Harry Ralston | |
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Born | Harry Ralston |
Nationality | American |
Occupation(s) | Screenwriter Director Producer |
Harry Ralston is an American-born screenwriter, director and producer. [1]
Born to a Jewish family, [2] Ralston began his career working in advertising in New York and then as a journalist covering bullfights for the Mexico City News after which he moved to Los Angeles and wrote and directed the 2000 film The Last Man [3] with Jeri Ryan in her first starring role, and produced the 1999 Tamara Hernandez film Men Cry Bullets . [4] Men Cry Bullets won SXSW and five other festivals [5] and was released later that year. [6] [7] The Last Man won Best Film in the Festival of Fantastic Films in London [8] as well a Lumière Award in the New Orleans Film Festival. It was released by Lion's Gate. He most recently[ when? ] co-wrote the MGM film Mexicali with Roger Avary, Cristian Gudegast & Paul Scheuring and Patrick Kelly.
The 38-year-old director, who was bar mitzvahed at a New York Reform synagogue...