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Mitchell Lichtenstein

Mitchell Lichtenstein

Mitchell Wilson Lichtenstein (born 10 March 1956 in Cleveland, OH) is an openly gay American actor, writer, producer and director.

Lichtenstein studied acting at Bennington College in Vermont.

In Ang Lee's film The Wedding Banquet (1993), Lichtenstein played the partner of a gay man Taiwanese living in the United States who is forced to marry by his parents. Other credits include Streamers (1983). He produced, wrote, and directed the 2007 black comedy horror film Teeth, about the pitfalls and power of a girl as a living example of the vagina dentata myth. The film premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival to positive reviews.

His latest film Happy Tears premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2009.

He is the son of artist Roy Lichtenstein.

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Movies Starring Mitchell Lichtenstein (9)

Flawless (1999)

An ultraconservative police officer suffers a debilitating stroke and is assigned to a rehabilitative program that includes singing lessons - with the drag queen next door. ...

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Ratchet (1996)

Having missed several deadlines, and with the studio's attorneys hassling him, screenwriter Elliot Callahan (Tom Gilroy) takes the advice of his agent and rents a beachside house on the island Nantucket to find the peace and quiet he needs to get the creat ...

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Kangaroo Man (1995)

"Kangaroo Man" is produced by China Film Co., Ltd., directed by Liu Yiming drama, Qiu Xinzhi, Chen Wenmin to participate in the show. The film tells the story of Li Maitian's wife Jane Li because of accidental pregnancy can not, surrogate also failed, Li M ...

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The Wedding Banquet (1993)

A Taiwanese-American man is happily settled in New York with his American boyfriend. He plans a marriage of convenience to a Chinese woman in order to keep his parents off his back and to get the woman a green card. Chaos follows when his parents arrive in ...

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Blue Bayou (1990)

A Los Angeles lawyer has to go to New Orleans for a steamy case involving a troubled teen. ...

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Let's Get Lost (1988)

Documentary about jazz great Chet Baker that intercuts footage from the 1950s, when he was part of West Coast Cool, and from his last years. We see the young Baker, he of the beautiful face, in California and in Italy, where he appeared in at least one mov ...

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Crackers (1984)

Down-and-out Weslake is reduced to minding the counter at a San Francisco pawn shop when he stumbles onto a scheme by some of the boss's disgruntled misfit clients to rob the place. Rather than blow the whistle, however, he insinuates himself as the heist' ...

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Streamers (1983)

Four young recruits about to be sent to Vietnam confront their prejudicial feelings toward one another when it's learned one of them is gay. ...

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The Lords of Discipline (1983)

Will arrives for his last year at Military Academy, in the Deep South USA, in the 1960's. A black student, Pearce, has been accepted, for the first time and Will is asked to keep an eye out for the inevitable racism. The racists come in the form of The Ten ...

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Movies Made By Mitchell Lichtenstein (3)

Angelica (2017)

A couple living in Victorian London endure an unusual series of psychological and supernatural effects following the birth of their child. ...

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Happy Tears (2009)

Two sisters return home to care for their aging father. ...

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Teeth (2008)

Dawn is an active member of her high-school chastity club but, when she meets Tobey, nature takes its course, and the pair answer the call. They suddenly learn she is a living example of the vagina dentata myth, when the encounter takes a grisly turn. ...

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