Peter Askin
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Peter Askin (Born 1940) is an actor, director, producer and screenwriter best known for directing the 2007 film Trumbo, a documentary about the Oscar-winning Hollywood screenwriter Dalton Trumbo who was blacklisted for being a member of the Hollywood Ten.[1] For the film, he worked closely with Trumbo's son, Christopher Trumbo.[2]
Askin was the screenwriter for such films as Company Man and Smithereens, and he directed and produced the musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Cieply, Michael (September 11, 2007). "A Voice From the Blacklist: Documentary Lets Dalton Trumbo Speak (Through Surrogates)". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/11/movies/11trumbo.html?_r=1&oref=slogin. Retrieved December 15, 2011.
- ^ "Dalton Trumbo - Interview with Director Peter Askin". PBS. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/dalton-trumbo/interview-with-director-peter-askin/1167/. Retrieved December 16, 2001.
- ^ "Hedwig and the Angry Inch". The Internet Off-Broadway Database. http://www.lortel.org/LLA_archive/index.cfm?search_by=show&id=374. Retrieved December 16, 2011.
