Paul Rudnick

Writing

Paul Rudnick

Born 1957-12-29 · Piscataway, New Jersey, USA

Paul Rudnick (born 29 December 1957) is an American playwright, screenwriter and novelist. His plays include I Hate Hamlet, Jeffrey, The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told, Valhalla and The New Century. He also wrote for Premiere magazine under the pseudonym Libby Gelman-Waxner. Rudnick grew up in Piscataway Township, New Jersey. He is Jewish and openly gay. Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Rudnick, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Addams Family Values poster
7.0

Siblings Wednesday and Pugsley Addams will stop at nothing to get rid of Pubert, the new baby boy adored by parents Gomez and Morticia. Things go from bad to worse when the new "black widow" nanny, Debbie Jellinsky, launches her plan to add Fester to her collection of dead husbands.

Addams Family Values

1993

Sister Act poster
6.8

When lively lounge singer Deloris sees her mobster beau commit murder, she is relocated for her protection. Set up in the guise of a nun in a California convent, she proceeds to upend the quiet lives of the resident sisters.

Sister Act

1992

In & Out poster
6.4

A midwestern teacher questions his sexuality after a former student makes a comment about him at the Academy Awards.

In & Out

1997

The Stepford Wives poster
5.7

What does it take to become a Stepford wife, a woman perfect beyond belief? Ask the Stepford husbands, who've created this high-tech, terrifying little town.

The Stepford Wives

2004

Jeffrey poster
6.3

Jeffrey, a gay man living in New York City with an overwhelming fear of contracting AIDS, concludes that being celibate is the only option to protect himself. As fate would have it, shortly after his declaration of a sex-free existence, he meets the handsome Steve Howard, his dream man -- except for his HIV-positive status. Facing this dilemma, Jeffrey turns to his best friend and an outrageous priest for guidance.

Jeffrey

1995

Marci X poster
3.5

Marci Feld, a pampered Jewish-American Princess, doesn’t know about rap or the business world. But everything changes after rapper Dr. S releases a controversial CD for the hard-core hip-hop record label owned by Marci’s father. After a national protest breaks out to boycott the new CD and the record label, her father is hospitalized by a heart attack. Marci decides to step in to save his reputation and the family business by taming the raunchy rapper's wild bad boy image.

Marci X

2003

Isn't She Great poster
4.9

An unsuccessful over-the-top actress becomes a successful over-the-top authoress in this biography of Jacqueline Susann.

Isn't She Great

2000

Coastal Elites poster
5.8

A socially distanced comedic satire that spotlights five characters breaking down and breaking through as they grapple with politics, culture, and the pandemic.

Coastal Elites

2020