Sig Libowitz

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Sig Libowitz
Born
Sigmund Georg Libowitz

(1968-03-01) March 1, 1968 (age 56)
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Education New York University (BA)
University of Maryland (JD)
Children2

Sigmund Georg Libowitz (born March 1, 1968) [1] is an American lawyer, actor, film executive, writer, producer, and professor. He is currently the director of the Graduate Film and Media program at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. [2] [3] [4] Libowitz is notable for writing, producing, and acting in the film The Response , which he wrote after reading the transcripts from the Guantanamo detainees' Combatant Status Review Tribunals.

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Education

Libowitz earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in theatre and politics from New York University and a Juris Doctor from the University of Maryland School of Law in 2007. One of Libowitz's professors at law school distributed Guantanamo transcripts to his class. Libowitz decided the transcript could be turned into a script. [5]

Career

From 2007 to 2012, Libowitz worked for the law firm Venable LLP. [6] [7]

Libowitz was a vice president of acquisitions and co-productions at Paramount Pictures. Prior to that, he was an executive at Film4 and Good Machine, where he oversaw production of the Academy Award-nominated film, In The Bedroom, starring Sissy Spacek, Tom Wilkinson, and Marisa Tomei. As an actor, Libowitz had recurring roles in The Sopranos and Law & Order . [8]

The Response has screened at the Pentagon, United States Congress, United States Department of Justice, the United States Military Academy, and numerous universities including Harvard University, UCLA, and Columbia University. The Response was shortlisted for the 2010 Academy Award (Best Live Action Short) and won the 2009 ABA Award as Best of the Year in Drama and Literature. Previous ABA winners include To Kill a Mockingbird , Twelve Angry Men , and Judgment at Nuremberg .

Peter Riegert, Kate Mulgrew star as the two other JAG officers on the Tribunal. Aasif Mandvi stars as the detainee. Following the release of his film, The Response, Sig was invited to visit Guantanamo Bay, Cuba as a legal observer.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1997The Definite MaybeBilly Bad Boy
2001 The Believer Rav Zingesser
2001 Thirteen Conversations About One Thing Assistant Attorney
2006 The Ex Hassidic Guy
2008 The Response Captain MillerShort; also writer and producer

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1997, 2005 Law & Order Stan Shatenstein2 episodes
1999–2005 The Sopranos Hillel Teittleman4 episodes
2002 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Stan ShatensteinEpisode: "Tomorrow"
2002 Judging Amy Mitchell RaskinEpisode: "Lost and Found"
2015 House of Cards SupervisorEpisode: "Chapter 30"
2016Bennie'sSteve C.Episode: "Elevator"
2021Turf ValleyTed2 episodes

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References

  1. ↑ "Sig Libowitz". IMDb. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
  2. ↑ Justin Humphreys (2008-10-30). "HOTSEAT- Riegert can't do that to our questionnaire! Only we can do that to our questionnaire!". The Hook . Archived from the original on 2008-11-07. Retrieved 2008-11-02.
  3. ↑ Stephen Kiehl (2008-10-22). "UM film presents struggle between law and fear". Baltimore Sun . Archived from the original on 2011-05-23. Retrieved 2008-11-02.
  4. ↑ Danny Jacobs (2008-10-19). "'The Response' comes home to UMd Law". University of Maryland Daily Record . Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2008-11-02.
  5. ↑ "Roles of a lifetime". American Lawyer . October 2008. Archived from the original on 2009-04-26. Retrieved 2008-11-02.
  6. ↑ "Venable in the News". Venable LLP. 2008-02-07. Archived from the original on October 15, 2007. Retrieved 2008-09-28.
  7. ↑ Schultz, Sue (2008-02-22). "Two and a half minutes with... Sig Libowitz". Baltimore Business Journal . Archived from the original on 2009-06-06. Retrieved 2008-11-02.
  8. ↑ "Sig Libowitz". Internet Movie Database . Archived from the original on 2009-06-27. Retrieved 2008-11-02.
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