Warren Leight

Premiered revised version of The Glimmer Brothers , now called Glimmer, Glimmer and Shine , at the Mark Taper Forum in L.A.

Signed to write screenplay for sequel to The Commitments

New play The Glimmer Brothers premiered at Williamstown Theater Festival

Side Man opened Off-Off-Broadway at Classic Stage Company (CSC) then transferred Off-Broadway to Roundabout Theater and later to Broadway (with Christian Slater in a leading role); play was finalist for 1999 Pulitzer Prize; also received Tony nomination as Best Play

First prodcution of his autobiographical play Side Man at Manhattan s West Bank Cafe

Wrote the original script for Dear God ; Leight has said that after several drafts the project was taken away from him and 11 other writers worked on film but he shared screen credit in the released version; referred to it as a humiliating disaster

Feature directorial debut, The Night We Never Met ; also debut as solo screenwriter

Was one of three credited writers for the script of Doris Dorre s Me and Him

Contributed to the Off-Broadway musical revue Mayor!

Contributed to the syndicated TV series National Lampoon s Hot Flashes

First screenplay produced, the low-budget thriller Mother s Day ,; co-wrote with director Charles Kaufman; credited as Warren D Leight

After graduating college, worked as a house painter in Northern California

Returned to NYC when his mother became ill

Raised in NYC

Worked a variety of odd jobs, including as freelance journalist, joke writer, stand-up comic and teacher

Wrote or rewrote screenplays for a Manhattan-based low-budget exploitation production company (Troma)