Elizabeth Swados
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- February 5, 1951
- Died
- January 5, 2016
- Birthplace
- Buffalo, NY
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.
Filmography
My Depression (The Up and Down and Up of It) 2014
Director, Original Story, Screenplay, Musical
Brook by Brook 2002
as Self
The Adventures of Sebastian Cole 1998
Original Music Composer
MaMa's Pushcart 1988
Actor
Family Sins 1987
Music
Seize the Day 1986
Original Music Composer
The Cosmic Eye 1986
Original Music Composer
The Killing Floor 1984
Original Music Composer
King of America 1982
Music
Alice at the Palace 1982
Songs, Theatre Play, Music
Four Friends 1981
Original Music Composer
The Girls in Their Summer Dresses and Other Stories 1981
Original Music Composer
Guests of the Nation 1981
Music
Barn Burning 1980
Music
OHMS 1980
Music
Rappaccini's Daughter 1980
Music
Too Far to Go 1979
Music
The Girl with the Incredible Feeling 1977
as Self, Music, Writer
Credits from TMDB.