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Michael A. Goorjian

Biography

Michael A. Goorjian (born February 4, 1971; San Francisco) is an American filmmaker, writer and actor. Goorjian won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Special for his role as David Goodson in the television film David's Mother (1994). He is also known for his role as Justin, Neve Campbell’s love interest on the series Party of Five (1994–2000), as well as Heroin Bob in the film SLC Punk! (1998) and its sequel, Punk's Dead (2016). As a director, Goorjian achieved recognition for his first major independent film, Illusion (2004), which he wrote, directed and starred in alongside Hollywood legend Kirk Douglas.

Goorjian was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. His father, Peter, is Armenian, with his paternal grandparents being survivors of the Armenian genocide; his mother, Sarah, is of Scottish-American descent. Goorjian grew up in Oakland, California, and attended Bishop O'Dowd High School, which had a strong drama program. At the age of 14, he decided to audition for a local theatre company, thinking it was a ‘cool way’ to skip class; after successfully landing the lead role in a 'not-so-cool' play called Computer Crazy, Goorjian soon found out that the rest of the cast were all senior citizens and that he would have to perform the play at his own junior high school. Despite this seemingly rather humiliating experience, Goorjian stuck with acting, eventually training at UCLA’s School of Theatre, Film and Television. Goorjian’s first big Hollywood break came as a dancer when, in 1992, he was cast as ‘Skittery’ in the Disney film Newsies (starring Christian Bale and Robert Duvall). What followed were roles in numerous subsequent films, including Chaplin (with Robert Downey Jr.), Forever Young (with Mel Gibson), the Oscar-nominated Leaving Las Vegas, Hard Rain (with Morgan Freeman and Christian Slater), SLC Punk! (with Devon Sawa), The Invisibles (with Portia de Rossi), Broken (with Heather Graham) and Conversations with God.

Goorjian made his first real foray into directing with the mock-documentary Oakland Underground, a comedy about an underground occult music scene in Oakland, CA. From there, Goorjian made Illusion with Kirk Douglas, which was released theatrically in 2006 after racking up over a dozen festival awards, including Best Screenplay at The Hampton’s International Film Festival, Best Feature at the Lake Tahoe International Film Festival and The Audience Award at the Sonoma International Film Festival. With Illusion Goorjian was critically lauded for his ability to blend great filmmaking with philosophical depth. Soon after Illusion, Goorjian began collaborating with the publishing company Hay House to produce and direct a number of films including the documentary You Can Heal Your Life (2007), starring metaphysical author and teacher, Louise L. Hay and The Shift, starring author Dr. Wayne Dyer, along with Michael DeLuise and Portia de Rossi. His most recent work with Hay House is an original film anthology called Tales of Everyday Magic, which explores meaningful philosophical ideas through intimate character-driven stories.

Chinese (zh-CN)

Name

迈克尔·A.戈尔杰

Biography

Michael A. Goorjian(生于 1971 年 2 月 4 日;旧金山)是美国电影制片人、作家和演员。Goorjian 因在电视电影《大卫的母亲》(1994 年)中饰演大卫·古德森而获得艾美奖迷你剧或特别剧杰出男配角奖。他还因在《五人派对》(1994-2000)系列中饰演贾斯汀(Justin)以及电影《SLC朋克》中的海洛因鲍勃(Heroin Bob)而闻名。(1998 年)及其续集《朋克之死》(2016 年)。作为导演,Goorjian凭借他的第一部大型独立电影《幻觉》(2004)获得了认可,他与好莱坞传奇人物柯克·道格拉斯(Kirk Douglas)一起编剧、导演和主演了这部电影。

Goorjian在旧金山湾区出生和长大。他的父亲彼得是亚美尼亚人,他的祖父母是亚美尼亚种族灭绝的幸存者;他的母亲莎拉(Sarah)是苏格兰裔美国人。Goorjian在加利福尼亚州奥克兰长大,就读于Bishop O'Dowd高中,该校有很强的戏剧课程。14岁时,他决定去当地一家剧团试镜,认为逃课是一种“很酷的方式”;在一部名为《电脑疯狂》的“不太酷”的戏剧中成功担任主角后,Goorjian很快发现其他演员都是老年人,他必须在自己的初中演出这部剧。尽管有这段看似相当屈辱的经历,古尔吉安还是坚持表演,最终在加州大学洛杉矶分校的戏剧、电影和电视学院接受培训。1992 年,Goorjian 在好莱坞的第一次重大突破是作为一名舞者,他在迪斯尼电影 Newsies(由克里斯蒂安·贝尔和罗伯特·杜瓦尔主演)中饰演“Skittery”。随后在随后的许多电影中担任角色,包括卓别林(与小罗伯特·唐尼合作)、《永远年轻》(与梅尔·吉布森合作)、获得奥斯卡提名的《离开拉斯维加斯》、《大雨》(与摩根·弗里曼和克里斯蒂安·斯莱特合作)、SLC 朋克!(与德文·萨瓦合作)、《隐形人》(与波西亚·德·罗西合作)、《破碎》(与希瑟·格雷厄姆合作)和《与上帝的对话》。

