Todd Solondz

Quick Facts

Full Name	Todd Solondz
Occupation	Director
Date Of Birth	Oct 15, 1959(1959-10-15)
Age	65
Birthplace	Newark
Country	United States
Birth City	New Jersey
Horoscope	Libra

Todd Solondz Biography

Todd Solondz is one of the most popular and richest Director who was born on October 15, 1959 in Newark, New Jersey, United States. Screenwriter and director, whose 1995 movie Welcome to the Dollhouse won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival.

He was the director He directed Allison Janney in the film Life During Wartime. in the film Life During Wartime.

One of Solondz’s short films, Schatt’s Last Shot, was made in 1985. The title character is a high schooler who wants to get into Stanford, but his gym teacher hates him. The teacher fails him because he cannot make a shot in basketball. He has no luck with the girl of his dreams, but he wishes he was more like the coach, whom he challenges to a game of one-on-one.

In 1989 Solondz wrote and directed Fear, Anxiety & Depression, an episodic comedy about fledgling playwright Ira (played by Solondz) and his frustrating interactions with the opposite sex. The film contains several musical interludes, including three songs written for the film. Stanley Tucci appears in one of his earliest roles as an old, disliked acquaintance of Ira’s, who takes up playwriting on a whim and becomes the toast of Off-Broadway.

In an interview in 2005 with Suicide Girls that he was not yet married when he was interviewed.

Todd Solondz Net Worth

Todd Solondz is one of the richest Director from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Todd Solondz 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was delivery driver at The Writer’s Guild of America. He completed his undergraduate studies in Yale University.

It was a controversial movie Happiness that explored issues like pedophilia and sexual exploitation was awarded an International Critics’ Award in Cannes Film Festival. Cannes Film Festival.

Todd Solondz (born October 15, 1959) is an American filmmaker and playwright known for his style of dark, socially conscious satire. Solondz’s work has received critical acclaim for its commentary on the “dark underbelly of middle class American suburbia,” a reflection of his own background in New Jersey. His work includes Welcome to the Dollhouse (1995), Happiness (1998), Storytelling (2001), Palindromes (2004), Life During Wartime (2009), Dark Horse (2011), and Wiener-Dog (2016).

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Todd Solondz Dating?

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Solondz’s next film, Palindromes (2004), raised the eyebrows of many pundits and reviewers due to its themes of child molestation, statutory rape and abortion. The film was financed largely by the filmmaker. Like all of Solondz’s previous films, Palindromes is set in suburban New Jersey. It was released unrated in the US.

Facts & Trivia

Todd Ranked on the list of most popular Director. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Todd Solondz celebrates birthday on October 15 of every year.

On December 19, 2009, Solondz joined as adjunct professor the New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts; he alternates semesters between New York’s main campus of the school, and the grad film sister program at the Tisch Asia campus in Singapore. He teaches “Directing and Writing the Feature”.

Where is todd Solondz?

Newark, New Jersey, U.S.

What is the movie happiness about?

This dark ensemble-comedy is centered on the three Jordan sisters. Joy (Jane Adams) moves through lackluster jobs with no sense of purpose. Now employed teaching adults, she is dating a student, Russian taxi-driver Vlad (Jared Harris). Helen (Lara Flynn Boyle) is an esteemed poet who becomes amused by her perverted neighbor, Allen (Philip Seymour Hoffman). And eldest sister Trish (Cynthia Stevenson) is married to Bill (Dylan Baker), a psychiatrist with a very disturbing secret life.

Who directed film happiness?

Todd Solondz

Where can I watch Happiness 1998?

Happiness ( 1998 ) on Netflix.

Why is Happiness the movie disturbing?

Controversy. The film was highly controversial for its heavy sexual themes, particularly its portrayal of pedophilia. The Sundance Film Festival refused to accept the film, alleging it to be too disagreeable. October Films was the initial distributor for the film, and even helped finance it.