Jeff Zinn
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Jeff Zinn is an American
director
and actor
. He played Danny in the off-Broadway production of Sexual Perversity in Chicago
by David Mamet
and Trety in The Suicide
by Nikolai Erdman
starring Derek Jacobi.
He attended Harvard University
where he studied film making among a wide range of classes. In 1988 he joined the directing program at the American Repertory Theatre Institute for Advanced Theatre Training. He is the artistic director of Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater.
United States
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director
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:...
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...
. He played Danny in the off-Broadway production of Sexual Perversity in Chicago
Sexual Perversity in Chicago
Sexual Perversity in Chicago is a play written by David Mamet that examines the sex lives of two men and two women in the 1970's. The play is filled with profanity and regional jargon that reflects the working-class language of Chicago. The characters' relationships become hindered by the caustic...
by David Mamet
David Mamet
David Alan Mamet is an American playwright, essayist, screenwriter and film director.Best known as a playwright, Mamet won a Pulitzer Prize and received a Tony nomination for Glengarry Glen Ross . He also received a Tony nomination for Speed-the-Plow . As a screenwriter, he received Oscar...
and Trety in The Suicide
The Suicide
"The Suicide" is the 32nd episode of the sitcom Seinfeld. It is the 15th episode of the show's third season. It first aired on January 29, 1992.-Plot:Elaine needs to fast before an ulcer test, so she tries starving herself three days before the test...
by Nikolai Erdman
Nikolai Erdman
Nikolay Robertovich Erdman was a Soviet dramatist and screenwriter primarily remembered for his work with Vsevolod Meyerhold in the 1920s. His plays, notably The Suicide , form a link in Russian literary history between the satirical drama of Nikolai Gogol and the post-World War II Theatre of the...
starring Derek Jacobi.
Derek Jacobi
Sir Derek George Jacobi, CBE is an English actor and film director.A "forceful, commanding stage presence", Jacobi has enjoyed a highly successful stage career, appearing in such stage productions as Hamlet, Uncle Vanya, and Oedipus the King. He received a Tony Award for his performance in...
He attended Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
where he studied film making among a wide range of classes. In 1988 he joined the directing program at the American Repertory Theatre Institute for Advanced Theatre Training. He is the artistic director of Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater.
External links
- Wellfleet Harbor Actors Harbor
- Jeff Zinn at The Internet Broadway Database