Joel Oliansky

Director, Screenwriter

About

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Birth Place

New York City, New York, USA

Born

October 11, 1935

Died

July 29, 2002

Cause of Death

Heart Failure

Filmography

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In Defense of a Married Man (1990)

Shannon's Deal (1989)

The Silence at Bethany (1988)

Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985)

The Competition (1980)

Streets of Justice (1985)

Photos & Videos

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Competition, The (1980) -- (Movie Clip) Placing Third In Cincinnati

Competition, The (1980) -- (Movie Clip) You Have No Time For Her

Biography

Filmography

Director (Feature Film)

In Defense of a Married Man (1990)

Shannon's Deal (1989)

The Silence at Bethany (1988)

Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985)

The Competition (1980)

Cast (Feature Film)

Streets of Justice (1985)

Writer (Feature Film)

Abducted: A Father's Love (1996)

Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985)

The Competition (1980)

The Competition (1980)

The Competition (1980)

Mallory: Circumstantial Evidence (1976)

The Todd Killings (1971)

The Priest Killer (1971)

Counterpoint (1968)

Writer (TV Mini-Series)

Life Events

Videos

Competition, The (1980) -- (Movie Clip) Placing Third In Cincinnati After credits in which he competes in a concert piano competition, Richard Dreyfuss as Paul at home with his parents (Philip Sterling, Gloria Stroock) considering his future, opening The Competition, 1980, from director Joel Oliansky, also starring Amy Irving.

Competition, The (1980) -- (Movie Clip) You Have No Time For Her Introduced separately in earlier scenes, relatively junior pianist Heidi (Amy Irving) greets Paul (Richard Dreyfuss), who’s entering one last competition before he gives it up to become a teacher, at an elite San Francisco event, in The Competition, 1980.

Competition, The (1980) -- (Movie Clip) Like Any Virgin We already know the male lead (Richard Dreyfuss) will be joining the prestigious San Francisco piano competition as we meet Amy Irving (as pianist Heidi), with Lee Remick as her profane-ish instructor Greta, in The Competition, 1980.

Bird (1988) -- (Movie Clip) I Owe Dizzy Everything Forest Whitaker the title character, sax player Charlie Parker, with wife Chan (Diane Venora), after his release from hospital following a minor crisis, recalling his obligation to friend and trumpet legend Dizzy "Birks" Gillespie (Samuel E. Wright), in Clint Eastwood's Bird, 1988.

Bird (1988) -- (Movie Clip) Charlie From Just Around Hamilton Camp the hustling "Mayor" of Manhattan's West 52nd Street, meets Keith David as "Buster" Smith (a real person!) who recalls early days in Kansas City with the young Charlie "Yardbird" Parker (Damon Whitaker, nephew of the star Forest Whitaker), in Clint Eastwood's bio-pic Bird, 1988.

Bird (1988) -- (Movie Clip) He's A Good Provider Director Clint Eastwood and writer Joel Oliansky extrapolating from real events, their subject the saxophone virtuoso Charlie Parker (Forest Whitaker) admitted to Bellevue Hospital in New York, clashing with a patient (George Orrison), his wife Chan (Diane Venora) and a doctor (Arlen Dean Snyder) discussing extreme measures, in Bird, 1988.

Bird (1988) -- (Movie Clip) Open, Lester Leaps In Director Clint Eastwood fashions an intriguing opening, introducing his star Forest Whitaker, then the first of many performances using original recordings by the subject, Charlie "Yardbird" Parker, in this case a Lester Young number he often played, in the 1988 bio-pic Bird.

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