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Nationalité Etats-Unis

Kevin Dowling is an American film, television director and producer.

Biographie

Early life and New York theater
Kevin Dowling was raised in Gladwyne, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia, the son of Dr. John J. Dowling, who in the late 1980s was chief of orthopedic surgery at the Lankenau Hospital in Overbrook, Pennsylvania, and a professor of orthopedic surgery at Thomas Jefferson University; and Lynn Dowling. He attended Oberlin College, in Ohio, and New York University, in New York City. On May 9, 1987, Dowling married Marley Klaus, at the time an associate producer of the CBS News television program 60 Minutes.

Dowling's first major New York theater work was as a producer, with his mother and four others, of Larry Shue's who Broadway play The Nerd, directed by Charles Nelson Reilly, which ran 15 previews and 441 performances at the Helen Hayes Theatre from March 10, 1987, to April 10, 1988. Dowling then served as general manager of the Forbidden Broadway 1988/1989 edition of the annual Off-Broadway satirical revue, which ran 534 performances, from September 15, 1988 to December 24, 1989, at Theater East in New York City.

Following these initial works, Dowling directed, and through his and Mark Johnson's Dowling Entertainment Corporation produced, David Stevens' Off-Broadway play The Sum of Us, which won the 1991 Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Off-Broadway Play and took a 1991 Obie Award for star Tony Goldwyn. It ran 335 performances from October 16, 1990, to August 4, 1991, at the Cherry Lane Theatre. Dowling then served as general manager of the Off-Broadway musical Pageant, (April 23, 1991 – June 7, 1992), which garnered Outer Critics Circle Award nominations for Best Off-Broadway Musical and Best Off-Broadway Book, Music and Lyrics; and through Dowling Entertainment produced the Broadway musical Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story (November 4, 1990 – May 19, 1991), and the Off-Broadway play Hauptman (May 19 – June 14, 1992).


Film and TV
Dowling made his film directorial debut co-directing the 1995 movie adaptation The Sum of Us, based on the Australia-set Off-Broadway play Dowling had directed. Despite his experience with the material, Dowling found it difficult to be assigned as director for the movie, which starred Jack Thompson and Russell Crowe. "In Hollywood they think directing a movie is nuclear physics and it can never be mastered by a mere stage director," he said at the time. "They wanted someone else to direct, and they wanted to shoot it [in the United States]. They didn't think it would make any money if it was set in Australia," a locale he "fought to keep". Hoping to raise both American and Australian capital to make the film, Dowling went to Sydney; when his When his prospective American backer died, Australian sources pressed to have a native direct. To complete the financial arrangements, Dowling accepted a co-directing credit with Australian cinematographer Geoff Burton, and agreed to use an Australian cast.

He went on to direct, and serve as executive producer of, the 1996 film Mojave Moon, starring Danny Aiello, Anne Archer and Angelina Jolie. He then directed the 1998 cable-TV movie Last Rites, starring Randy Quaid and Embeth Davidtz, which premiered on Starz / Encore.

After the 1999 TV-movie Silk Hope came the first of a long string of episodic-TV directing credits, the first-season episode "Near Death Experience" of the drama series Judging Amy. He would direct seven more episodes through season five, as well as episodes of series including Gilmore Girls, The District, Dead Like Me, Ed, Joan of Arcadia, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, CSI:NY, and The Mentalist, as well as the pilot and all eight episodes of the 2008–2009 romantic comedy-drama series Valentine, and all episodes except the pilot of the 2007 drama series K-Ville.

He is an executive producer of the 2011 USA Network drama series Necessary Roughness, and directed its pilot episode.

Le plus souvent avec

Jack Thompson
Jack Thompson
(1 films)
Conrad Buff
Conrad Buff
(1 films)
Brad Fiedel
Brad Fiedel
(1 films)
Russell Crowe
Russell Crowe
(1 films)
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Filmographie de Kevin Dowling (2 films)

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Mojave Moon, 1h32
Réalisé par Kevin Dowling
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Thriller, Comédie, Comédie romantique, Action, Romance
Acteurs Danny Aiello, Anne Archer, Angelina Jolie, Michael Biehn, Alfred Molina, Lee Arenberg
Note52% 2.6019352.6019352.6019352.6019352.601935
Al McCord déjeune dans son restaurant favori lorsqu'il croise une séduisante jeune femme, Ellie, qui cherche à se rendre dans le désert de Mojave, où vit sa mère, Julie. Il décide de l'emmener avec lui. C'est alors que les problèmes apparaissent. Alors qu'Ellie commence à tomber amoureuse d'Al, celui-ci, de son côté, tombe sous le charme de sa mère, malgré la présence du compagnon de celle-ci qui s'avère être un vrai dingue. Parallèlement à ces histoires d'amour improbables, d'étranges et drôles évènements adviennent, auxquels Al doit chercher une explication.
The Sum of Us, 1h40
Réalisé par Kevin Dowling
Origine Australie
Genres Drame, Comédie, Comédie dramatique, Romance
Thèmes La mer, Sexualité, Théâtre, Transport, Homosexualité, Adaptation d'une pièce de théâtre, LGBT, LGBT
Acteurs Jack Thompson, Russell Crowe, John Polson, Rebekah Elmaloglou
Note72% 3.645673.645673.645673.645673.64567
Jeff, plombier homosexuel et rugbyman, partage une maison avec son pere Harry, un conducteur de bateaux veuf. Ils ont en commun la recherche d'une ame soeur. Et quand Harry rencontre Joyce grace a une agence matrimoniale et Jeff rencontre Greg dans un bar, ils devront faire accepter leurs differences...

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The Sum of Us, 1h40
Réalisé par Kevin Dowling
Origine Australie
Genres Drame, Comédie, Comédie dramatique, Romance
Thèmes La mer, Sexualité, Théâtre, Transport, Homosexualité, Adaptation d'une pièce de théâtre, LGBT, LGBT
Acteurs Jack Thompson, Russell Crowe, John Polson, Rebekah Elmaloglou
Rôle Co-Executive Producer
Note72% 3.645673.645673.645673.645673.64567
Jeff, plombier homosexuel et rugbyman, partage une maison avec son pere Harry, un conducteur de bateaux veuf. Ils ont en commun la recherche d'une ame soeur. Et quand Harry rencontre Joyce grace a une agence matrimoniale et Jeff rencontre Greg dans un bar, ils devront faire accepter leurs differences...