Background
Hoffman was born in Hawaii, the son of Dorothy (Harper) and Glenn R. Hoffman, who was stationed in the navy in Hawaii at the time. He grew up in Payette, Idaho, played basketball, and attended college at Boise State University.
( The official script book to the Golden Globe-nominated ...)
The official script book to the Golden Globe-nominated tragicomedy about the last year of Tolstoy's life in 1910 Russia, written and directed by Michael Hoffman (A Midsummer Night's Dream, One Fine Day) and starring Helen Mirren, Christopher Plummer, Paul Giamatti, and James McAvoy. After almost fifty years of marriage, the Countess Sofya (Helen Mirren), Leo Tolstoy's (Christopher Plummer) devoted wife, suddenly finds her entire world turned upside down, when the great Russian novelist decides to renounce his title and his property and to leave the rights to his iconic novels to the Russian people rather than his family. Feeling betrayed by her husband's disciple, Chertkov (Paul Giamatti), and using Tolstoy's worshipful new assistant Valentin (James McAvoy) as a pawn, she fights for what she believes is rightfully hers. In addition to the complete screenplay, the Newmarket Shooting Script® Book includes an exclusive foreword by novelist Jay Parini, an original introduction by Michael Hoffman, along with scene notes and a 12-page color photo section.
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Hoffman was born in Hawaii, the son of Dorothy (Harper) and Glenn R. Hoffman, who was stationed in the navy in Hawaii at the time. He grew up in Payette, Idaho, played basketball, and attended college at Boise State University.
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Foreign the German film director, see Michael Hofmann (director). There he was elected as student body president of BSU. He was a cofounder of the Idaho Shakespeare Festival (along with Doug Copsey and Victoria Holloway) which is celebrating its 30-year anniversary this year. While studying Renaissance literature at Oriel College, Oxford, he extended his interest in drama by founding the Oxford University Film Foundation and by making a student film Privileged, which starred a young Hugh Grant.
Befriended by John Schlesinger, who provided the funding, Michael"s next film was Restless Natives, a humorous look at young Scottish boys who hold up tour buses.
His other credits include Some Girls, a film starring the young Patrick Dempsey (Derek Shepherd on Grey"s Anatomy), Restoration with Robert Downey, Junior., One Fine Day with Michelle Pfeiffer and George Clooney, Soapdish with Sally Field and Kevin Kline, A Midsummer Night"s Dream, for which he also wrote the screenplay based on the work by Shakespeare, and The Emperor"s Club (starring Kevin Kline). He has made three films with Kline (so far), including the aforementioned A Midsummer Night"s Dream.
His film was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival. was entered into the 46th Berlin International Film Festival. He wrote and directed, based on the final years of Leo Tolstoy"s life.
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( The official script book to the Golden Globe-nominated ...)