Shel Silverstein

Nacimiento : 1930-09-25, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Muerte : 1999-05-10

Historia

Sheldon Allan Silverstein (September 25, 1930 – May 10, 1999) was an American writer, poet, cartoonist, songwriter, and playwright. Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, Silverstein briefly attended university before being drafted into the United States Army. Though perhaps best known for his children's books, Silverstein did not limit his audience to children. During his rise to prominence in the 1950s, his illustrations were published in various newspapers and magazines, notably the adult-oriented Playboy.

Películas

The Tree
Novel
An apple tree set on a rural ridge, is where we glimpse the boy mature, fall in love, go to war, return with his own son, and finally pay his last respects as a very old man who has seen too much change.
Las cosas cambian
Writer
Una banda criminal de Chicago le hace una propuesta a un anciano zapatero de origen italiano: si se declara culpable de un delito que no ha cometido, tras una breve estancia en la cárcel, recibirá una importante suma de dinero. Un sicario de la banda se encarga de custodiarlo durante un fin de semana, antes de entregarlo a la policía. Entre los dos surge una curiosa amistad.
Free to Be… You and Me
Story
Free to Be…You and Me, a project of the Ms. Foundation for Women, is a record album, and illustrated book first released in November 1972, featuring songs and stories from many current celebrities of the day (credited as "Marlo Thomas and Friends") such as Alan Alda, Rosey Grier, Cicely Tyson, Carol Channing, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross, among others. An ABC Afterschool Special using poetry, songs, and sketches, followed two years later in March 1974. The basic concept is to encourage a post-60's gender neutrality, while saluting values such as individuality, tolerance, and happiness with one's identity. A major thematic message is that anyone, whether a boy or a girl, can achieve anything.
The Giving Tree
Writer
A boy and a tree grow old together.
The Giving Tree
Music
A boy and a tree grow old together.
The Giving Tree
Producer
A boy and a tree grow old together.
The Giving Tree
Book
A boy and a tree grow old together.
The Giving Tree
Narrator
A boy and a tree grow old together.
Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?
Bernie
A hit pop songwriter, who cannot love himself or others, spends his days with various women flying his plane, and dropping in to the world around him.
Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?
Original Music Composer
A hit pop songwriter, who cannot love himself or others, spends his days with various women flying his plane, and dropping in to the world around him.
Ned Kelly
Original Music Composer
Adaptación de la leyenda del bandolero Ned Kelly.
Miss Marple: El caso de las cartas anónimas
Original Music Composer
Gerry y Joanna Burton llegan a vivir a Lymstock, un pequeño pueblo en Inglaterra. Cuando llegaron todos les parecieron muy amables, hasta que empezaron a llegarles anónimos amenazantes, pero no solo a ellos, sino a todos en Lymstock. Hasta que la muerte de la esposa de Richard Symmington, un famoso abogado, desata el terror en el pueblo. Se empiezan a hacer investigaciones, hasta que llega Miss Marple, que es invitada del pastor Calthrop. Ella ayudará a descubrir al responsable de estos anónimos, ya que después de la muerte de la esposa de Symmington, su doncella Agnes también aparece muerta.
Miss Marple: El caso de las cartas anónimas
Party Attendee
Gerry y Joanna Burton llegan a vivir a Lymstock, un pequeño pueblo en Inglaterra. Cuando llegaron todos les parecieron muy amables, hasta que empezaron a llegarles anónimos amenazantes, pero no solo a ellos, sino a todos en Lymstock. Hasta que la muerte de la esposa de Richard Symmington, un famoso abogado, desata el terror en el pueblo. Se empiezan a hacer investigaciones, hasta que llega Miss Marple, que es invitada del pastor Calthrop. Ella ayudará a descubrir al responsable de estos anónimos, ya que después de la muerte de la esposa de Symmington, su doncella Agnes también aparece muerta.