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Art Wolff

  • Producer
  • Director
  • Additional Crew
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Art Wolff was a producer and director, known for I Am Sam (2001), A Prairie Home Companion: The Second Annual Farewell Performance (1988) and Love of Life (1951). He was married to Donna and Virginia. He died on 16 November 2020 in New York City, New York, USA.
DiedNovember 16, 2020
DiedNovember 16, 2020
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  • Awards
    • 1 nomination total

Known for

Michelle Pfeiffer and Sean Penn in I Am Sam (2001)
I Am Sam
7.6
  • Additional Crew(as Art Wolf)
  • 2001
A Prairie Home Companion: The Second Annual Farewell Performance (1988)
A Prairie Home Companion: The Second Annual Farewell Performance
5.5
TV Movie
  • Producer
  • 1988
Love of Life (1951)
Love of Life
7.1
TV Series
  • Producer
Pursuit of Happiness (1987)
Pursuit of Happiness
7.1
TV Series
  • Director

Credits

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Producer

  • The Fuzz (2010)
    The Fuzz
    7.8
    TV Movie
    • supervising producer
    • 2010
  • A Prairie Home Companion: The Second Annual Farewell Performance (1988)
    A Prairie Home Companion: The Second Annual Farewell Performance
    5.5
    TV Movie
    • co-executive producer
    • 1988
  • Love of Life (1951)
    Love of Life
    7.1
    TV Series
    • associate producer
    • 1971–1973
  • Violent Midnight (1963)
    Violent Midnight
    5.6
    • assistant producer (as Arthur Wolff)
    • 1963

Director

  • The Fuzz (2010)
    The Fuzz
    7.8
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 2010
  • Homecoming (2006)
    Homecoming
    8.1
    Short
    • Director
    • 2006
  • Grace Under Fire (1993)
    Grace Under Fire
    6.4
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1995
  • Rhythm & Blues (1992)
    Rhythm & Blues
    5.9
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1992
  • Dream On (1990)
    Dream On
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1992
  • Robin Bartlett, John Forsythe, David Hyde Pierce, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Valerie Mahaffey, and Holland Taylor in The Powers That Be (1992)
    The Powers That Be
    8.2
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1992
  • The Paula Poundstone Show (1992)
    The Paula Poundstone Show
    3.7
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1992
  • Battling for Baby (1992)
    Battling for Baby
    5.9
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1992
  • The Kathy & Mo Show: The Dark Side (1995)
    The Kathy & Mo Show: Parallel Lives
    8.7
    TV Special
    • Director
    • 1991
  • Bonnie Hunt, Andy Lauer, Michael McKean, Joel Murray, John Neville, John Randolph, Pamela Reed, and Sara Rue in Grand (1990)
    Grand
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1990
  • Sydney (1990)
    Sydney
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1990
  • The Best of the Tracey Ullman Show
    8.2
    TV Special
    • Director
    • 1990
  • It's Garry Shandling's Show. (1986)
    It's Garry Shandling's Show.
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1989–1990
  • The Nutt House (1989)
    The Nutt House
    7.0
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1989
  • Jahary Bennett, Claude Brooks, Trent Cameron, Penny Johnson Jerald, Darryl Sivad, and Billy Dee Willis in Homeroom (1989)
    Homeroom
    6.6
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1989

Additional Crew

  • Nicole Arianna Fox in Ashley (2013)
    Ashley
    5.2
    • acting coach
    • 2013
  • Michelle Pfeiffer and Sean Penn in I Am Sam (2001)
    I Am Sam
    7.6
    • dialogue coach (as Art Wolf)
    • 2001
  • In-development projects at IMDbPro

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • Art Wolf
  • Died
    • November 16, 2020
    • New York City, New York, USA(congestive heart failure)
  • Spouses
      Donna? - November 16, 2020 (his death)
  • Other works
    Directed "Accomplice" on Broadway

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Gave Sean Penn, his first big break by casting him in the Broadway play "Heartland"

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