Awards & Winners

Jack Hofsiss

Jack Hofsiss is an American theatre, film and television director. He received a Tony Award for his direction of The Elephant Man on Broadway, the youngest director to have ever received it at the time. The production also garnered him the Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Award, an Obie Award and the New York Drama Critics Circle 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. Jack currently teaches directing at HB Studio in NYC. After a directing stint at the Folger Theatre in Washington, D.C., he became a casting director in New York for several years. He then directed The Best of Families, a mini-series, for television in 1977. He also directed for TV Out of Our Father's House, 3 by Cheever: The Sorrows of Gin, The Elephant Man, "Family Secrets, and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. In 1982 he directed the film I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can. In 1985, Hoffsiss dived into a pool and suffered a spinal cord injury, and he now uses a wheelchair. Hofsiss appeared in the documentary The Needs of Kim Stanley in 2005.

Awards by Jack Hofsiss

Check all the awards nominated and won by Jack Hofsiss.

1982


Nominations 1982 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television Film/Miniseries The Elephant Man

1980


Nominations 1980 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series Directing Team Another World

1979


Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Director
Honored for : The Elephant Man
Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play
Honored for : The Elephant Man
Obie Award for Direction
Honored for : The Elephant Man
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Play
Honored for : The Elephant Man

Nominations 1979 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Director The Elephant Man
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Play The Elephant Man
Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play The Elephant Man