Paul Auster Filmography

Born:: February 3, 1947 in Newark, NJ
Occupation:: Actor, Director, Producer, Screen Story, Screenwriter, Book Author

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Doc

Synopsis: Harold L. Humes, known to his friends as "Doc," was a modern-day Renaissance man -- he was a published novelist, invented water-resistant paper houses for use in the Third World, helped launch the literary journal The Paris Review, co-founded the New American Cinema Group, studied at MIT, and Read More

1/23/08
The Inner Life of Martin Frost

Crew: Book Author, Director, Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: David Thewlis, Irène Jacob, Michael Imperioli, Sophie Auster, Paul Auster, Griffin Dunne

Synopsis: A successful American novelist who has retreated into the country following the publication of his most recent book meets a most mysterious muse in director/screenwriter Paul Auster's elliptic psychological drama. His latest novel an instant success, famous author Martin Frost (David Thewlis) Read More

2007
In the Country of the Last Things

Crew: Book Author

Actors: Eva Green

Synopsis: From Argentine director Alejandro Chomski comes this science-fiction drama set in a dystopian future where society has crumbled and devolved. Eva Green stars as a young woman forced to brave the rampant and desperate criminals that abound as she searches for her missing brother. The film comes Read More

2007
As Smart As They Are

Synopsis: Joe Pacheco's As Smart As They Are documents the workings of One Ring Zero, the band that formed among the writers who created McSweeney's. The film shows how many different creative writers contribute lyrics to the band's songs, and shows how music and literature feed off each other. ~ Perry Read More

2005
The Center of the World

Crew: Screen Story

Actors: Peter Sarsgaard, Molly Parker, Carla Gugino, Balthazar Getty

Synopsis: In this digitally shot feature from acclaimed director Wayne Wang) (The Joy Luck Club), the boundaries of sexual relations are put to the test by two individuals. Richard (Peter Sarsgaard) is a dot-com entrepreneur who, despite earning millions of dollars, feels little connection to the outside Read More

4/20/01
Lulu On The Bridge

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Harvey Keitel, Mira Sorvino, Willem Dafoe, Gina Gershon, Mandy Patinkin

Synopsis: Writer Paul Auster made his solo directorial debut with this romantic drama about an affair between a middle-aged musician and an aspiring actress. Hit by a stray bullet during a nightclub shooting, jazz saxophonist Izzy Maurer (Harvey Keitel) can no longer play, and he falls into a depression. Read More

1998
Blue in the Face

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Harvey Keitel, Lou Reed, Roseanne, Michael J. Fox, Jim Jarmusch

Synopsis: Director Wayne Wang and screenwriter Paul Auster had enough storylines and characters left over from their charming comedy Smoke to make another film, so they shot Blue In The Face immediately after Smoke was completed. The film once again centers on the Brooklyn Cigar Store and manager Auggie (Harvey Keitel Read More

1995
Smoke

Crew: Screenwriter, Short Story Author

Actors: William Hurt, Harvey Keitel, Forest Whitaker, Harold Perrineau, Jr., Victor Argo

Synopsis: A Brooklyn cigar shop is the setting for this drama from director Wayne Wang that interweaves the stories of several characters that have fractured family relationships in common. Harvey Keitel is Auggie Wren, poetic owner of the Brooklyn Cigar Company, a store that he considers the center of the Read More

1995
The Music of Chance

Crew: Book Author

Actors: James Spader, Mandy Patinkin, M. Emmet Walsh, Charles Durning, Joel Grey

Synopsis: Documentary filmmaker Philip Haas made his dramatic feature film debut with The Music of Chance, adapted from Paul Auster's terse, existential novel. The film follows the plight of two hapless drifters -- Jim Nashe (Mandy Patinkin), who is escaping family and responsibility with an inheritance and Read More

1993