Goorjian在模拟纪录片《奥克兰地铁》(Oakland Underground)中首次真正涉足导演领域,这是一部关于加利福尼亚州奥克兰地下神秘音乐场景的喜剧。从那时起,Goorjian与Kirk Douglas一起制作了《幻觉》,该片在获得十多个电影节奖项后于2006年在影院上映,包括汉普顿国际电影节的最佳剧本奖、太浩湖国际电影节的最佳剧情片奖和索诺玛国际电影节的观众奖。凭借《幻觉》,古尔吉安因其将伟大的电影制作与哲学深度相结合的能力而受到好评。在《幻觉》之后不久,Goorjian开始与出版公司Hay House合作,制作和执导了多部电影,包括纪录片《You Can Heal Your Life》(2007年),由形而上学作家兼教师Louise L. Hay主演,以及由作家Wayne Dyer博士主演的《The Shift》,以及Michael DeLuise和Portia de Rossi。他最近与Hay House合作的是一部名为《Tales of Everyday Magic》的原创电影选集,该选集通过亲密的角色驱动故事探索有意义的哲学思想。

Chinese (zh-HK)

Name

邁克爾·A.戈爾傑

Biography

Michael A. Goorjian(生於 1971 年 2 月 4 日;舊金山)是美國電影製片人、作家和演員。Goorjian 因在電視電影《大衞的母親》(1994 年)中飾演大衞·古德森而獲得艾美獎迷你劇或特別劇傑出男配角獎。他還因在《五人派對》(1994 - 2000)系列中飾演賈斯汀(Justin)以及電影《SLC 朋克》中的海洛因鮑勃(Heroin Bob)而聞名。(1998 年)及其續集《朋克之死》(2016 年)。作為導演,Goorjian 憑藉他的第一部大型獨立電影《幻覺》(2004)獲得了認可,他與好萊塢傳奇人物柯克·道格拉斯(Kirk Douglas)一起編劇、導演和主演了這部電影。

Goorjian 在舊金山灣區出生和長大。他的父親彼得是亞美尼亞人,他的祖父母是亞美尼亞種族滅絕的倖存者;他的母親莎拉(Sarah)是蘇格蘭裔美國人。Goorjian 在加利福尼亞州奧克蘭長大,就讀於 Bishop O'Dowd 高中,該校有很強的戲劇課程。14 歲時,他決定去當地一家劇團試鏡,認為逃課是一種“很酷的方式”;在一部名為《電腦瘋狂》的“不太酷”的戲劇中成功擔任主角後,Goorjian 很快發現其他演員都是老年人,他必須在自己的初中演出這部劇。儘管有這段看似相當屈辱的經歷,古爾吉安還是堅持表演,最終在加州大學洛杉磯分校的戲劇、電影和電視學院接受培訓。1992 年,Goorjian 在好萊塢的第一次重大突破是作為一名舞者,他在迪斯尼電影 Newsies(由克里斯蒂安·貝爾和羅伯特·杜瓦爾主演)中飾演“Skittery”。隨後在隨後的許多電影中擔任角色,包括卓別林(與小羅伯特·唐尼合作)、《永遠年輕》(與梅爾·吉布森合作)、獲得奧斯卡提名的《離開拉斯維加斯》、《大雨》(與摩根·弗里曼和克里斯蒂安·斯萊特合作)、SLC 朋克!(與德文·薩瓦合作)、《隱形人》(與波西亞·德·羅西合作)、《破碎》(與希瑟·格雷厄姆合作)和《與上帝的對話》。

Goorjian 在模擬紀錄片《奧克蘭地鐵》(Oakland Underground)中首次真正涉足導演領域,這是一部關於加利福尼亞州奧克蘭地下神秘音樂場景的喜劇。從那時起,Goorjian 與 Kirk Douglas 一起製作了《幻覺》,該片在獲得十多個電影節獎項後於 2006 年在影院上映,包括漢普頓國際電影節的最佳劇本獎、太浩湖國際電影節的最佳劇情片獎和索諾瑪國際電影節的觀眾獎。憑藉《幻覺》,古爾吉安因其將偉大的電影製作與哲學深度相結合的能力而受到好評。在《幻覺》之後不久,Goorjian 開始與出版公司 Hay House 合作,製作和執導了多部電影,包括紀錄片《You Can Heal Your Life》(2007 年),由形而上學作家兼教師 Louise L. Hay 主演,以及由作家 Wayne Dyer 博士主演的《The Shift》,以及 Michael DeLuise 和 Portia de Rossi。他最近與 Hay House 合作的是一部名為《Tales of Everyday Magic》的原創電影選集,該選集通過親密的角色驅動故事探索有意義的哲學思想。

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