Elizabeth Swados
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- February 5, 1951
- Place of birth
- Buffalo, NY
- Died
- January 5, 2016
Biography
Elizabeth Swados was an American writer, composer, musician, and theatre director. Swados received Tony Award nominations for Best Musical, Best Direction of a Musical, Best Book of a Musical, Best Original Score, and Best Choreography. She was nominated for Drama Desk Awards for Outstanding Director of a Musical, Outstanding Lyrics, and Outstanding Music, and won an Obie Award for her direction of 'Runaways' in 1978. In 1980, the Hobart and William Smith Colleges awarded her an honorary doctorate in Humane Letters.
Movies with Elizabeth Swados
- Brook by Brook 2002 · ★ 8.0
- The Girl with the Incredible Feeling 1977
- MaMa's Pushcart 1988
Movies directed by Elizabeth Swados
- My Depression (The Up and Down and Up of It) 2014 · ★ 7.4