David Beaird
David Beaird | |
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Tarzana, California, U.S. | |
Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter, theatre director |
David Hardin Beaird (August 19, 1952 – February 6, 2019)[1] was an American film and stage director, screenwriter, and playwright. He was born in Shreveport, Louisiana.
Career
In 1973, he was recipient of the
Beaird's first feature film Octavia (1982) was about a blind woman who is raped by a motorcycle gang. His next film The Party Animal, a comedy, was released in 1984. In 1986, he came to wider prominence with the comedy My Chauffeur starring Deborah Foreman. In 1987, he shot the comedy Pass the Ammo and It Takes Two a year later.
Beaird founded the Whitefire Theatre in Sherman Oaks, California, and he staged a successful play titled Scorchers, a play he had written about a Cajun wedding night in the bayou. The play ran for at least two years and won several awards. In 1991, he adapted the play into the movie in the leading roles.
In 1992, Beaird created the 13-part television series Key West in which an Ohio factory worker played by Fisher Stevens wins the lottery and goes to live the writer's life in Florida, with Hemingway as his inspiration.
In 1994, Beaird brought
Beaird married actress Shevonne Durkin in 2001.
Beaird's final film, released in 2005, was
Beaird died on February 6, 2019, in Tarzana, California.[1]
References
- ^ a b "David Hardin Beaird Obituary". Legacy.com. 3 March 2019.
- ^ "Jeff Awards Database --> Type "Beaird" into the search field for recipient". Archived from the original on 2018-01-02. Retrieved 2010-02-06.
- ^ Hedy Weiss: White to quit Wisdom Bridge. In: Chicago Sun-Times. December 1, 1988
- ISBN 978-0-521-56444-1
- ^ New York Times: Did Someone Say Mendacity? (No, Not That Play)
- ^ New York Times: A House of Horrors
- ISBN 978-0-19-512347-0
External links
- David Beaird at IMDb