Who was the improv partner of the director of Postcards from the Edge?
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Postcards from the Edge Postcards from the Edge is a semi-autobiographical novel by Carrie Fisher, first published in 1987. It was later adapted by Fisher herself into a motion picture of the same name, which was directed by Mike Nichols and released by Columbia Pictures in 1990.
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Mike Nichols Mike Nichols (born Mikhail Igor Peschkowsky; November 6, 1931 – November 19, 2014) was an American film and theatre director, producer, actor and comedian. He was noted for his ability to work across a range of genres and an aptitude for getting the best out of actors regardless of their acting experience. Nichols began his career in the 1950s with the comedy improvisational troupe, The Compass Players, predecessor of The Second City, in Chicago. He then teamed up with his improv partner, Elaine May, to form the comedy duo Nichols and May. Their live improv acts were a hit on Broadway resulting in three albums, with their debut album winning a Grammy Award.
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Liz Feldman Liz Feldman (born May 21, 1977) is an American comedian, actress, producer and writer.
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Peter Macdissi Peter Macdissi (born May 14, 1974 in Beirut, Lebanon) is a Lebanese actor and executive producer. His filmography consists mostly of television work, most notably playing recurring character Olivier Castro-Staal on Alan Ball's HBO series "Six Feet Under". In 2007, he appeared in "Towelhead", a feature film written and directed by Ball, who is also his partner. Along with his partner, he is one of the executive producers of the Cinemax series "Banshee".
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Johnny Edgecombe John Arthur Alexander "Johnny" Edgecombe (22 October 1932 – 26 September 2010) was a British jazz promoter, whose
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Tim Heidecker Timothy Richard Heidecker ( ; born February 3, 1976) is an American comedian, writer, director, actor, and musician. He is best known as one half of the comedy duo Tim & Eric, along with Eric Wareheim. They are noted for creating the television shows "Tom Goes to the Mayor", "Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!", and "Tim & Eric's Bedtime Stories".
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Jonathan Krisel Jonathan Krisel is an American director, producer, writer, editor, and occasional actor. He is best known for his work with the comedy duo Tim & Eric, having directed episodes of "Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!" and "Check It Out! with Dr. Steve Brule". Krisel has also directed and co-wrote every episode of "Portlandia", as well as several "SNL" Digital Shorts.
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Patrick Marber Patrick Albert Crispin Marber (born 19 September 1964) is an English comedian, playwright, director, puppeteer, actor, and screenwriter.
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Kirsten Gronfield Kirsten Gronfield (born November 29, 1977) is an American improv comedy actress.
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Pardis Parker Pardis Parker is a Sri Lankan born Canadian award-winning director, writer, actor, and comedian, and the creator and star of Comedy Central's Mideast Minute.
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Willard Morgan Willard Morgan is an American performance artist and filmmaker, also founder and artistic director of the East Village art collective "Ideal Glass". Son of opera singer Sylvia Side, he graduated from William Esper Studio and New York University.
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Nathan Barnatt Nathan James Barnatt (born February 2, 1981) is an American actor, comedian, dancer, and filmmaker.
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Ben Schechter Ben Schechter (born August 26, 1980) is an American artist best known as a partner in Directors Collective Weird Days.
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Jill Soloway Jill Soloway (born September 26, 1965) is an American comedian, playwright, writer and director. Soloway, who identifies as nonbinary and prefers "singular they" pronouns, won the Best Director award at the Sundance Film Festival for directing and writing the film "Afternoon Delight". They are also known for their work on "Six Feet Under" and for creating, writing, executive producing and directing the Amazon original series "Transparent", for which they won two Emmys.
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Henry Rollins Henry Lawrence Garfield (born February 13, 1961), better known by his stage name Henry Rollins, is an American musician, actor, writer, television and radio host, and comedian. He hosts a weekly radio show on KCRW, and is a regular columnist for "LA Weekly" and "Rolling Stone Australia".
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Blake Nelson Boyd Blake Nelson Boyd, commonly known as Blake Boyd, (born October 1, 1970) is an American film actor, comedian, and visual artist who lives and works in New Orleans and London. Boyd was mentored by Andres Serrano and Andy Warhol Factory manager Billy Name in the 1990s. Boyd's visual art takes many different forms of expression including painting, photography, drawing, sculpture, video and installation.
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The Improv (India) The Improv is an improvisational comedy show which was started in May 2012 in Bangalore, India. The show has no script and is totally improvised, as its name suggests. The audiences give suggestions, situations and scenarios to the host and taking the cue, the actors create on-the-spot hilarious scenes on stage. It is hosted and directed by Saad Khan, an Indian filmmaker. The show is conceptualized by Saad Khan and Siddhanth Sundar. The show’s performers are Siddhanth Sundar, Sal Yusuf, Sumukhi Suresh, Darius Sunawala, Abel Mathews, Tim Schultz and Praveen Raj. The team has performed over 100 shows in Bangalore, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Chennai, Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Sweden. It is the only Indian team which was invited and selected to perform at the Sweden International Improv Festival in March 2016.
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Jane Borghesi Jane Borghesi (born 17 June , Melbourne) is an Australian actress. Television appearances include Full Frontal (also as Writer), The Damnation of Harvey McHugh, Phoenix, Embassy and Janus. Film: Metal Skin, The Sound of One Hand Clapping. Jane Borghesi has also performed for Melbourne Theatre Company, Belvoir St Theatre (as Suzanne in Steve Martin's Picasso at the Lapin Agile), Playbox Theatre Company, Australia and La Mama Theatre (Melbourne). She is the partner of comedian Tyler Coppin
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Janet van de Graaf Janet Van De Graaff is a Canadian improv artist and television actress.
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Adam McKay Adam McKay (born April 17, 1968) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, comedian, and actor. McKay served as head writer for the NBC sketch comedy series "Saturday Night Live" for two seasons. He directed "" (2004), "" (2006), "Step Brothers" (2008), "The Other Guys" (2010), and "" (2013). McKay has a creative partnership with actor Will Ferrell, with whom he co-wrote all except one of these films.
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Maya Rudolph Maya Khabira Rudolph (born July 27, 1972) is an American actress, voice artist, comedian, and singer. After becoming a member of The Groundlings improv troupe in the late 1990s, Rudolph joined the NBC television series "Saturday Night Live", on which she was a cast member from 2000 to 2007. She then ventured into film, appearing in "50 First Dates" (2004) and "A Prairie Home Companion" (2006).
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Colin Blackshear Colin Blackshear (born; December 6, 1979) is an American filmmaker and multi-media artist. He is a film producer, director and editor.