Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists
Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists is a 2018 HBO documentary about Jimmy Breslin and Pete Hamill, "two of the most celebrated newspapermen of the 20th century" who worked in New York City covering events of the late 20th century.
The film was directed by John Block, Jonathan Alter, and Steve McCarthy.
Jonathan Alter
Jonathan H. Alter( born October 6, 1957) is a liberal/ progressive American journalist, best- selling author, documentary filmmaker and television producer who was a columnist and senior editor for" Newsweek" magazine from 1983 until 2011, and has written three" New York Times" best- selling books about American presidents.
He is a contributing correspondent to NBC News, where since 1996 he has appeared on NBC, MSNBC, and CNBC.
Alter was one of the first magazine or newspaper reporters to appear on MSNBC.
When the shows were on the air, he could often be heard on" Imus in the Morning" and" The Al Franken Show" on Air America Radio.
In 2013 and 2014, Alter served as an executive producer on the Amazon Studio's production" Alpha House", which starred John Goodman, Mark Consuelos, Clark Johnson, and Matt Malloy.
In 2019, he co-produced and co-directed" Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists," a documentary about the columnists Jimmy Breslin and Pete Hamill, which is available on HBO.
Alter is the author of" The Defining Moment: FDR's Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope", a national bestseller published by Simon& Schuster in 2006, and, a collection of twenty years' worth of his columns published by Borders Books.
His 2010 book is, published by Simon& Schuster, a behind- the- scenes look at Obama's eventful debut.
" The Promise" was a" New York Times" Best Seller, reaching# 3 on the list at its peak.
Alter's new book on President Obama," The Center Holds: Obama and His Enemies", was released on June 4, 2013.
" The Center Holds" debuted on the" New York Times" Best Sellers list on June 23, 2013.
A veteran of Chicago politics, Alter has known President Obama and his closest confidantes for as long as nearly any national columnist, having published the first national magazine cover story on Obama in" Newsweek's" 2004" Who's Next Issue."
Alter currently hosts a radio show with his children, one of whom is a writer for" Time" and one who is a producer for" The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore" on SIRIUS channel 102 called" Alter Family Politics".
The show is part of Andy Cohen's new 24- hour network, Radio Andy.
Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad (film)
Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung
You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad is a 1967 American black comedy film directed by Richard Quine, based on the 1962 play" Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad: A Pseudoclassical Tragifarce in a Bastard French Tradition" by Arthur L. Kopit.
The screenplay was written by Ian Bernard.
The film stars Rosalind Russell, Robert Morse and Barbara Harris; Harris was the only main cast member who had also appeared in the original, Off- Broadway production of the play.
John Block (filmmaker)
John Simeon Block is an American documentary filmmaker.
Arthur Kopit
Arthur Lee Kopit( born May 10, 1937) is an American playwright.
He is a two- time Pulitzer Prize finalist(" Indians" and" Wings") and a three- time Tony Award nominee: Best Play," Indians", 1970; Best Play," Wings", 1979; and Best Book of a Musical, for" Nine", 1982.
He won the Vernon Rice Award( now known as the Drama Desk Award) in 1962 for his play" Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad" and was nominated for another Drama Desk Award in 1979 for his play" Wings".
" Nine" returned to Broadway in 2003 with Antonio Banderas as Guido and won two Tony Awards, including best revival; in 2009 Rob Marshall directed the film" Nine" based on Kopit's script, the principal cast consisting of Daniel Day- Lewis, Judi Dench, Nicole Kidman, Marion Cotillard, Penélope Cruz, Sophia Loren, Kate Hudson, and Fergie( singer).
Kopit attended Lawrence High School in Lawrence, Nassau County, New York.
Kopit attended Harvard University.
His first plays were staged while he was still an undergraduate at Harvard University.
Later, Kopit taught at Wesleyan University, Yale University, and the City College of New York.
In 2005, Kopit donated his papers to the Fales Library at NYU.
Hermione Gingold
Hermione Ferdinanda Gingold( 9 December 1897 – 24 May 1987) was an English actress known for her sharp- tongued, eccentric persona.
Her signature drawling, deep voice was a result of nodes on her vocal cords she developed in the 1920s and early 1930s.
After a successful career as a child actress, she later established herself on the stage as an adult, playing in comedy, drama and experimental theatre, and broadcasting on the radio.
She found her milieu in revue, which she played from the 1930s to the 1950s, co-starring several times with Hermione Baddeley.
Later she played formidable elderly characters in such films and stage musicals as" Gigi"( 1958)," Bell, Book and Candle"( 1958)," The Music Man"( 1962) and" A Little Night Music"( 1973).
From the early 1950s Gingold lived and made her career mostly in the U.S. Her American stage work ranged from" John Murray Anderson's Almanac"( 1953) to" Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad"( 1963), the latter of which she also played in London.
She became well known as a guest on television talk shows.
She made further appearances in revue and toured in plays and musicals until an accident ended her performing career in 1977.
Melissa Broder
Melissa Broder is a poet and writer.
Her work includes the novel" The Pisces"( Penguin Random House 2018), the poetry collection" Last Sext"( Tin House 2016) and essay collection" So Sad Today"( Grand Central 2016), as well as a popular Twitter feed also titled So Sad Today, on which the book is based.
Ivan Velez Jr.
Ivan Velez Jr.( born 1961) is an openly gay Latino American cartoonist, writer, museum educator, and teaching artist, known for creating the groundbreaking comic book series" Tales of the Closet," and for his work with Milestone Media, Marvel, and DC Comics.
Sharon Lechter
Sharon L. Lechter( born January 12, 1954) is an American accountant, author, and businesswoman.
She is the co-author of" Rich dad poor dad", and the founder CEO of Pay Your Family First, a financial education organization.
In January 2008, Lechter was appointed to the President's Advisory Council on Financial Literacy to serve a two- year term.
In 1997 Lechter co-authored the book Rich Dad Poor Dad, along with 14 other books in the Rich Dad series and was CEO of the Rich Dad company for over 10 years.
In 2008 she was asked by the Napoleon Hill Foundation to join a new book project.
Her books, Think and Grow Rich- Three Feet from Gold and Outwitting the Devil were both written in cooperation with the Napoleon Hill Foundation.
Richard Quine
Richard Quine( November 12, 1920 – June 10, 1989) was an American stage, film, and radio actor and, later, a film director.
He began acting as a child in radio, vaudeville, and stage productions before being signed to Metro- Goldwyn- Mayer in his early twenties.
When his acting career began to wane after World War II, Quine began working as a film director.
He later moved into producing and directing television.
Quine's films as director include" Bell Book and Candle"( 1958)," The World of Suzie Wong"( 1960)," Paris When It Sizzles"( 1964)," How to Murder Your Wife"( 1965), and" The Prisoner of Zenda"( 1979).
Depressed over poor health, Quine died of a self- inflicted gunshot wound in June 1989 at the age of 68.

Question: Do both films Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma'S Hung You In The Closet And I'M Feelin' So Sad (Film) and Breslin And Hamill: Deadline Artists have the directors from the same country?
Answer: yes