Writing

Paul Rudnick

Born December 29, 1957 · Piscataway, New Jersey, USA (age 68)

Paul Rudnick (born 29 December 1957) is an American playwright, screenwriter and novelist. His plays include I Hate Hamlet, Jeffrey, The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told, Valhalla and The New Century. He also wrote for Premiere magazine under the pseudonym Libby Gelman-Waxner. Rudnick grew up in Piscataway Township, New Jersey. He is Jewish and openly gay. Description above from the Wikipedia artic…

Known For

Addams Family Values

Addams Family Values · 1993

Addams Family Values

MovieComedyFamily

Siblings Wednesday and Pugsley Addams will stop at nothing to get rid of Pubert, the new baby boy adored by parents Gomez and Morticia. Things go from bad to worse when the new "black widow" nanny, Debbie Jellinsky, launches her plan to add Fester to her collection of dead husbands.

Sister Act

Sister Act · 1992

MovieMusicComedy

When lively lounge singer Deloris sees her mobster beau commit murder, she is relocated for her protection. Set up in the guise of a nun in a California convent, she proceeds to upend the quiet lives of the resident sisters.

Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit

Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit · 1993

Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit

MovieMusicComedy

Deloris Van Cartier is again asked to don the nun's habit to help a run-down Catholic school, presided over by Mother Superior. And if trying to reach out to a class full of uninterested students wasn't bad enough, the sisters discover that the school is due to be closed by the unscrupulous chief of a local authority.

In & Out

In & Out · 1997

A midwestern teacher questions his sexuality after a former student makes a comment about him at the Academy Awards.

The Stepford Wives

The Stepford Wives · 2004

The Stepford Wives

MovieComedyScience Fiction

What does it take to become a Stepford wife, a woman perfect beyond belief? Ask the Stepford husbands, who've created this high-tech, terrifying little town.

Jeffrey

Jeffrey · 1995

MovieComedyDrama

Jeffrey, a gay man living in New York City with an overwhelming fear of contracting AIDS, concludes that being celibate is the only option to protect himself. As fate would have it, shortly after his declaration of a sex-free existence, he meets the handsome Steve Howard, his dream man -- except for his HIV-positive status. Facing this dilemma, Jeffrey turns to his best friend and an outrageous priest for guidance.

Marci X

Marci X · 2003

Marci Feld, a pampered Jewish-American Princess, doesn’t know about rap or the business world. But everything changes after rapper Dr. S releases a controversial CD for the hard-core hip-hop record label owned by Marci’s father. After a national protest breaks out to boycott the new CD and the record label, her father is hospitalized by a heart attack. Marci decides to step in to save his reputation and the family business by taming the raunchy rapper's wild bad boy image.

Isn't She Great

Isn't She Great · 2000

Isn't She Great

MovieComedyDrama

An unsuccessful over-the-top actress becomes a successful over-the-top authoress in this biography of Jacqueline Susann.

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Addams Family Values

Addams Family Values · 1993

Addams Family Values

MovieComedyFamily

Siblings Wednesday and Pugsley Addams will stop at nothing to get rid of Pubert, the new baby boy adored by parents Gomez and Morticia. Things go from bad to worse when the new "black widow" nanny, Debbie Jellinsky, launches her plan to add Fester to her collection of dead husbands.

Scenario Writer

Sister Act

Sister Act · 1992

MovieMusicComedy

When lively lounge singer Deloris sees her mobster beau commit murder, she is relocated for her protection. Set up in the guise of a nun in a California convent, she proceeds to upend the quiet lives of the resident sisters.

Writer

Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit

Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit · 1993

Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit

MovieMusicComedy

Deloris Van Cartier is again asked to don the nun's habit to help a run-down Catholic school, presided over by Mother Superior. And if trying to reach out to a class full of uninterested students wasn't bad enough, the sisters discover that the school is due to be closed by the unscrupulous chief of a local authority.

Characters

In & Out

In & Out · 1997

A midwestern teacher questions his sexuality after a former student makes a comment about him at the Academy Awards.

Writer

The Stepford Wives

The Stepford Wives · 2004

The Stepford Wives

MovieComedyScience Fiction

What does it take to become a Stepford wife, a woman perfect beyond belief? Ask the Stepford husbands, who've created this high-tech, terrifying little town.

Screenplay

Jeffrey

Jeffrey · 1995

MovieComedyDrama

Jeffrey, a gay man living in New York City with an overwhelming fear of contracting AIDS, concludes that being celibate is the only option to protect himself. As fate would have it, shortly after his declaration of a sex-free existence, he meets the handsome Steve Howard, his dream man -- except for his HIV-positive status. Facing this dilemma, Jeffrey turns to his best friend and an outrageous priest for guidance.

Screenplay

Marci X

Marci X · 2003

Marci Feld, a pampered Jewish-American Princess, doesn’t know about rap or the business world. But everything changes after rapper Dr. S releases a controversial CD for the hard-core hip-hop record label owned by Marci’s father. After a national protest breaks out to boycott the new CD and the record label, her father is hospitalized by a heart attack. Marci decides to step in to save his reputation and the family business by taming the raunchy rapper's wild bad boy image.

Writer

Isn't She Great

Isn't She Great · 2000

Isn't She Great

MovieComedyDrama

An unsuccessful over-the-top actress becomes a successful over-the-top authoress in this biography of Jacqueline Susann.

Screenplay

Coastal Elites

Coastal Elites · 2020

MovieComedyDrama

A socially distanced comedic satire that spotlights five characters breaking down and breaking through as they grapple with politics, culture, and the pandemic.

Writer