Michael Cristofer was awarded a Pulitzer Prize and an Antoinette Perry "Tony" Award for the Broadway production of his play, The Shadow Box. Subsequent to New York, the play was produced in every major American city and worldwide from Europe to the Far East. Other plays include Breaking Up, produced by Primary Stages; Ice, produced by Manhattan Theatre Club; Black Angel, produced by Circle Repertory Company; The Lady and the Clarinet, produced by the Mark Taper Forum, Long Wharf Theater, Off-Broadway and on the London Fringe; and Amazing Grace which was produced by Blue Light Theater Co. and which received the American Theater Critics Award as the best play produced in the United States during the 1996-97 season. Mr. Cristofer’s film work includes the screenplays for "The Shadow Box" directed by Paul Newman (Golden Globe Award, Emmy nomination), "Falling in Love," with Meryl Streep and Robert DeNiro, "The Witches of Eastwick" with Jack Nicholson, "The Bonfire of the Vanities" directed by Brian DePalma, and Robert Greenwald’s version of "Breaking Up" starring Russell Crowe and Salma Hayek. His directing credits include "Gia," for HBO Pictures starring Angelina Jolie, Mercedes Ruehl and Faye Dunaway, which was nominated for 5 Emmies and for which he won a Director’s Guild Award. He next directed "Body Shots" starring Sean Patrick Flanery, Jerry O’Connell, Amanda Peet and Tara Reid and "Original Sin" starring Angelina Jolie and Antonio Banderas which was released in 2001. For eight years he worked as artistic advisor and finally co- artistic director of River Arts Repertory, a company which produced new plays by writers such as Richard Nelson, Mac Wellman, Len Jenkin, Eric Overmeyer and many others including the American premiere of Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women – a production which later moved to Off-Broadway. Also at River Arts, he wrote stage adaptations of the films Love Me or Leave Me and the legendary Casablanca, and directed Joanne Woodward in his own adaptation of Ibsen’s Ghosts. His most recent work for the theater, The Whore and Mr. Moore is in workshop at the Actor’s Studio where he is a member.   Playwrights' Sidewalk: Michael Cristofer has a star on the Playwrights' Sidewalk.

	Production	Theatre	Opened	Credit
1	Don't Go Gentle	Lucille Lortel Theatre	10/14/2012	Lawrence
2	The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism With a Key to the Scriptures	Joseph Papp Public Theater/ Newman Theater	05/05/2011	Gus
3	A Body of Water	59E59 Theaters/ Theater A	10/14/2008	Moss
4	Trumpery	Linda Gross Theater	12/05/2007	Darwin
5	Romeo and Juliet	Delacorte Theater	06/19/2007	Lord Capulet
6	No End of Blame	Stage 73	12/15/1981	Bela Veracek
7	Conjuring an Event	American Place Theatre	03/10/1978	Charlie

	Production	Theatre	Opened	Credit
1	The Blues are Running	New York City Center/ Stage II	11/03/1996	Playwright
2	Breaking Up	Primary Stages	09/29/1993	Playwright
3	The Lady and the Clarinet	Lucille Lortel Theatre	11/28/1983	Playwright
4	Black Angel	Circle Repertory Theatre	12/19/1982	Playwright

		Award	Production	Function
1	NOMINATED	2012 Drama League Award, Distinguished Performance	The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism With a Key to the Scriptures	Actor
2	NOMINATED	2011 Drama League Award, Distinguished Performance	The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism With a Key to the Scriptures	Actor