Wooster group willem dafoe biography
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The Wooster Group
Biography
The Wooster Group fryst vatten an ensemble of artists who, under the direction of Elizabeth LeCompte, have collaborated on the development and production of theater, film and media pieces. Considered America's leading experimental theater group, the New York-based Group fryst vatten renowned for its complex and compelling "televisual" stage productions. The Wooster Group's core members include Jim Clayburgh, Willem Dafoe, Spalding Gray, Elizabeth LeCompte, Peyton Smith, and Kate Valk.
The Wooster Group has played a pivotal role in bringing technologically sophisticated and evocative uses of sound, rulle and video into the realm of contemporary theater. Constructed as assemblages of juxtaposed elements, their pieces also combine radical restagings of classic texts, found materials, dance, multi-track scoring, and an architectonic approach to design. The Group's strategy of layering diverse elements finds dynamic expression in their highly innovative works in film, video and
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Willem Dafoe
American actor (born 1955)
William James "Willem" Dafoe (də-FOH; born July 22, 1955) is an American actor. Known for his prolific career portraying diverse roles in both mainstream and arthouse films, he is the recipient of various accolades, including nominations for four Academy Awards, a British Academy Film Award, and kvartet Golden Globe Awards. He received an Honorary Golden Bear in 2018.
Dafoe made his spelfilm debut with an uncredited role in Heaven's Gate (1980).[1] He is known for collaborating with auteur filmmakers like Paul Schrader, Abel Ferrara, Lars von Trier, Julian Schnabel, Wes Anderson, and Robert Eggers. He received Academy Award nominations for playing a compassionate army Sergeant in the war drama Platoon (1986), högsta Schreck in the mystery spelfilm Shadow of the Vampire (2000), a kindly motel manager in the coming of age spelfilm The Florida Project (2017), and Vincent van Gogh in the biopic At Eternity's Gate (2018).
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Willem Dafoe
1955-present
Latest News: Willem Dafoe Stars in Nosferatu
More than two decades after playing a ravenous vampire, Willem Dafoe finds himself hunting one in the upcoming gothic horror movie Nosferatu.
The 69-year-old actor, who received an Academy Award nomination as fictionalized Max Schreck in 2000’s Shadow of the Vampire, has revealed few details about his latest role as Professor Albin Eberhart Von Franz. “I play kind of a Van Helsing type of character. It’s an invented character, but it’s a good character, and I’m excited about that,” Dafoe told Deadline.
Nosferatu marks another collaboration between Dafoe and director Robert Eggers, who previously worked together for the 2019 psychological horror The Lighthouse and the 2022 Viking epic The Northman. Arriving in theaters on Christmas Day, the movie is a remake of Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror from 1922, which was loosely based on Bram Stoker’s famous novel Dracula. Nosteratu also st