Henry Bean

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Henry Bean
Born (1945-08-03) August 3, 1945 (age 76)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Occupation
Years active1977–present

Henry Bean (born 3 August 1945) is an American screenwriter, film director, film producer, novelist, and actor.

Best known as a screenwriter, Bean wrote the screenplays for Internal Affairs, Deep Cover, Venus Rising, The Believer, Basic Instinct 2, and Noise. Bean directed The Believer and Noise. He also acted in The Believer, and was a producer on Deep Cover and Noise.

Life[]

Bean was born in Philadelphia, to Fahny (née Schorr) and Donald Bean (a lawyer).[1] Bean is Jewish,[2][1] and was raised assimilated.[3] He received a B.A. from Yale University in 1967; and a M.A. from Stanford University in 1973.[1]

Career[]

Bean's 1983 novel False Match[4] won a PEN Center USA award for "First Fiction".[5]

The Believer was awarded the dramatic Grand Jury Prize at the 2001 Sundance Festival; the Golden St. George at the 23rd Moscow International Film Festival.[6]; and Bean was named a "Breakthrough Director" at the Gotham Independent Film Awards in 2001.

Bean was the inspiration for the protagonist of Noise.[7] He was so tired of constant noise around him and his home in New York City that he decided to take the law into his own hands. If a car alarm was going off and the owner of the vehicle didn't rectify the situation, Bean would break into the car to disable the offending car alarm. Bean was eventually arrested and jailed. He admits to doing it a few more times since.[8]

Bean was a co-writer on two episodes in the second season of The OA.

Personal life[]

Bean married Nancy Eliason on 3 January 1968; they divorced 14 February 1970. He married screenwriter on 23 March 1980. He has one child, who is named Max.[1]

Filmography[]

Year Title Director Screenwriter Producer Notes Ref.
1983 Running Brave No Yes No Co-written with
1990 Internal Affairs No Yes No
1992 Deep Cover No Yes Yes
1995 Venus Rising No Yes No
2001 The Believer Yes Yes No Also acted in; portraying the "Ilio Manzetti" character
2006 Basic Instinct 2 No Yes No Co-written with wife
2007 Noise Yes Yes Yes

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television: Volume 53. 14 December 2009. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  2. ^ Bean, Henry (25 February 2002). The Believer: Confronting Jewish Self-Hatred. Basic Books. p. 201. ISBN 978-1-56025-372-3.
  3. ^ Clark, John (15 March 2002). "A Question of Identity for the Man Behind 'The Believer'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  4. ^ Bean, Henry (1982). False Match. Poseidon Press. ISBN 978-0-671-44251-4.
  5. ^ "Past Winners". PEN America. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  6. ^ "23rd Moscow International Film Festival (2001)". www.moscowfilmfestival.ru. MIFF. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  7. ^ Denby, David (12 May 2008). "The Unquiet Life". The New Yorker. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  8. ^ Aloisi, Silvia (23 October 2007). "Tim Robbins wages crusade against noise in new film". Reuters. Retrieved 11 August 2021.

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