Paul D. Zimmerman Explained
Paul D. Zimmerman (July 3, 1938 in New York City, New York - March 2, 1993 in Princeton, New Jersey)[1] was a screenwriter, film critic and activist.
Biography
He was a film critic for Newsweek magazine from 1967 to 1975,[1] and wrote for television shows including Sesame Street,[2] but is best known for writing The King of Comedy (1982), directed by Martin Scorsese. He was the co-writer of Lovers and Liars (1979) and Consuming Passions (1988). Zimmerman was the author of many other screenplays, mostly unproduced, as well as three books:[3]
- The Marx Brothers at the Movies (1968)
- The Year the Mets Lost Last Place (1969)
- The Open Man: The Championship Diary of the N.Y. Knicks (1970)
Active in the Nuclear Freeze movement, he founded the Bucks Alliance for Nuclear Disarmament,[4] funded by the proceeds from a sold-out premiere he organised for King of Comedy.[5] In 1984, he managed to become a member of the Pennsylvania delegation to the Republican Party convention in order to be the only delegate to vote against Ronald Reagan.[1]
Zimmerman died of colon cancer.[6]
External links
Notes and References
- 8 March 1993. Obituary: Paul D. Zimmerman. 2 October 2024. The Independent. 9 February 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110209105416/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-paul-d-zimmerman-1496416.html. live.
- 6 March 1993. Paul D. Zimmerman, Screenwriter; Founded Disarmament Group. 2 October 2024. The Morning Call. 2 October 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20241002095550/https://www.mcall.com/1993/03/06/paul-d-zimmerman-screenwriter-founded-disarmament-group/. live.
- http://www.filmreference.com/film/63/Paul-D-Zimmerman.html "Paul D. Zimmerman Biography (1938-[1993])"
- 8 March 1993. Bucks Friends Recall Paul D. Zimmerman. 2 October 2024. The Morning Call. 2 October 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20241002095427/https://www.mcall.com/1993/03/08/bucks-friends-recall-paul-d-zimmerman/. live.
- 30 March 2022. Bucks County must band together to 'Ban the Bomb'. 2 October 2024. Physicians for Social Responsibility Pennsylvania. 28 May 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220528203334/https://www.psrpa.org/post/bucks-county-must-band-together-to-ban-the-bomb. live.
- 6 March 1993. Paul Zimmerman, 54, Book and Film Writer. 2 October 2024. The New York Times. 14 September 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140914074522/https://www.nytimes.com/1993/03/06/obituaries/paul-zimmerman-54-book-and-film-writer.html. live.
- http://awards.bafta.org/award/1984/film/original-screenplay BAFTA: Film | Original Screenplay in 1984
