Jack Lechner’s credits as Producer, Executive Producer, Supervising Producer, or Consulting Producer include the Oscar-winning documentary?The Fog Of War;?Blue Valentine;?The New Yorker Presents?for Amazon;?Bite Me;?Group;?Untouchable?for Hulu;?Explorer?for National Geographic;?Left Of The Dial?for HBO;?TruInside?for TruTV;?Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys?for Sundance;?The New Public?and?Playwright: From Page to Stage?for PBS; and the pilot of?Mad Men?for AMC. As an executive at Miramax and Film Four, he was involved in the production and development of dozens of movies, including?The Crying Game,?Good Will Hunting, and?The Full Monty. His book?Can’t Take My Eyes Off You?was published in 2000, and his picture book?Mary Had A Little Lamp?in 2008. He also wrote the lyrics for the 2010 off-Broadway musical?The Kid.
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Film Chair and Associate Professor of Professional Practice Jack Lechner Writes Chapter of ‘Fifty Key Stage Musicals’
Film Chair and Associate Professor of Professional Practice?Jack Lechner?wrote a chapter of the anthology?Fifty Key Stage Musicals, a book edited By Robert W. Schneider and Shannon Agnew. Lechner’s chapter is titled ‘Falsettos’ and is about the 1992 musical of the same name. The book was recently published by Routledge and can be purchased?here.?
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This Is Who We Are: Jack Lechner
This Is Who We Are?is a series featuring Columbia School of the Arts’ professors, covering careers, pedagogy, and art-making during a pandemic. Here, we talk with?Associate Professor of Film?Jack Lechner?about his diverse career, the innovative web series?Group, and helping students unlock a story’s full potential.?
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‘Boys Don’t Cry’ and ‘The Fog of War’ by Columbia Filmmakers Added to National Film Registry
Two films by Columbia filmmakers have recently been added to the prestigious National Film Registry.
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