{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Person",
  "@id": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/person/21960/israel-horovitz",
  "name": "Israel Horovitz",
  "url": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/person/21960/israel-horovitz",
  "knownForDepartment": "Writing",
  "description": "Israel Horovitz (March 31, 1939 – November 9, 2020) was an American playwright, screenwriter and director. In 1979, he co-founded company Gloucester Stage Company, and served as Artistic Director until 2006.",
  "birthDate": "1939-03-31",
  "deathDate": "2020-11-09",
  "birthPlace": "Wakefield, Massachusetts, USA",
  "alternateName": [
    "Israël Horovitz"
  ],
  "image": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/gdBabbtfrC5equJcAjdlfn4sKpd.jpg",
  "sameAs": [
    "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0395262"
  ],
  "lastVerified": "6 May 2026",
  "filmography": [
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 12572,
      "title": "New York, I Love You",
      "year": "2008",
      "role": "Adaptation",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 5.9,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/nnuoA0R0kUCu88xZGiv2mK02Hoz.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/12572/new-york-i-love-you-2008"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 17771,
      "title": "Sunshine",
      "year": "1999",
      "role": "Screenplay",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 6.47,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/qcHDFrjClW35u0dSuLjsQEi8gDk.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/17771/sunshine-1999"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 312669,
      "title": "Maggie's Plan",
      "year": "2016",
      "role": "Thanks",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 5.7,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/irz7aLl87kGnwzdHoYs4iObLdFa.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/312669/maggie-s-plan-2016"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 282296,
      "title": "My Old Lady",
      "year": "2014",
      "role": "Director",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 6.2,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/hPLAUrmJkXdv1sEtIqk9EwXvmbH.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/282296/my-old-lady-2014"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 2141,
      "title": "James Dean",
      "year": "2001",
      "role": "Screenplay",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 6.765,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/6dZt1YCJoEUjFRZUUhjEZclkDSZ.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/2141/james-dean-2001"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 209802,
      "title": "Subway Stories",
      "year": "1997",
      "role": "as Older Man  (segment \"The Listeners\")",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 5.647,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/pzy2cwGh3fssoxqaIJFWOnMax5x.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/209802/subway-stories-1997"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 41760,
      "title": "Author! Author!",
      "year": "1982",
      "role": "Writer",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 5.939,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/t23OHqoicdzDOlQcpHJkuKJcQKd.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/41760/author-author-1982"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 51956,
      "title": "The Strawberry Statement",
      "year": "1970",
      "role": "Screenplay",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 6.012,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/kKhzIkHWrg51jkTRxq6eAhBSIIl.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/51956/the-strawberry-statement-1970"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 86948,
      "title": "Believe in Me",
      "year": "1971",
      "role": "Writer",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 4.75,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/o0wAn3fSrjykk2OPX6fWpgS2jhK.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/86948/believe-in-me-1971"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 462143,
      "title": "North Shore Fish",
      "year": "1997",
      "role": "Theatre Play",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 9,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/7nHWppKC9VdjQMfXJvzr4GfQjP3.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/462143/north-shore-fish-1997"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 158232,
      "title": "Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation",
      "year": "2013",
      "role": "as Self",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 7,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/UnG02INxztzphUrAitSmzW7hPt.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/158232/greenwich-village-music-that-defined-a-generation-2013"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 101242,
      "title": "Love Simple",
      "year": "2009",
      "role": "as James",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 5,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/czVLusPWAEfrfcZ53yZCbz6EUqO.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/101242/love-simple-2009"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 1498731,
      "title": "It's Called the Sugar Plum",
      "year": "1969",
      "role": "Writer",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": null,
      "posterUrl": null,
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/1498731/it-s-called-the-sugar-plum-1969"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 1539373,
      "title": "Security",
      "year": "2007",
      "role": "Writer",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": null,
      "posterUrl": null,
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/1539373/security-2007"
    }
  ]
}