Writing
Elizabeth Swados
EN, FR cinema · 18 credits
Born
5 February 1951
Died
5 January 2016 (aged 64)
Birthplace
Buffalo, NY
Elizabeth Swados was an American writer, composer, musician, and theatre director. Swados received Tony Award nominations for Best Musical, Best Direction of a Musical, Best Book of a Musical, Best Original Score, and Best Choreography. She was nominated for Drama Desk Awards for Outstanding Director of a Musical, Outstanding Lyrics, and Outstanding Music, and won an Obie Award for her direction of 'Runaways' in 1978. In 1980, the Hobart and William Smith Colleges awarded her an honorary doctorate in Humane Letters.
Known for
Filmography
My Depression (The Up and Down and Up of It)
Director, Original Story, Screenplay, Musical
Brook by Brook
as Self
The Adventures of Sebastian Cole
Original Music Composer
The Cosmic Eye
Original Music Composer
Seize the Day
Original Music Composer
The Killing Floor
Original Music Composer
Alice at the Palace
Songs, Theatre Play, Music
Four Friends
Original Music Composer
The Girls in Their Summer Dresses and Other Stories
Original Music Composer
OHMS
Music
The Girl with the Incredible Feeling
as Self, Music, Writer