| Director | | Julian Schnabel | 
Filmography
1996 Basquiat
2000 Before Night Falls
2007 The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
2006 Lou Reed’s Berlin
Biography
He was born in Brooklyn, NY in 1951. He attended the University of Houston, receiving a BFA. His paintings, sculptures and works on paper have been the subject of retrospective exhibitions at places such as Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris and The Tate Gallery in London. In the 1990s, he turned his attention toward film and in 1996 debuted with the criticallyacclaimed Basquiat. His film Before Night Falls won the Grand Jury Prize at the Venice FF 2000. This year sees the premiere of two new Schnabel films: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Best Director at Cannes IFF 2007) and Lou Reed’s Berlin.
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ID-07 Special Screenings
Lou Reed’s Berlin / Julian Schnabel |  Lou Reed’s Berlin is a rock opera and a concert film revolving around a drug-addicted couple, Caroline and Jim.The album Berlin, released in 1973, has often been referred to as Lou Reed’s overlooked masterpiece, but was never performed live… until now. For five historic performances, a group of legendary musicians helped Lou Reed bring his lost classic to life. For five nights in December 2006 at St. Ann’s Warehouse Brooklyn, Lou Reed performed his masterwork about love’s dark sisters: jealousy, rage and loss.
| | Director: | Julian Schnabel | | Photographer: | Ellen Kuras | | Montage: | Benjamin Flaherty | | Sound: | Frank Golchert | | Music: | -Lyrics: Lou Reed, Art Direction : Julian Schnabel, Music Producers: Bob Ezrin, Hal Willner | | With: | Featuring: Lou Reed, Steve Hunter, Fernando Saunders, Sharon Jones, Antony, the Brooklyn Youth Chorus, Emmanuelle Seigner | | Producer: | Jon Kilik, Tom Sarig | | Production: | Waterboy Productions | | Production Country: | USA | | Type: | 35mm Color | | Duration: | 85' | | Production Year: | 2006 | | Screening Schedule | | JOHN CASSAVETES: | Friday, November 23, 2007 - 1:00 | | JOHN CASSAVETES: | Sunday, November 25, 2007 - 1:00 | | Return |
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