Paul Mazursky

Paul Mazursky (April 25, 1930 – June 30, 2014) was an American film director, screenwriter, and actor. Known for his dramatic comedies that addressed modern social issues, Mazursky received five Academy Award nominations for his films Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969), An Unmarried Woman (1978), Harry and Tonto (1974), and Enemies, A Love Story (1989). Some of his notable directing credits include Next Stop, Greenwich Village (1976), Moscow on the Hudson (1984), Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986), Moon over Parador (1988), and Scenes from a Mall (1991). Born in Brooklyn, New York, he graduated from Brooklyn College in 1951 and began his film career as an actor in Stanley Kubrick's Fear and Desire (1953).