Gene Saks (born November 8, 1921) is a Tony Award-winning American stage and film director.
Born in New York City, Saks studied at Cornell University and trained at the Dramatic Workshop of the New School for Social Research.
Saks has shared a long-term professional relationship with playwright/comedy writer Neil Simon, directing his plays Biloxi Blues, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Jake's Women, Rumors, Lost in Yonkers, Broadway Bound, The Odd Couple, and California Suite.
Additional Broadway credits include Enter Laughing, Half a Sixpence, Mame, I Love My Wife, Same Time, Next Year, and Rags.
Among Saks' screen credits are Cactus Flower, which won Goldie Hawn the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, Barefoot in the Park, The Last of the Red Hot Lovers, The Odd Couple, Mame, and the 1995 television production of Bye Bye Birdie.
Saks made his acting debut on Broadway in South Pacific in 1949. On stage he also appeared in A Shot in the Dark, The Tenth Man, and A Thousand Clowns, in...
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