Mark Medoff
| Mark Medoff | |
|---|---|
| Born |
March 18, 1940 Mount Carmel, Illinois, USA |
| Occupation | Playwright, screenwriter, film director, theater director, actor, professor |
| Nationality | United States |
| Alma mater |
University of Miami Stanford University |
| Spouse | Stephanie Thorne Medoff (m. 1972; 3 children) |
| Information | |
| Notable work(s) |
Children of a Lesser God When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder? |
| Awards | Obie Award for Distinguished Play (1974) Tony Award for Best Play (1980) Olivier Award for Best Play (1981) |
Mark Medoff (born March 18, 1940) is an American playwright, screenwriter, film and theatre director, actor, and professor. His play Children of a Lesser God received both the Tony Award and the Olivier Award. He was nominated for an Academy Award and a Writers Guild of America Best Adapted Screenplay Award for the film script of Children of a Lesser God and for a Cable ACE Award for his HBO Premiere movie, Apology. He also received an Obie Award for his play When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder? Medoff's feature film Refuge was released in 2010.
When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder? was adapted into a film with a screenplay by Medoff in 1979.
Medoff was born in Mount Carmel, Illinois in 1940. In 1967, while working as an instructor at the Capitol Radio Engineering Institute in Washington, D.C., he wrote his first play, The Wager. His first play to be staged in New York City was When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?, which won him the 1974 Drama Desk and Obie Awards for Outstanding New Playwright.
Medoff received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Miami and his Master's from Stanford University. Medoff also received an honorary degree in 1981 from Gallaudet University.
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