Thomas Gordon Bezucha (;
born March 8, 1964) is an American filmmaker.
Career
Bezucha was born and raised in
Amherst, Massachusetts
Amherst () is a New England town, town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States, in the Connecticut River valley. As of the 2020 census, the population was 39,263, making it the highest populated municipality in Hampshire County (althoug ...
, and graduated from
Amherst Regional High School in 1982. He is a graduate in fashion design from the
Parsons School of Design
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, and worked as a
creative services
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executive for
Polo Ralph Lauren
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and
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He wrote and directed the films ''
Big Eden
''Big Eden'' is a 2000 romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Thomas Bezucha. Arye Gross stars as Henry Hart, a successful gay artist from New York City who returns to his rural hometown in Montana to care for his ailing grandfather. ...
'' (2000), ''
The Family Stone
''The Family Stone'' is a 2005 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Thomas Bezucha. Produced by Michael London and distributed by 20th Century Fox, it stars an ensemble cast, including Diane Keaton, Craig T. Nelson, Dermot Mulroney, ...
'' (2005), ''
Monte Carlo
Monte Carlo (; ; french: Monte-Carlo , or colloquially ''Monte-Carl'' ; lij, Munte Carlu ; ) is officially an administrative area of the Principality of Monaco, specifically the ward of Monte Carlo/Spélugues, where the Monte Carlo Casino is ...
'' (2011), and ''
Let Him Go
''Let Him Go'' is a 2020 American neo-Western film starring Diane Lane and Kevin Costner, and directed, written, and co-produced by Thomas Bezucha, based on the 2013 novel of the same name by Larry Watson. The film follows a retired sheriff ( ...
'' (2020). He also co-wrote the films ''
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
''The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society'' is a historical novel by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows that was published in 2008. It was adapted into a film in 2018 featuring Lily James as Juliet Ashton and Matthew Goode as Sidne ...
'' (2018) and ''
The Good House'' (2021).
Bezucha is openly gay.
Filmography
References
External links
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1964 births
Living people
21st-century American male writers
21st-century American screenwriters
American film directors
American gay writers
American male screenwriters
American film producers
English-language film directors
Film directors from Massachusetts
Film producers from Massachusetts
LGBT film directors
LGBT screenwriters
Parsons School of Design alumni
Screenwriters from Massachusetts
Writers from Amherst, Massachusetts
Amherst Regional High School (Massachusetts) alumni
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