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Norman René (1951 – May 24, 1996) was an American theatre and film director and film producer who frequently collaborated with playwright Craig Lucas. ==Biography== René was born in Bristol, Rhode Island. He studied psychology for a year at Johns Hopkins University before transferring to Carnegie Mellon University to pursue acting. While there, he realized he was better suited for directing, and during three summer breaks he ran the repertory Red Barn Theater in Pittsburgh. After graduating in 1974, René moved to New York City. Three years later he teamed with three Carnegie Mellon alumni to found the off-off-Broadway Production Company, where he served as artistic director and directed and/or supervised productions such as ''The Guardsman'' and ''Blues in the Night''. The company included Julie Hagerty, Judith Ivey, Treat Williams, Mark Linn-Baker, and John Glover. René met Craig Lucas in 1979. Their first collaboration was ''Marry Me a Little'' in 1981. The two wrote a script incorporating songs that had been written for but discarded from Stephen Sondheim musicals, and René also directed. They followed this with the plays ''Missing Persons'' (1981) and ''Blue Window'' (1984); ''Three Postcards'' (1987), an original music by Lucas and Craig Carnelia; and another play, ''Reckless'' (1988). In 1990 they joined forces for what would prove to be their biggest commercial and critical success, ''Prelude to a Kiss'', for which René won the Obie Award for Best Director. ''Prelude'' later transferred to Broadway, where he had directed ''Precious Sons'' by George Furth in 1986. René was nominated twice for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Play, for ''Reckless'' and ''Prelude''. René directed an episode of ''American Playhouse'' in 1987, and made his feature film directorial debut with ''Longtime Companion'', scripted by Lucas, in 1990. For his work on that film, he won the Audience Award and was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, and was nominated for the Critics Award at the Deauville Film Festival. He co-produced and directed the 1992 screen adaptation of ''Prelude'' with Alec Baldwin and Meg Ryan and directed the 1995 film version of ''Reckless'' with Mia Farrow and Mary-Louise Parker. René died of complications from AIDS in New York City. He is survived by his long-term boyfriend, Kevin McKenna. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Norman René」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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