Steven Shainberg

Steven Shainberg (born February 5, 1963) is an American film director and producer. He is the nephew of author Lawrence Shainberg. Both are part of the Shainberg family of Memphis, Tennessee, founder of the Shainberg's chain of stores, which is now part of Dollar General.

Biography

Shainberg received his BA from

In 1998, his short film series Mr. Viril (Angela & Viril, Alice & Viril) ran for almost six months on MTV, in addition to his video for Debbie Harry’s "Strike Me Pink". The former starred a young Angelina Jolie.

Films

Shainberg's first feature film Hit Me, based on the Jim Thompson novel A Swell-Looking Babe,^[1] premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 1996 was released in theaters in August 1998. However, Shainberg's breakthrough didn't come until 2002's Secretary.

Shainberg's film Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus starring Nicole Kidman and Robert Downey Jr. was a fictionalized account of the life of renowned photographer Diane Arbus. The film, released in 2006, received mixed reviews from critics.^[3]

Filmography

• The Prom (1992)
• Angela & Viril (1993)
• Alice & Viril (1993)
• Hit Me (1996)
• Secretary (2002)
• Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus (2006)
• Rupture (2016)

References

1. ^ "Hit Me". Variety. December 21, 1996.
2. All Movie Guide. Archived from the original
   on March 12, 2016.
3. ^ Rotten Tomatoes: Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus

External links

• Steven Shainberg at
  IMDb

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