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Samuel Beckett (1906–1989)

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One of the twentieth century's most original and important writers, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1969, Samuel Beckett was the author of 'Waiting for Godot' (1952), one of the few plays in theatrical history to redefine the possibilities of the medium. Long fascinated by the cinema (especially silent comedies... See full bio »

Born:

Samuel Barclay Beckett
in Foxrock, County Dublin, Ireland

Died:

(age 83) in Paris, France
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2008 If I'm Waiting (play "Waiting For Godot")
 
2007 Come and Go (short)
 
2007 Krapp's Last Tape (TV movie)
 
2007 Krapp's Last Tape (short) (original author)
 
2005 Ti pou (short) (play)
 
2005 He Joe (short) (based on story by)
 
2004 Atemzug (TV movie) (text)
 
2004 Cascando: On the Razor's Edge (short) (original story)
 
2004 Poslednja Krapova traka (TV movie) (play)
 
2003 Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film (video documentary) (plays)
 
2002 Kraj na Igrata MMI (TV movie) (play)
 
2001 A Piece of Monologue (TV short) (play)
 
2001 Act Without Words II (TV short) (play)
 
2001 Play (short) (play)
 
2001 Várjá Vlagyimir (play "Waiting for Godot")
 
2001 Waiting for Godot (play)
 
2000 Endgame (TV movie) (play)
 
2000 Krapp's Last Tape (TV movie) (play)
 
2000 Happy Days (TV movie) (play)
 
2000 That Time (short) (play)
 
2000 Rough for Theatre II (short) (play)
 
2000 Footfalls (short) (play)
 
2000 Breath (short) (play)
 
2000 Come and Go (TV short) (play)
 
2000 Voz (story)
 
2000 Rockaby (TV short)
 
2000 Not I (short) (play)
 
2000 Act Without Words I (TV short) (play)
 
2000 Rough for Theatre I (short) (play)
 
2000 What Where (short) (play)
 
2000 Ohio Impromptu (TV short) (play)
 
2000 Catastrophe (short) (play)
 
1998 Fin de partie (TV movie) (play)
 
1996 Endspiel (TV movie) (play "Endgame")
 
1989-1992 Glasnost (TV series)
– Eh, Joe! (1992) (play)
– Tots els que cauen (1989) (play / writer)
 
1992 Beckett Directs Beckett: Endgame by Samuel Beckett (TV movie) (play)
 
1991 Waiting for Godot (play)
 
1991 Schastlivye dni (play "Happy Days")
 
1990 Oh! Les beaux jours (TV movie) (play)
 
1990 Céu de Papel (TV movie) (play)
 
1989 En attendant Godot (TV movie) (play)
 
1989 Das letzte Band (video short)
 
1989 Monaha ta synnefa (short) (play)
 
1989 Endgame by Samuel Beckett (TV movie) (play)
 
1988 Spel utan ord (TV movie) (play "Act without words")
 
1988 Kraj partije (TV movie) (play)
 
1988 Beckett Directs Beckett: Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett (TV movie) (play)
 
1988 Beckett Directs Beckett: Krapp's Last Tape by Samuel Beckett (TV movie) (play)
 
1988 Fragmento II (short) (writer)
 
1986 Mon cas (extracts from play "Pour Finir et Autres Foirades")
 
1986 La voz humana (TV series)
– Eh, Joe (1986) (play)
 
1984 Warten auf Godot (TV movie)
 
1983 Rockaby (documentary) (play)
 
1983 Nacht und Träume (TV short)
 
1982 Quadrat 1+2 (TV short)
 
1980 Happy Days (TV movie) (play)
 
1980 Great Performances (TV series)
– Samuel Beckett's Happy Days (1980) (play)
 
1979 Film (A Screen Play by Samuel Beckett) (short) (writer)
 
1977 Drama (TV series)
– Waiting for Godot by Beckett (1977) (play)
 
1977 Ghost Trio (TV short)
 
1977 ...but the clouds... (TV short)
 
