[1] Glatzer and John Raeburn co-edited the book Frank Capra: The Man And His Films, which was published by the University of Michigan Press in 1975.
[3] Glatzer used his experience working in day time television[4] to create his first independent film, Grief (1993),[5] a comedy-drama focusing on a writer for a trashy daytime TV show who comes to grips with office politics, a co-worker crush and homophobia.
[4] Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland were a married writing and directing team based in Los Angeles who made an eclectic set of independent movies.
Their last film, Still Alice,[7] with Julianne Moore,[8] Alec Baldwin,[9] and Kristen Stewart,[10] premiered at Toronto 2014 and was considered the surprise hit of the festival.
It received mixed positive reviews and gained almost instant cult status, John Waters including it in his most famous series Ten Movies That Will Corrupt You.
Made for a budget of under $500,000, and featuring many first-time actors, Quinceañera ended up winning both the Audience Award and the Grand Jury Prize at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival.
The story is told by Flynn's girlfriend's mother, Florence Aadland with co-writer Tedd Thomey and has been praised by the likes of William Styron and W.H.
Glatzer and Westmoreland started researching the screenplay in 2003, earning the trust of Florence's daughter, Beverly, and the friendship of author Tedd Thomey and Flynn's chauffeur in his final years, Ronnie Shedlo.
Killer Films' Christine Vachon and Pam Koffler came on to produce, and Susan Sarandon and Dakota Fanning signed on for the mother-daughter team of Florence and Beverly.
Based on a 2007 book written by Lisa Genova, Still Alice is a film about a 50-year-old linguistics professor who develops early onset Alzheimer's disease.
[23] Killer Films' Christine Vachon and Pam Koffler then came on as US production partners and Maria Shriver and Elizabeth Gelfand Stearns came on as executives and co-executive producers.