Slideshow
THE MORE THE MERRIER
Introduced by George Stevens, Jr., and playwright John Guare
Saturday, October 5
4:45
John Guare is a playwright and screenwriter known for Six Degrees of Separation and The House of Blue Leaves, among many other works. Born in Manhattan and a graduate of Yale’s School of Drama, Guare has lived in Greenwich Village since the 1960s, making plays as part of Caffe Cino, Cafe La MaMa, the Public Theatre, and the Playwrights Unit, among others.
Among his many accomplishments as a writer, filmmaker, producer, and playwright, George Stevens, Jr. is the founder of the American Film Institute, creator of the AFI Life Achievement Award and the Kennedy Center Awards, and served as co-chair of the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities for President Obama. His awards and honors include fifteen Emmys, eight Writers Guild Awards, two Peabody awards, the Humanitas Prize, the Spirit of Anne Frank Award, an NAACP Legal Defense Fund Award, and an Honorary Academy Award in 2012. His memoir, My Place in the Sun: Life in the Golden Age of Hollywood and Washington, will be available for sale at our concession during the festival.
