Del Shores
Encyclopedia
Del Shores is an American
film director and producer
, television writer and producer, playwright
and actor
.
. The comedic play was adapted for the 1990
film Daddy's Dyin': Who's Got the Will?
. Shores wrote the screenplay and executive produced the feature.
Perhaps Shores' best known play is his fourth, "Sordid Lives", which debuted in 1996 in Los Angeles. The comedy centered around the Texan
Ingram family and touched on LGBT
themes. In 1999
Shores wrote and direct the screen version of Sordid Lives
. Eight years later Shores produced 12 prequel
episodes of Sordid Lives: The Series
which aired on American LGBT-interest cable channel Logo
.
In 2010, Shores debuted his play "Yellow" at the Coast Playhouse in West Hollywoood.
Shores has two daughters Caroline and Rebecca from a previous marriage to Kelley Alexander. He married his partner and co-producer Jason Dottley in 2003 and they remarried in a state where same-sex weddings are recognized in 2008. In 2011 Shores announced on his Facebook
page that he and Dottley were divorcing.
United States
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film director and producer
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
, television writer and producer, playwright
Playwright
A playwright, also called a dramatist, is a person who writes plays.The term is not a variant spelling of "playwrite", but something quite distinct: the word wright is an archaic English term for a craftsman or builder...
and actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
.
Biography
The first play Shores wrote was Daddy's Dyin': Who's Got the Will? which saw a 1987 debut in Los AngelesLos Ángeles
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. The comedic play was adapted for the 1990
1990 in film
The year 1990 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* CGI technique is expanded with motion capture for CGI characters, used in Total Recall .* The first digitally-manipulated matte painting is used, in Die Hard 2....
film Daddy's Dyin': Who's Got the Will?
Daddy's Dyin': Who's Got the Will?
"Daddy's Dyin'...Who's Got the Will?" is a US Southern-themed ensemble Comedy-drama. The independent film was released May 4, 1990.-Plot:Buford Turnover is suffering from advanced dementia, and it's only a matter of time before he dies...
. Shores wrote the screenplay and executive produced the feature.
Perhaps Shores' best known play is his fourth, "Sordid Lives", which debuted in 1996 in Los Angeles. The comedy centered around the Texan
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
Ingram family and touched on LGBT
LGBT
LGBT is an initialism that collectively refers to "lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender" people. In use since the 1990s, the term "LGBT" is an adaptation of the initialism "LGB", which itself started replacing the phrase "gay community" beginning in the mid-to-late 1980s, which many within the...
themes. In 1999
1999 in film
The year 1999 in film involved several noteworthy events and has been called "The Year That Changed Movies". Several significant feature films, including Stanley Kubrick's final film Eyes Wide Shut, Pedro Almodóvar's first Oscar-winning film All About My Mother, science fiction The Matrix, Deep...
Shores wrote and direct the screen version of Sordid Lives
Sordid Lives
Sordid Lives was a 2000 independent film, written and directed by Del Shores. The movie is based on Shores' play of the same name and includes elements of his life, according to the director's DVD commentary...
. Eight years later Shores produced 12 prequel
Prequel
A prequel is a work that supplements a previously completed one, and has an earlier time setting.The widely recognized term was a 20th-century neologism, and a portmanteau from pre- and sequel...
episodes of Sordid Lives: The Series
Sordid Lives: The Series
Sordid Lives: The Series is an American television series created, written, and directed by Del Shores and acts as a prequel to 2000 film Sordid Lives, also by Shores, self-described as a "Black comedy about white trash"...
which aired on American LGBT-interest cable channel Logo
Logo (TV channel)
Logo is an American digital cable television channel owned by Viacom's MTV Networks division. Launched in June 2005, the channel's programs are geared towards the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender community...
.
In 2010, Shores debuted his play "Yellow" at the Coast Playhouse in West Hollywoood.
Shores has two daughters Caroline and Rebecca from a previous marriage to Kelley Alexander. He married his partner and co-producer Jason Dottley in 2003 and they remarried in a state where same-sex weddings are recognized in 2008. In 2011 Shores announced on his Facebook
Facebook
Facebook is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004, operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. , Facebook has more than 800 million active users. Users must register before using the site, after which they may create a personal profile, add other users as...
page that he and Dottley were divorcing.
Plays
- Cheatin'Cheatin'"Cheatin" is a song recorded by country music artist Sara Evans, released in October 2005 as the second single from her album Real Fine Place. In early 2006, it peaked in the Top 10 on the US Country charts. The song was later included on Evans' Greatest Hits album.-Content:The song, which is a...
- Daddy's Dyin': Who's Got the Will?Daddy's Dyin': Who's Got the Will?"Daddy's Dyin'...Who's Got the Will?" is a US Southern-themed ensemble Comedy-drama. The independent film was released May 4, 1990.-Plot:Buford Turnover is suffering from advanced dementia, and it's only a matter of time before he dies...
- Daughters of the Lone Star State
- Sordid LivesSordid LivesSordid Lives was a 2000 independent film, written and directed by Del Shores. The movie is based on Shores' play of the same name and includes elements of his life, according to the director's DVD commentary...
