David Fishelson
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Fishelson outside Golda's Balcony on Broadway, 2005.
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| Born |
July 24, 1956 Wooster, Ohio, US |
| Residence | Manhattan, New York |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Andover (1974) |
| Alma mater | University of Wisconsin-Madison (BA, 1978) |
| Occupation | Theatre producer, playwright, film director |
| Years active | 1982–present |
| Spouse(s) | Erana Kratounis (1992–present) |
| Children | 2 |
David J. "Dave" Fishelson (born July 24, 1956) is an American producer, playwright, and director for film, theatre, television and radio, based in Manhattan since 1982. He is best known for being the lead producer of Golda's Balcony, the longest-running one-woman show in Broadway history (2003–05); and for being the founder/producer of Manhattan Ensemble Theatre ("MET"), an award-winningOff-Broadway theatre company located in SoHo, New York City. As a filmmaker, his work has been broadcast on PBS,exhibited theatrically, and selected for 12 international film festivals (winning at 3). As a theatre producer and playwright (both on Broadway and off), his work has garnered 31 nominations (winning 11) from the Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, Obie, Drama League, Lortel, Blackburn Prize and Touring Broadway awards organizations, while landing on Time Out NY's year-end "Best in Theatre" list on 4 different occasions.
Fishelson was born in Wooster, Ohio to a Jewish family. His mother, Julia Fishelson (née Amster, 1924–2013), was a women's shelter activist and art center founder, and his father Joseph E. Fishelson (1914–1991) was an entrepreneur, inventor and college professor. David Fishelson attended Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts (class of 1974), and the University of Wisconsin-Madison (class of 1978) — where his mentor was film scholar David Bordwell — before attending one year of graduate school at the University of Paris III: Sorbonne Nouvelle (1978–79). In Paris, in 1978, he met Zoe Zinman, who would become his collaborator on the feature film City News (1983). After Paris, he moved to New York City in 1979.
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