My Old Lady marks internationally-acclaimed playwright-director Israel Horovitz's feature film directorial debut. Horovitz's 70-plus plays have been translated and performed in as many as 30 languages worldwide and have introduced such actors as Al Pacino, John Cazale, Jill Clayburgh, Marsha Mason, Gerard Depardieu, and many others.
A two-time OBIE winner, Horovitz's additional awards include Prix Italia, Sony Radio Academy Award, Writers Guild of Canada Best Screenwriter Award, Christopher Award, Drama Desk Award, Award in Literature of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, Lifetime Achievement Award from B'Nai Brith, Boston Public Library's Literary Lights Award, Massachusetts Governor's Award, and many others.
Horovitz's memoir Un New-Yorkais à Paris (A New Yorker in Paris) was published in France, where he is the most-produced American playwright in French theatre history and was decorated as Commandeur dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, France's highest honor awarded to foreign artists.
He is Founding Artistic Director of Gloucester Stage Company and active Artistic Director of the New York Playwrights Lab, and is co-artistic director of Compagnia Horovitz-Paciotto in Italy. NYC's Barefoot Theatre celebrated Horovitz's 70th birthday by organizing The 70/70 Horovitz Project, a yearlong event with 70 Horovitz plays having had readings and/or productions by theatres around the globe.
Horovitz is the father of five children: film producer Rachael Horovitz, TV producer Matthew Horovitz, Beastie Boy Adam Horovitz, writer Oliver Horovitz and Master of Arts recipient Hannah Horovitz. He is married to Gillian Horovitz, England's former National Marathon Champion and record-holder. The Horovitz family divides its time among homes in New York City, Gloucester, Massachusetts, and London.
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