Biography
Paul Rudnick (born 29 December 1957) is an American playwright, screenwriter and novelist. His plays include I Hate Hamlet, Jeffrey, The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told, Valhalla and The New Century. He also wrote for Premiere magazine under the pseudonym Libby Gelman-Waxner. Rudnick grew up in Piscataway Township, New Jersey. He is Jewish and openly gay. Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Rudnick, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Complete Filmography
Coastal Elites
2020
Executive Producer, Writer
A socially distanced comedic satire that spotlights five characters breaking down and breaking through as they grapple with politics, culture, and the...
The Fabulous Allan Carr
2017
as Self
Armed with a limitless Rolodex and a Benedict Canyon enclave with its own disco, Allan Carr threw the Hollywood parties that defined the 1970s. A prod...
The Lady in Question Is Charles Busch
2005
as Self
Tender and upbeat, THE LADY IN QUESTION IS CHARLES BUSCH is the affectionate and entertaining tribute to actor, writer, drag performer, and glamorous ...
The Stepford Wives
2004
Screenplay
What does it take to become a Stepford wife, a woman perfect beyond belief? Ask the Stepford husbands, who've created this high-tech, terrifying littl...
Marci X
2003
Writer
A Jewish-American Princess is forced to take control of a hard-core hip-hop record label and tries to rein the one of the label's most controversial r...
Rescued from the Closet
2001
as Self
Rescued from the Closet is a 2001 documentary consisting of interviews originally recorded for the 1995 film The Celluloid Closet. It explores the his...
Isn't She Great
2000
Screenplay
An unsuccessful over-the-top actress becomes a successful over-the-top authoress in this biography of Jacqueline Susann.
In & Out
1997
Screenplay
A midwestern teacher questions his sexuality after a former student makes a comment about him at the Academy Awards.
The Celluloid Closet
1996
as Self
What "That's Entertainment" did for movie musicals, "The Celluloid Closet" does for Hollywood homosexuality, as this exuberant, eye-opening movie serv...
Jeffrey
1995
Screenplay
Jeffrey, a gay man living in New York City with an overwhelming fear of contracting AIDS, concludes that being celibate is the only option to protect ...
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
1993
Characters
Deloris Van Cartier is again asked to don the nun's habit to help a run-down Catholic school, presided over by Mother Superior. And if trying to reach...
Addams Family Values
1993
Scenario Writer, Screenplay
Siblings Wednesday and Pugsley Addams will stop at nothing to get rid of Pubert, the new baby boy adored by parents Gomez and Morticia. Things go from...
Sister Act
1992
Writer
A Reno singer witnesses a mob murder and the cops stash her in a nunnery to protect her from the mob's hitmen. The mother superior does not trust her,...
Ex-Husbands
N/A
Story, Screenplay
Upcoming gay divorce comedy.