Michael Elias

Filmes

No Laughing Matter
Teleplay
Emma is the bright, attractive and funny widowed mother of teen honor-student Charlie. She has a drinking problem that seemingly increases exponentially, and Charlie has problems of his own, chief among them the pregnancy of his girlfriend Lauren...
No Laughing Matter
Director
Emma is the bright, attractive and funny widowed mother of teen honor-student Charlie. She has a drinking problem that seemingly increases exponentially, and Charlie has problems of his own, chief among them the pregnancy of his girlfriend Lauren...
Lush Life
Screenplay
Jeff Goldblum and Forest Whitaker star as New York jazz musicians, forced to confront a life beyond their hedonistic existence when a personal crisis strikes.
Lush Life
Director
Jeff Goldblum and Forest Whitaker star as New York jazz musicians, forced to confront a life beyond their hedonistic existence when a personal crisis strikes.
Amigas Para Sempre
Seedy Bar Patron
Duas amigas com estruturas de vida muito diferentes compartilham altos e baixos, alegrias e tristezas ao longo de suas existências. A grande amizade que elas cultivam é crucial para encarar uma tragédia com humor, delicadeza e harmonia.
Envoyez les violons
Story
Fred, a commercial director, decides to learn the flute to relieve his stress. His music teacher is none other than Isabelle, a flutist he once saw playing in the subway. He falls under her charm.
Envoyez les violons
Screenplay
Fred, a commercial director, decides to learn the flute to relieve his stress. His music teacher is none other than Isabelle, a flutist he once saw playing in the subway. He falls under her charm.
The American Snitch
Executive Producer
Médicos Loucos e Apaixonados
The Others - Spectator
An 'Airplane!'-style spoof of hospital soap operas—a brilliant young trainee can't stand the sight of blood; a doctor romances the head nurse in order to get the key to the drugs cabinet; and there's a mafioso on the loose disguised as a woman.
Médicos Loucos e Apaixonados
Writer
An 'Airplane!'-style spoof of hospital soap operas—a brilliant young trainee can't stand the sight of blood; a doctor romances the head nurse in order to get the key to the drugs cabinet; and there's a mafioso on the loose disguised as a woman.
O Atrevido Jogo da Burguesia
Screenplay
A man resists the California fads that his wife, friends and wealthy Marin County neighbors embrace. Based on the serial by Cyra McFadden in the San Francisco Chronicle in the 70s, satirizing the lifestyle trends of the local elite - from open marriages and organic food to New Age cults.
Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty
Writer
Steve Martin's second NBC special was made up entirely of sketches. Highlights include: Marty Robbins' "El Paso" with monkeys; "The Death Of Socrates"; and "Bizarre Oddities Of The World."
O Panaca
Screenplay
Navin R. Johnson (Steve Martin) cresceu no Mississipi, tendo sido adotado por uma família de agricultores negros. Ao completar 18 anos ele tem vontade de conhecer o resto do planeta e parte para St. Louis. Todos exploram sua ingenuidade e uma invenção banal o transforma em milionário.
O Rabino e o Pistoleiro
Writer
Rabino polonês desembarca na América com o objetivo de chegar ao Velho Oeste e fundar uma sinagoga em São Francisco. Mas durante o caminho ele vai enfrentar muitos perigos, como praticamente ser queimado vivo por tribo de índios ou quase ser morto por um bando de foras-da-lei.
Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy
Writer
Steve Martin's first network special for NBC offers part concert footage (shot at the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles) and part sketch comedy.
Black Bart
Writer
A television series titled Black Bart was produced for CBS based on Andrew Bergman's original story for Blazing Saddles (Black Bart was the movie's original title). It featured Lou Gossett, Jr. as Bart and Steve Landesberg as his drunkard sidekick, a former Confederate officer named "Reb Jordan". The Humour was much more toned down than it's feature film predecessor Other cast members included Millie Slavin and Noble Willingham. Bergman is listed as the sole creator. CBS aired the pilot once on April 4, 1975 as a CBS Special Presentation. The pilot featured guest appearances by Gerrit Graham and Brooke Adams and was written by Michael Elias and Rich Eustis. Elias and Eutis later created and executive produced the ABC sitcom Head of the Class (1986-1991).
Who's Crazy?
Insane asylum inmates escape their confinement and hole up in a deserted Belgian farmhouse, where they cook large quantities of eggs and condemn one of their own in an impromptu court. Accompanied by a frenetic original soundtrack by the great Ornette Coleman and starring The Living Theater.
The Brig
Prisoner No.5
An ultra-realistic depiction of life in a Marine Corps brig (or jail) at a camp in Japan in 1957. Marine prisoners are awakened and put through work details for the course of a single day, submitting in the course of it to extremely harsh and shocking physical and mental degradation and abuse.