Jack Hofsiss Biography

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Jack Hofsiss is a distinguished director of theatre, film and television. His direction of The Elephant Man earned him a Tony Award (the youngest director ever), Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Award, Obie award and New York Drama Critics Award.

Hofsiss grew up in New York City as a Catholic and served as an altar boy, which he claims was his "first experience of theatre." He is a 1971 graduate of Georgetown University.

In 1985, he dove into a pool and suffered a spinal cord injury. Ironically, the first play he saw on Broadway was The Miracle Worker, the story of Helen Keller, probably the most famous disabled person in American history.

And his Tony Award was for directing The Elephant Man, a story of a remarkable man who overcame incredible disabilities.

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