{{short description|American filmmaker}} {{For|the American analytic philosopher|Michael Bergmann (philosopher)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Infobox person | name = Michael Bergmann | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = United States | death_date = | death_place = | nationality = | other_names = | occupation = Writer, director, producer | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = | parents = Martin S. Bergmann | relatives = Hugo Bergman (grandfather) }}
'''Michael Bergmann''' is an American writer, director, and producer.
==Biography== Michael Bergmann graduated with a B.A. in Latin from Columbia University in 1975 and studied film concurrently at N.Y.U. Undergraduate Film School. He went on to study at the N.Y.U. Graduate School of Film and Television.{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}} He is married to the sculptor Meredith Bergmann.
Bergmann is the son of two Freudian psychoanalysts and the grandson of Hugo Bergmann, a philosopher who was one of the founders of Hebrew University in Jerusalem.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Fox |first=Margalit |date=2014-01-27 |title=Martin S. Bergmann, Psychoanalyst and an On-Screen Philosopher, Dies at 100 |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/27/movies/martin-s-bergmann-psychoanalyst-and-woody-allens-on-screen-philosopher-dies-at-100.html |access-date=2023-09-10 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> He is also the great-grandson of Berta Fanta, a Prague salonière whose circle included Franz Kafka and Max Brod.
== Filmography == Bergmann's films include: * Milk & Money (1996) with Calista Flockhart, Margaret Colin, Marin Hinkle, Olympia Dukakis, Dina Merrill, Robert Vaughn and Peter Boyle * Trifling With Fate (2000) with Bridget Moynahan, Gordon Elliott, Vivienne Benesch, Jason Butler Harner, Teri Lamm and Sarah Winkler * In Bed with My Books (2002) (Short) * Aftershock (2002) (Short) – Jury Award for Best Short Film, Whitehead International Film Festival<ref>{{Cite web |title=Awards |url=https://commongoodfilms.org/about/awards/ |access-date=2023-09-10 |website=Common Good Film Festival |language=en-US}}</ref> * The Reality Trap (2005) with Bonnie Loren, Kevin Stapleton and Hedy Burress * Tied to a Chair (2009) with Bonnie Loren, Mario Van Peebles and Robert Gosset * Influence (2015)
Bergmann wrote the libretto for Stefania de Kenessey's opera ''The Bonfire of the Vanities: The Opera'', based on Tom Wolfe’s novel ''The Bonfire of the Vanities'', and directed the premiere in New York on October 9, 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chow |first=Andrew R. |date=July 12, 2015 |title='The Bonfire of the Vanities' Gets Opera Adaptation |url=http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/07/12/the-bonfire-of-the-vanities-gets-opera-adaptation/?ref=theater&_r=0 |accessdate=September 12, 2015}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{IMDb name|1129307|Michael Bergmann}} * [https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/michael_bergmann Michael Bergman] at Rotten Tomatoes * {{official website|http://www.michaelbergmann.art}} * [http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/movies/2011/05/tied-to-a-chair-michael-bergmann.html “Tied to a Chair”: Bound for Glory - The New Yorker] * [https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/22/movies/22milk.html?scp=1&sq=%20Pretty%20Women%20and%20Plenty%20of%20Cows&st=cse Milk and Money - The New York Times] *https://www.ft.com/content/711a615a-718d-11e5-9b9e-690fdae72044 - Bonfire of the Vanities, the Opera - The Financial Times
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