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Jerry Zaks (born September 7, 1946) is an German-American multiple award-winning stage- and television director, and actor.
Born in Stuttgart, Germany, the son of Holocaust survivors, Zaks graduated from Dartmouth College and received a Master of Fine Arts from Smith College. He made his Broadway acting debut in the original production of Grease and also appeared in Tintypes. He made his directing debut in 1981 with the off-Broadway production of Christopher Durang's Beyond Therapy.
Zaks served as Resident Director at Lincoln Center from 1986 -1990 and is a founding member of the Ensemble Studio Theatre. In addition to his Tony and Drama Desk Awards, he has won two Outer Critics Circle Awards, an Obie, and an NAACP Image Award nomination for his national tour of The Tap Dance Kid. He received the George Abbott Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theater in 1994 and an honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts from Dartmouth College in 1999.
As an actor, Zaks' screen credits include Outrageous Fortune, Crimes and Misdemeanors, and Husbands and Wives. On television he has appeared in M*A*S*H and The Edge of Night and directed episodes of Everybody Loves Raymond, Frasier, Hope and Faith, and Two and a Half Men, among others. He also directed the feature film Marvin's Room.
[edit] Stage productions
- The Caine Mutiny Court Martial, 2006
- La Cage aux Folles, 2004
- Little Shop of Horrors, 2003
- 45 Seconds from Broadway, 2001
- The Man Who Came to Dinner, 2000
- Epic Proportions, 1999
- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, 1996
- Smokey Joe's Cafe, 1995
- Laughter on the 23rd Floor, 1993
- Guys and Dolls, 1992
- Six Degrees of Separation, 1990
- Lend Me a Tenor, 1989
- Anything Goes, 1987
- The Front Page, 1986
[edit] Awards and nominations
- Awards
- 1986 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Play - The Marriage of Bette & Boo and The House of Blue Leaves
- 1986 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play - The House of Blue Leaves
- 1989 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Play - Lend Me a Tenor
- 1989 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play - Lend Me a Tenor
- 1991 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Play - Six Degrees of Separation
- 1991 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play - Six Degrees of Separation
- 1992 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical - Guys and Dolls
- 1992 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical - Guys and Dolls
- Nominations
- 1980 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical - Tintypes
- 1988 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical - Anything Goes
- 1988 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical - Anything Goes
- 1991 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical - Assassins
- 1995 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical - Smokey Joe's Cafe
- 1996 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical - A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
- 2006 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Play - The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
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