Eric Mendelsohn graduated in fine arts at the Purchase New York State University in 1989. He became a painter and made a debut in the movies as assistant to Jeffrey Kurland, Woody Allen's costume designer. Hemade his first film - a short entitled 'Through An Open Window - in 1992. Six years later he directed his first feature, the poetic and brilliant Babylon, USA (1999), which earned him the best director award at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival. Show less «