Mr. Lichtenstein’s writing/directing debut, TEETH, premiered to wide acclaim at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival and was released by Lion’s Gate later that year. His second feature film as writer/director, HAPPY TEARS, was developed in residence at The Screenwriters Colony and debuted at the Berlin Film Festival in 2009. Highlights of Mr. Lichtenstein’s acting career include a Best Actor Award from the 1983 Venice Film Festival for STREAMERS (Robert Altman, director) and an American Spirit Award Best Actor nomination for THE WEDDING BANQUET (Ang Lee, director). Mr. Lichtenstein also acted in THE LORDS OF DISCIPLINE (Franc Roddam, director), CRACKERS (Louis Malle, director), and RATCHET (John Johnson, director). He received a BA in Drama and Literature from Bennington College in1978 and an MFA in Acting from the Yale School of Drama in 1981.

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