadway. The duo later collaborated on An American Daughter and The Sisters Rosensweig. He directed both the Playwrights Horizons production and screen version of Jon Robin Baitz's The Substance of Fire, as well as his play A Fair Country.
Sullivan's Broadway acting credits include the 1973 revival of A Streetcar Named Desire, The Merchant of Venice, The Playboy of the Western World, The Good Woman of Setzuan, and Camino Real.
In addition to his directing, Sullivan currently holds a professorship teaching acting at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Sullivan has two daughters and a son, Megan Anne, Rachel, and John. His second wife was Shelley Plimpton, mother of actress Martha, and his current wife is actress Mimi Lieber.
[edit] Stage productions
- Prelude to a Kiss (2007 Revival)
- Rabbit Hole (2006)
- After the Night and the Music (2005)
- Julius Caesar (2005)
- Brooklyn Boy (2005)
- Sight Unseen (2004)
- The Retreat from Moscow (2003)
- Morning's at Seven (2002 revival)
- Major Barbara (2001)
- Proof (2000)
- A Moon for the Misbegotten (2000 revival)
- Ah, Wilderness! (1998)
- The Plough and the Stars (1973)
- Narrow Road to the Deep North (1972)
[edit] Awards and nominations
- Awards
- 1972 Drama Desk Award for Most Promising Director - Suggs
- 2001 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play - Proof
- Nominations
- 1989 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Play - The Heidi Chronicles
- 1989 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play - The Heidi Chronicles
- 1992 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play - Conversations With My Father
- 1993 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Play - The Sisters Rosensweig
- 1993 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play - The Sisters Rosensweig
- 2000 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Play - Dinner with Friends
- 2002 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play - Morning's at Seven
- 2006 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Play - Stuff Happens
- 2006 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play - Rabbit Hole
[edit] External links
- Daniel Sullivan at the Internet Broadway Database
- Daniel Sullivan at the Internet Movie Database
- Daniel Sullivan at the Lortel Archives - Internet Off-Broadway Database
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