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Alan Schneider(1917-1984)

  • Director
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Additional Crew
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Born in Russia, stage director Alan Schneider worked primarily in the U.S., and was best known for interpreting the plays of Samuel Beckett. Schneider made very infrequent ventures into cinema, the best-known being Film (1965), an experimental silent movie written by Beckett, made in 1964 with Buster Keaton. Schneider corresponded with Samuel Beckett for many years; ironically, and tragically, he was struck and killed by a motorcycle in London while crossing the street to post a letter to Beckett.
BornDecember 12, 1917
DiedMay 3, 1984(66)
BornDecember 12, 1917
DiedMay 3, 1984(66)
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Known for

Walter Matthau in Play of the Week (1959)
Play of the Week
7.2
TV Series
  • Director
Producers' Showcase (1954)
Producers' Showcase
7.1
TV Series
  • Director
John Forsythe, Larry Blyden, and Barbara Rush in Sunday Showcase (1959)
Sunday Showcase
4.5
TV Series
  • Director
New York Television Theatre (1965)
New York Television Theatre
6.9
TV Series
  • Director(segment ": "Eh, Joe?")

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  • Zalmen: or, the Madness of God (1975)
    Zalmen: or, the Madness of God
    7.5
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1975
  • New York Television Theatre (1965)
    New York Television Theatre
    6.9
    TV Series
    • Director (segment ": "Eh, Joe?")
    • 1966
  • Film (1965)
    Film
    7.4
    Short
    • Director
    • 1965
  • Walter Matthau in Play of the Week (1959)
    Play of the Week
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1961
  • World Wide '60 (1960)
    World Wide '60
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1960
  • John Forsythe, Larry Blyden, and Barbara Rush in Sunday Showcase (1959)
    Sunday Showcase
    4.5
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1960
  • Marsha Hunt and John Rodney in Studio One (1948)
    Studio One
    7.5
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1957
  • Producers' Showcase (1954)
    Producers' Showcase
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1955

Second Unit or Assistant Director



  • Lorraine Hansberry in Playwright at Work (1961)
    Playwright at Work
    TV Mini Series
    • director: play excerpt
    • 1961

Additional Crew



  • Omnibus (1952)
    Omnibus
    8.2
    TV Series
    • staged by (segment "Oedipus, the King")
    • 1957

Personal details

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  • Born
    • December 12, 1917
    • Kharkov [now Kharkiv], Ukraine
  • Died
    • May 3, 1984
    • London, England, UK(road accident)
  • Spouse
    • Eugenie Rosa Muckle1953 - May 3, 1984 (his death, 2 children)
  • Other works
    Active on Broadway in the following productions:
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    • 4 Articles

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    Won Broadway's 1963 Tony Award as Best Director (Dramatic) for Edward Albee's "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" Subsequently, he was Tony-nominated four more times: as Best Director (Dramatic), in 1964 for Edward Albee's "The Ballad of the Sad Cafe," in 1965 for Edward Albee's "Tiny Alice," in 1967 for Edward Albee's "A Delicate Balance," and, in 1968, for "You Know I Can't Hear You When the Water's Running.".

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