Writing
Elizabeth Swados
1951 · Buffalo, NY
18 films
Bio
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.
Filmography
Brook by Brook
Self
Four Friends
Original Music Composer
Too Far to Go
Music
Seize the Day
Original Music Composer
Family Sins
Music
My Depression (The Up and Down and Up of It)
Director
Barn Burning
Music
The Killing Floor
Original Music Composer
Alice at the Palace
Songs
The Adventures of Sebastian Cole
Original Music Composer
MaMa's Pushcart
Rappaccini's Daughter
Music