Today's Man USA
2006, 55min.
Prod.: Mitchell Lemsky, Michael Young,Lizzie Gottlieb, Script: Lois Vossen, Eric Martin, Dir.: Lizzie Gottlieb, Dir. of Phot.: Michael Young, Mitchell Lemsky, Sound: David Briggs, Quentin Chiapetta, Edit.: Ben Forgash
Cast: Nicky Gottlieb, Robert Gottlieb, Maria Tucci.
Nicky Gottlieb is a young man struggling to leave the comfort and safety of his parents' home and find his place in the world. While he can calculate the square root of any number in the blink of an eye, he has trouble reading the simplest of facial expressions, making social interaction difficult. At the age of 21, he is diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome, a high-functioning form of autism. This loving portrait by his filmmaker sister is both a personal exploration of one family's journey and a broader effort to understand this mysterious disorder.
Production Company
Young Love Productions
6 Varick Street, 9B
New York, NY 10013
info@todaysmanthemovie.com
Awards
Best Midlength Documentary (Mendocino FF).
| Gottlieb, Lizzie Lizzie Gottlieb directs theatre and film in New York City. She was a founder and producer of Pure Orange Productions, a theater company dedicated to producing new plays Off Broadway. She directed their productions of Keith Bunin’s Principality of Sorrows, Julia Jordan’s Tatjana in Color and Marking by Patrick Breen, which was later made into the film Just a Kiss. Gottlieb’s short film, Why Don’t You Dance, which was based on a Raymond Carver story, screened at festivals across the country.
Filmography
Why Don’t You Dance (2005), Today’s Man (2006).
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