Bob Balaban

Director, Actor

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Me, Natalie (1969): Dir. Fred Coe
Feat. Patty Duke, James Farentino, Salome Jens…; Thoughtful, though occasionally mawkish coming–of–age tale with Patty Duke as a young woman struggling with low self esteem and fighting…
Parents (1989): Dir. Bob Balaban
Feat. Randy Quaid, Mary Beth Hurt, Sandy Dennis; Frightening piece of horror kitsch about a boy who suspects his parents are cannibals. Splendid, stylised direction and set design make this a…
Greedy (1994): Dir. Jonathan Lynn
Feat. Michael J. Fox, Kirk Douglas, Nancy Travis…; Slapdash comedy with Douglas as a wealthy elderly man who's family compete to secure his vast inheritance.
Late Shift, The (1995): Dir. Betty Thomas
Feat. Kathy Bates, John Michael Higgins, Bob Balaban…; Searing, insightful fact–based drama that charts the jostle for late–night supremacy between David Letterman and Jay Leno after the…
Last Good Time, The (1995): Dir. Bob Balaban
Feat. Armin Mueller-Stahl, Olivia d'Abo, Maureen Stapleton…; Affecting tale of complementary opposites – a young woman takes refuge in the apartment of a longtime widower (Armin Mueller–Stahl),…
Waiting for Guffman (1997): Dir. Christopher Guest
Feat. Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy, Parker Posey…; A comic treasure from the writer/star of "This is Spinal Tap", here lining up the fictional US burg of Blaine, Missouri in his satirical sights, as…
Deconstructing Harry (1998): Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Woody Allen, Judy Davis, Bob Balaban…; Woody Allen's most unruly comedy in years is an excoriating satire on his 'public–image': morally–depraved author Harry Blok, in a…
Majestic, The (2001): Dir. Frank Darabont
Feat. Jim Carrey, Martin Landau, Bob Balaban…; Jim Carrey chose the wrong horse on which to saddle his dramatic aspirations with this “Capra–esque” tale of a blacklisted…
Mighty Wind, A (2003): Dir. Christopher Guest
Feat. Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy, Michael McKean…; Writer–director Christopher Guest and his repertory of actors return for another cheerful send–up of an American subculture – this time…
Marie and Bruce (2004): Dir. Tom Cairns
Feat. Julianne Moore, Matthew Broderick, Bob Balaban; A portrait of a sharply declining marriage, with Matthew Broderick and Julianne Moore as diametrically opposed partners clinging to the remaining…
Exonerated, The (2005): Dir. Bob Balaban
Feat. Brian Dennehy, Danny Glover, Delroy Lindo…; Jarring prison drama focusing on six death row inmates that are exonerated just before their executions due to new evidence becoming available.…
Bernard and Doris (2006): Dir. Bob Balaban
Feat. Susan Sarandon, Ralph Fiennes; Romantic comedy based loosely on the real–life relationship between socialite heiress and philanthropist Doris Duke (Sarandon) and her butler…
Rage (2009): Dir. Sally Potter
Feat. Lily Cole, Steve Buscemi, Jude Law…; Another arthouse conceit from dir. Sally Potter (ORLANDO, YES), comprised entirely of monologues from insiders at New York fashion house, who recall…
Georgia O'Keeffe (2009): Dir. Bob Balaban
Feat. Joan Allen, Jeremy Irons, Ed Jr. Begley; This made–for–television biopic of American artist Georgia O'Keeffe and her husband, photographer Alfred Stieglitz, is distinguished as…
Howl (2010): Dir. Robert Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman
Feat. James Franco, David Strathairn, Jon Hamm…; A fitting celebration and account of the making and hostile reception of Allen Ginsberg's famously controversial poem, with James Franco superb as…
Imogene (Girl Most Likely) (2012): Dir. Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini
Feat. Kristen Wiig, Annette Bening, Matt Dillon…; Kristen Wiig plays a downtrodden playwright consigned to the care of her eccentric mother after she fakes a suicide attempt in this offbeat comedy…
Monuments Men, The (2014): Dir. George Clooney
Feat. George Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray…; George Clooney directs and stars in this stirring WWII adventure based on the deeds of a team of Allied art historians who go behind enemy lines to…
Show Me a Hero (TV Mini-Series) (2015): Dir. Paul Haggis
Feat. Oscar Isaac, Peter Riegert, Alfred Molina…; Extraordinary true story of the political fight to build public housing in white middle–class neighbourhoods in 1980's New York. From the…

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