David Feldshuh
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| Born | January 31, 1944 New York City, New York, U.S. |
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| Spouse | Martha A. Frommelt (m. 1986) |
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David Mark Feldshuh (born January 31, 1944, New York City) is an American director, actor, writer, teacher, and practicing physician. His 1992 play Miss Evers' Boys, based on the Tuskegee syphilis experiment, was a finalist for the 1992 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The 1997 adaptation of Miss Evers' Boys (adapted by Walter Bernstein) was nominated for 11 Emmy Awards (winning four) and two Golden Globe Awards (winning one).
His work includes the 1994 documentary Susceptible to Kindness, which won a CINE Golden Eagle Award and an Intercom Gold Plaque.
Feldshuh practices medicine at Cayuga Medical Center[1] and teaches in Cornell University's Department of Performing and Media Arts.[2]
Career
[edit | edit source]Early filmmaking
[edit | edit source]Feldshuh began his directing career in the early 1970s with The Swinging Teacher (1973), originally titled Just Be There, an independent drama about a Vietnam War veteran's readjustment to civilian life in Minneapolis. The low-budget film was later retitled and remarketed as an exploitation film, though it maintained its serious dramatic content.[3]
Theater and television
[edit | edit source]Feldshuh's most notable theatrical work is his 1992 play Miss Evers' Boys, based on the Tuskegee syphilis experiment, which was a finalist for the 1992 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The 1997 HBO television adaptation was nominated for 11 Emmy Awards, winning four, and two Golden Globe Awards, winning one.
His documentary work includes Susceptible to Kindness (1994), which won a CINE Golden Eagle Award and an Intercom Gold Plaque.
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Feldshuh was born to a Jewish family in New York City, the son of Lillian (née Kaplan) and Sidney Feldshuh, a lawyer. He was raised in Scarsdale, New York.[4] He married Martha A. Frommelt in 1986.[5] He is the brother of actress Tovah Feldshuh, and father of X Ambassadors former guitarist Noah Feldshuh.[6]
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External links
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- 1944 births
- Living people
- Physicians from New York (state)
- 20th-century American dramatists and playwrights
- Cornell University faculty
- Actors from Scarsdale, New York
- Scarsdale High School alumni
- Jewish American dramatists and playwrights
- Male actors from Westchester County, New York
- American dramatist and playwright stubs