Michael Elias's father was a doctor, the son of immigrants to the US from Hungary who spent some time in Spain in the 1930s during the Spanish Civil War.
12 Facts About Michael Elias
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Michael Elias's mother was a librarian and trade union activist, whose parents came to the US from Russia.
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Michael Elias was President of The Rogers Albritton Film Club and acted in The King William Players productions of Shakespeare, Brecht, and Beckett.
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Michael Elias is the brother of Ruth Rogers who is married to British born architect Richard Rogers and Susan Michael Elias, an artist living in Berlin who is married to artist Reinhard Voigt.
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Michael Elias has one son with Laraine Mestman, Frederick Mestman, and three step-sons: Ernie Klein, Siggy Bodolai, and James Bulliard.
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Michael Elias traveled to London with The Living Theatre for a production of The Brig at the Mermaid Theatre, then returned to New York where he appeared in plays at the Judson Poets Theatre by Al Carmines, Rochelle Owens, and Maria Irene Fornes.
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When Martin decided to devote himself to stand-up he invited Michael Elias to write material for him.
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In 1978, Michael Elias partnered with Rich Eustis and began a 20-year collaboration in which they created and produced the hit sitcom Head of the Class starring Howard Hesseman about gifted but socially inept high school students.
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Michael Elias went on to write and direct the award-winning Showtime movie Lush Life with Forest Whitaker and Jeff Goldblum.
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Michael Elias was nominated for best director at the CableACE Awards.
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Michael Elias' novels include The Last Conquistador published in 2013 by Open Road Media.
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In 2020, Michael Elias released his latest novel You Can Go Home Now published by HarperCollins.