1977 The Lively Arts (TV series)
– Shades: Three Plays by Samuel Beckett (1977) (writer)
 
1977 Waiting for Godot (TV movie) (play)
 
1976 Akt utan ord II (short) (play "Act Without Words II")
 
1976 Warten auf Godot (TV movie) (play)
 
1974 Der Macher oder Warten auf Godeau (TV movie) (play "Waiting For Godot")
 
1974 Spil (TV short) (play)
 
1974 He, Joe (TV movie) (play)
 
1973 Wachten op Godot (TV movie) (play)
 
1973 Not I (short) (play)
 
1972 Thirty-Minute Theatre (TV series)
– Krapp's Last Tape (1972) (writer)
 
1971 Spel zonder woorden I en II (TV movie)
 
1971 Poem (short) (poem by)
 
1971 Sunrise on Beckett Mountain (TV movie)
 
1971 I väntan på Godot (TV movie) (play)
 
1970 Finale di partita (TV movie) (play)
 
1969 Das letzte Band (TV movie) (play "Krapp's Last Tape")
 
1969 Slutspil (TV movie) (play "Endgame")
 
1969 Krapp's Last Tape (TV movie) (play)
 
1969 Spiel (TV movie) (play "Play")
 
1969 Sluttspill (TV movie) (play "Endgame")
 
1969 Endspiel (TV movie) (play "Endgame")
 
1968 Cekají na Godota (play "Waiting for Godot")
 
1968 Leikin loppu (TV movie) (play "Fin de partie")
 
1968 Hej, Dzo! (TV movie)
 
1966 Vai mitä Joe (TV movie) (play "Eh, Joe?")
 
1966 Kuvitelkaa, mielikuvitus kuollut (TV movie) (play "Imagination Dead Imagine")
 
1966 Ikke osse, Joe (TV short) (play)
 
1966 Eh, Joe? (TV movie)
 
1966 The Present Stage (TV series)
– Waiting for Godot: Part Two (1966) (play "Waiting For Godot")
– Waiting for Godot: Part One (1966) (play "Waiting For Godot")
 
1966 Krapps sista band (TV movie) (play)
 
1966 New York Television Theatre (TV series)
– Eh, Joe? (1966)
 
1966 Comédie (short) (play)
 
1965 Spiel (TV short) (play "Play")
 
1965 Glückliche Tage (TV movie) (play "Happy End")
 
1965 Film (short)
 
1965 Mens vi venter på Godot (TV movie) (play)
 
1963 Warten auf Godot (TV movie) (play)
 
1963 Viimeinen ääninauha (TV movie) (play "Krapp's Last Tape")
 
1963 Tout ceux qui tombent (TV movie) (play)
 
1962 Vi venter på Godot (TV movie) (play "Waiting for Godot")
 
1961 Play of the Week (TV series)
– Waiting for Godot (1961) (play / writer)
 
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1992 Beckett Directs Beckett: Endgame by Samuel Beckett (TV movie)
 
1988 Beckett Directs Beckett: Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett (TV movie)
 
1982 Quadrat 1+2 (TV short)
 
1976 Warten auf Godot (TV movie) (theatre director)
 
1969 Das letzte Band (TV movie)
 
1969 Endspiel (TV movie)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (5 titles)
1988 Beckett Directs Beckett: Krapp's Last Tape by Samuel Beckett (TV movie) (directed for stage: Original mise-en-scène)
 
1977 Ghost Trio (TV short) (supervisor)
 
1977 ...but the clouds... (TV short) (supervisor)
 
1977 The Lively Arts (TV series) (supervisor - 1 episode)
– Shades: Three Plays by Samuel Beckett (1977) (supervisor)
 
1957 A Drama Is Born (documentary short) (play: Waiting for Godot)
 
Show ShowThanks (4 titles)
2012 All Things Shining (inspirational thanks)
 
2009 Rumbo a peor (short) (in memory of)
 
2009 Arbitrarody (short) (special thanks)
 
1983 Rockaby (documentary) (thanks: especially for the play and for his support)
 
Show ShowSelf (1 title)
1969 Samuel Beckett (short)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (2 titles)
1993 Waiting for Beckett (video documentary)
Himself
 
1983 Rockaby (documentary)
Himself (watching Billie in 'Happy Days')
 

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Waiting for Godot -- This is 72 minutes and 5 seconds of pure green screen. Nothing less and nothing more. Abstract film by Nigel Tomm extends the boundaries of new absurdism. It had to happen sooner or later. Nigel Tomm redefines classical drama one more time. Film adaptation of Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot", directed by Nigel Tomm, serves us more than meets the eye. The scene apparently represents the shift into dream state, and it's the most beautiful and surprising screen of mind. This is not a drama revolution. This is a visual morphine where tragedy is expressed in the purest prospect. It's just a tiny little line between you and the inside of the screen. It's all in the head, isn't it? Now you see it. Now you don't. If I'm Waiting -- Based on the play 'Waiting For Godot, 'If I'm Waiting' is a dark comedy about two hapless guys, Ray and Brian, who wait under a tree for a man named Al. They must find a good way to pass the time, so they come up with some... unconventional ideas.
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(1953) Stage: Wrote "Waiting for Godot", produced on Broadway in 1957. Revival. Ethel Barrymore Theatre: 21 Jan 1957-26 Jan 1957 (6 performances). Cast: Bert Chamberlain, Geoffrey Holder, Earle Hyman, Rex Ingram, Mantan Moreland (as Gogo). Directed by Herbert Berghof. See more »

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Biography/bibliography in: "Contemporary Authors". New Revision Series, volume 61, pg. 64-73. Detroit, MI: Gale Research, 1998. See more »

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