Mark Rappaport

Known for: Directing
Born: January 1, 1942, Brighton Beach, New York, USA
Movies: 43

Mark Rappaport, a native of New York, worked as a film editor before making his own films, including The Scenic Route (1978), Impostors (1980), Postcards (1990) and Exterior Night (1994). His fictional film-essays include Rock Hudson's Home Movies (1992), From the Journals of Jean Seberg (1995) and The Silver Screen / Color Me Lavender (1998). Many of his articles on cinema have been published in Trafic over the years, as well as in Cinema. The spectator who knew too much is the first collection of his writings. In 2008, his photomontage film was screened for the first time at the Lincoln Center in New York, as part of the New York Film Festival. Mark Rappaport currently lives in Paris.

Best-Known Movies

4.2

Rock Hudson's Home Movies

1992

5.8

The Scenic Route

1978

5.3

The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender

1997

5.6

Exterior Night

1993

5.5

Chain Letters

1985

6.1

Local Color

1977

5.0

Mozart in Love

1975

6.0

From the Journals of Jean Seberg

1995

6.2

Impostors

1979

3.2

Debra Paget, For Example

2016

Filmography

2016	Tati vs. Bresson: The Gag	Narrator
2016	Debra Paget, For Example	Narrator
1980	Mark Rappaport: The TV Spin-Off

Directing, Writing & Producing

2023	The Marriage of Greta Garbo and Sergei Eiseinstein	Director, Writer
2022	Rope’s End	Director, Writer
2022	Martin und Hans	Director
2021	Love in the Time of Corona	Writer, Director
2021	Two for the Opera Box	Director, Writer
2020	The Stendhal Syndrome or My Dinner with Turhan Bey	Writer, Director
2020	Last Year in Dachau	Director, Writer
2020	Anna/Nana/Nana/Anna	Director
2019	Conrad Veidt: My Life	Writer, Director
2019	Will Geer: America's Grandpa	Director
2017	The Empty Screen	Director, Writer
2017	Private Screenings	Director, Writer
2017	The Double Life of Paul Henreid	Director
2017	Sergei/Sir Gay	Director, Writer, Producer
2016	Chris Olsen: The Boy Who Cried	Director
2016	Tati vs. Bresson: The Gag	Director
2016	Debra Paget, For Example	Director
2015	Our Stars	Director
2015	The Vanity Tables of Douglas Sirk	Director
2015	I, Dalio	Director
2015	Max & James & Danielle	Director
2015	The Circle Closes	Director
2014	Becoming Anita Ekberg	Director
2007	Jean Seberg	Director, Writer
2002	John Garfield	Director, Writer
1997	The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender	Writer, Director
1995	From the Journals of Jean Seberg	Director, Writer, Producer
1993	Exterior Night	Writer, Director
1992	Rock Hudson's Home Movies	Producer, Director, Writer
1990	Postcards	Director
1985	Chain Letters	Writer, Director, Producer
1980	Mark Rappaport: The TV Spin-Off	Director
1979	Impostors	Director, Writer
1978	The Scenic Route	Director, Writer, Producer
1977	Local Color	Director, Writer
1975	Mozart in Love	Director, Producer, Writer
1974	Casual Relations	Director, Producer, Writer
1971	Blue Streak	Director, Producer
1967	Mur 19	Director
1967	Friends	Director, Writer

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