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5 unusual facts about Steven Shainberg


Patricia Bosworth

Bosworth's book on Diane Arbus was turned into a film called Fur (2006), directed by Steven Shainberg.

Steven Shainberg

The film was well received and honored with numerous awards including a Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, and a Golden Globe Award nomination for Maggie Gyllenhaal.

At the American Film Institute, he directed and wrote four short films including The Prom starring Jennifer Jason Leigh, Andras Jones and J. T. Walsh.

Secretary stars Maggie Gyllenhaal as a disturbed young woman who gets a job as a secretary to a lawyer played by James Spader.

He also worked as an independent producer developing adaptations of Joseph Conrad’s The Secret Agent and Henry James’ The Americans.



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