- Southern Baptist Sissies
- The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife
- YellowYellowYellow is the color evoked by light that stimulates both the L and M cone cells of the retina about equally, with no significant stimulation of the S cone cells. Light with a wavelength of 570–590 nm is yellow, as is light with a suitable mixture of red and green...
Screenplays
- Sordid LivesSordid LivesSordid Lives was a 2000 independent film, written and directed by Del Shores. The movie is based on Shores' play of the same name and includes elements of his life, according to the director's DVD commentary...
(2000) - Daddy's Dyin': Who's Got the Will?Daddy's Dyin': Who's Got the Will?"Daddy's Dyin'...Who's Got the Will?" is a US Southern-themed ensemble Comedy-drama. The independent film was released May 4, 1990.-Plot:Buford Turnover is suffering from advanced dementia, and it's only a matter of time before he dies...
(1990)
Television
- Queer as FolkQueer as Folk (US TV series)Queer as Folk is an American and Canadian television series co-production, produced by Showtime and Temple Street Productions, which was based on the British series of the same name, created by Russell T Davies...
- Dharma & GregDharma & GregDharma & Greg is an American television sitcom that aired from September 24, 1997, to April 30, 2002.It starred Jenna Elfman and Thomas Gibson as Dharma and Greg Montgomery, a couple who married instantly on their first date despite being complete opposites...
- Ned and Stacy
- Touched by an AngelTouched by an AngelTouched by an Angel is an American drama series that premiered on CBS on September 21, 1994 and ran for 211 episodes and nine seasons until its conclusion on April 27, 2003. Created by John Masius and produced by Martha Williamson, the series stars Roma Downey, as an angel named Monica, and Della...
- Maximum BobMaximum BobMaximum Bob was a short-lived television series that debuted in 1998 on ABC TV. Starring Beau Bridges, the show was based on Elmore Leonard's 1991 novel with the same title.-Premise:...
"Daddy's Dyin': Who's Got the Will?"
- 1987 LA Weekly Theater AwardLA Weekly Theater AwardLA Weekly Theater Award is an annual critics' award established in 1979, given by the LA Weekly for outstanding achievements in small theatre productions in Southern California...
s Best Production (Win)- Best Playwriting (Win)
- For 10 Year Anniversary Revival - 1997 Robby Awards
- Best Production (Nomination)
- Best Director (Nomination)
"Sordid Lives"
- Drama-Logue AwardDrama-Logue AwardThe Drama-Logue Award was a theater award established in 1977, given by the publishers of Drama-Logue newspaper, a weekly west-coast theater trade publication. Winners were selected by the publication's theater critics, and would receive a certificate at an annual awards ceremony...
s- Best Production (Win)
- Best Playwriting (Win)
- Best Direction (Win)
- LA Stage Alliance Ovation Awards
- Best World Premiere (Nomination)
- LA Weekly Awards
- Best Direction (Nomination)
- Best Playwriting (Nomination)
- GLAAD Media Awards
- Outstanding LA Theatre Production (Nomination)
- Robby Awards
- Best Production (Nomination)
- Best Director (Nomination)
- Best Playwriting (Nomination)
"Cheatin'"
- Drama-Logue Awards
- Best Ensemble (Win)
- For African American Revival - 1997 NAACP Theater Awards
- Best Direction (Nomination)
- Drama-Logue Awards Best Direction (Win)
"Southern Baptist Sissies"
- 2001 GLAAD Media Awards
- Outstanding LA Theatre Production (Win)
- 2000 LA Weekly Awards
- Best Direction (Win)
- 2000 Back Stage West Garland AwardsBack Stage West Garland AwardsThe Back Stage Garland Awards — also referred to simply as the Garland Awards, and known as the Back Stage West Garland Awards from 1998 to 2008 — are bestowed by the entertainment-industry newspaper Back Stage, honoring excellence in Southern California theatre...
- Best Playwriting (Win)
- 2000 Robby Awards
- Best Production (win)
- Best Director (Win)
- Best Playwriting (Win)
Sordid Lives (2000 film)
- Austin Gay & Lesbian International Film Festival
- Best Feature
- L.A. Outfest
- Audience Award Outstanding Soundtrack
- New York International Independent Film & Video Festival
- Best Feature Film
- Philadelphia International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
- Audience Award Best Feature
"The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife"
- 2003 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle AwardLos Angeles Drama Critics Circle AwardThe Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards is an annual awards program presented by the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle . Established in 1969, the awards recognize excellence in theatre in the Greater Los Angeles Area....
s- Best Production (Win)
- Best World Premiere (Win)
- LA Stage Alliance Ovation Awards (2003)
- Best World Premiere (Nomination)
- Best Director (Nomination)
- NAACP Theatre Awards
- Best Production (Win)
- Best Playwright (Win)
- Best Director (Nomination)
- Back Stage West Garland Awards
- Best Production (Win)
- Best Playwright (Win)
- Best Direction (Win)
- Best Music (Lyrics) (Nomination)
- LA Weekly Awards
- Best Playwright (Win)