Michael Alden
Michael Alden, born Michael Jay Kreiger,[1] produces feature films,[2] Broadway [3] and Off-Broadway productions.[4] Michael served as studio executive at Cannon Films, Pathe International and MGM before moving to New York in 1991.[2][5]
Michael has served as a producer, executive producer and associate producer on several feature films including, “Just Cause” with Sean Connery,[6] the fashion documentary “UnZipped” (Sundance Film Festival)for Mirimax,[7] Stephen Daldry’s “The Hours” (Academy Award Nom, BAFTA Awards, a Golden Globe, AFI Award),[8] the independent feature comedy, “Kissing Jessica Stein” (GLAAD Media Award, Independent Spirit Awards, Los Angeles IFP/West Film Festival) [9] and Ralph Ziman’s foreign film, “The Zookeeper” starring Sam Neill.[10]
Michael produced David Seidler’s original play, “The King’s Speech" [11] and “Bat Boy: The Musical” (Lucille Lortel Award, two Richard Rodgers Awards, Outer Critics Circle Awards, Ovation Awards) on London's West End.[12] On Broadway, Michael produced “Grey Gardens (musical)” (TONY Award, Drama Desk Award) [3] and “Bridge and Tunnel (play)" (OBIE Award, Special TONY Award).[3] Off-Broadway and regionally Michael produced the Brochu-Schalchlin musical, “The Last Session” (LA Drama Critics Circle Award, GLAAD Media Award),[13] “Bat Boy: The Musical,” [4] “Sarah Jones' Bridge and Tunnel (play),” [4] “Spalding Gray: Stories Left To Tell” [14] and the Los Angeles productions of Howard Crabtree’s “When Pigs Fly” [15] (LA Drama Critics Circle Award) and Theresa Rebeck’s “Bad Dates” directed by Judith Ivey.[16]
References
- ^ http://www.omnilexica.com/?q=Michael+Alden
- ^ a b http://movies.nytimes.com/person/188116/Michael-Alden/filmography
- ^ a b c http://ibdb.com/person.php?id=406611
- ^ a b c http://broadwayworld.com/people/Michael-Alden/
- ^ Fisher, Phillip. "Michael Alden - a man who doesn't recognise the possibility of defeat". British Theatre Guide. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
- ^ http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/134371/Just-Cause/credits
- ^ http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/133592/Unzipped/details
- ^ http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/272631/The-Hours/credits
- ^ http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/246218/Kissing-Jessica-Stein/credits
- ^ http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/253650/The-Zookeeper/credits
- ^ http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/07/a-detour-on-road-to-broadway-for-the-kings-speech/
- ^ http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/reviews/bat-boy-the-musical-shaftesbury-theatre-london-6161754.html
- ^ http://bonusround.com/session2.html
- ^ http://theater.nytimes.com/2007/03/07/theater/reviews/07gray.html
- ^ http://variety.com/1999/legit/reviews/when-pigs-fly-2-1117742949/
- ^ http://www.abouttheartists.com/productions/60401-bad-dates-at-laguna-playhouse-moulton-theatre-september-13-october-16-2005