Todd Solondz

Todd Solondz is a filmmaker I cannot look away from, even when he makes me wince. Raised in suburban New Jersey, he turns that comfortable middle-class world inside out with a satire so honest it stings. His Sundance Grand Jury win makes sense to me: his films make you laugh and then leave a weight in your chest that lingers for days. There is real bravery in a Yale-educated artist deliberately camping out in the most uncomfortable corners of American life. We need authors who insist on showing us what we would rather not see, and Solondz never flinches.

Name (English)

Todd Solondz

Name (Japanese)

トッド・ソロンズ

Reading

とっど・そろんず

Born

October 15, 1959 (age 66)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Boar

Origin

Newark, New Jersey, United States

Occupation

actor / film director / screenwriter / film producer / filmmaker

University

Yale University

Awards & achievements

• 1996 Sundance Film Festival U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize Award

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd%20Solondz
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%88%E3%83%83%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%82%BD%E3%83%AD%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BA
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q504656

Tags

• New Jersey
• actor
• film director
• screenwriter

Last updated

2026-06-20

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.