Todd Solondz (born October 15, 1959 in Newark, New Jersey) is an American screenwriter and independent film director known for his style of dark, thought-provoking, socially conscious satire. Solondz has been critically acclaimed for his examination of the "dark underbelly of middle class American suburbia", a reflection of his own background in New Jersey. His work includes the cult hit Welcome to the Dollhouse, the award-winning Happiness, Stor...
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Todd Solondz (born October 15, 1959 in Newark, New Jersey) is an American screenwriter and independent film director known for his style of dark, thought-provoking, socially conscious satire. Solondz has been critically acclaimed for his examination of the "dark underbelly of middle class American suburbia", a reflection of his own background in New Jersey. His work includes the cult hit Welcome to the Dollhouse, the award-winning Happiness, Storytelling, and Palindromes.
Solondz originally considered becoming a rabbi, but eventually set his sights on writing screenplays. He even wrote several while he had a job as a delivery boy for the Writers Guild of America.
Solondz received his undergraduate degree in English from Yale and attended New York University's (NYU) Graduate MFA Program in film and television, but did not complete a degree
During the early '90s Solondz worked as a teacher of English as a second language to newly arrived Russian immigrants at NYANA, a refugee...
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