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Hometown:

Philly

All Time Favorite Movies:

1. 12 Angry Men (1957) – Sidney Lumet
2. In the Bedroom (2001) – Todd Field
3. Almost Famous (2000) - Cameron Crowe
4. Goodfellas (1990) Martin Scorsese
5. Lost in Translation (2003) – Sofia Coppola
6. Once (2007) – John Carney
7. Taxi Driver (1976) – Martin Scorsese
8. The Sixth Sense (1999) – M. Night Shyamalan
9. Halloween (1978) – John Carpenter
10. Fargo (1996) – Joel Coen

11. The 400 Blows (1959) – Francois Truffaut
12. The Sweet Hereafter (1997) – Atom Egoyan
13. Punch-Drunk Love (2002) – Paul Thomas Anderson
14. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) – Michael Gondry
15. Running On Empty (1988) – Sidney Lumet
16. Amores Perros (2001) - Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu
17. Million Dollar Baby (2004) – Clint Eastwood
18. Network (1976) – Sidney Lumet
19. Capote (2005) – Bennett Miller
20. Psycho (1962) – Alfred Hitchcock

21. Pan’s Labyrinth (2006) – Guillermo del Toro
22. Casablanca (1943) – Michael Curtiz
23. To Kill A Mockingbird (1962) – Robert Mulligan
24. Rebecca (1940) – Alfred Hitchcock
25. Dog Day Afternoon (1975) – Sidney Lumet
26. The Savages (2007) – Tamara Jenkins
27. Strangers on a Train (1951) – Alfred Hitchcock
28. Amadeus (1984) – Milos Forman
29. The Verdict (1982) – Sidney Lumet
30. Stranger than Fiction (2006) – Marc Forster

31. Billy Elliot (2000) – Stephen Daldry
32. A Clockwork Orange (1971) – Stanley Kubrick
33. United 93 (2006) – Paul Greengrass
34. City of God (2003) – Fernando Meirelles
35. Harold and Maude (1971) – Hal Ashby
36. Annie Hall (1977) – Woody Allen
37. Nashville (1975) – Robert Altman
38. American Beauty (1999) – Sam Mendes
39. The Graduate (1971) – Mike Nichols
40. There Will Be Blood (2007) – Paul Thomas Anderson

41. Touch of Evil (1958) – Orson Wells
42. Match Point (2005) – Woody Allen
43. Elephant (2003) – Gus Van Sant
44. Rear Window – Alfred Hitchcock
45. Citizen Kane (1941) – Orson Wells
46. Mean Creek (2005) – Jacob Aaron Estes
47. Boys Don’t Cry (1999) – Kimberly Pierce
48. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) – Milos Forman
49. Short Cuts (1993) – Robert Altman
50. The Godfather Part II (1974) – Francis Ford Coppola

All Time Worst Movies:

The Day After Tomorrow

Favorite Actors or Actresses:

Philip Seymour Hoffman, Kate Winslet, Laura Linney, Cate Blanchett, Emma Thompson

Favorite Directors:

Sidney Lumet, Martin Scorsese, Atom Egoyan