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Del Shores is a Actor, Director, Writer and Executive Producer American born on 3 december 1957
Del Shores (born December 3, 1957, in Winters, Texas) is an American film director and producer, television writer and producer, playwright and actor.
Perhaps Shores' best known play is his fourth, "Sordid Lives", which debuted in 1996 in Los Angeles. The comedy centered around the Texan Ingram family and touched on LGBT themes. In 1999 Shores wrote and directed the screen version of Sordid Lives. Eight years later Shores produced 12 prequel episodes of Sordid Lives: The Series which aired on American LGBT-interest cable channel Logo.
In 2010, Shores debuted his play "Yellow" at the Coast Playhouse in West Hollywood. During that time, Shores lost his Hollywood Hills home to foreclosure.
Shores has two daughters Caroline and Rebecca from a previous marriage to Kelley Alexander. He married his partner Jason Dottley in 2003 and they remarried in a state where same-sex weddings are recognized in 2008. In 2011 Shores announced on his Facebook page that he and Dottley were divorcing.
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Del Shores
Biography
The first play Shores wrote was Daddy's Dyin': Who's Got the Will? which saw a 1987 debut in Los Angeles. The comedic play was adapted for the 1990 film Daddy's Dyin': Who's Got the Will?. Shores wrote the screenplay and executive produced the feature.Perhaps Shores' best known play is his fourth, "Sordid Lives", which debuted in 1996 in Los Angeles. The comedy centered around the Texan Ingram family and touched on LGBT themes. In 1999 Shores wrote and directed the screen version of Sordid Lives. Eight years later Shores produced 12 prequel episodes of Sordid Lives: The Series which aired on American LGBT-interest cable channel Logo.
In 2010, Shores debuted his play "Yellow" at the Coast Playhouse in West Hollywood. During that time, Shores lost his Hollywood Hills home to foreclosure.
Shores has two daughters Caroline and Rebecca from a previous marriage to Kelley Alexander. He married his partner Jason Dottley in 2003 and they remarried in a state where same-sex weddings are recognized in 2008. In 2011 Shores announced on his Facebook page that he and Dottley were divorcing.
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Filmography of Del Shores (3 films)
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The Quick and the Dead (1987)
, 1h30Directed by Robert Day
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Western
Actors Sam Elliott, Hardy Rawls, Tom Conti, Kate Capshaw, Del Shores, Kenny Morrison
Roles Purdy Mantle
Rating68%
Duncan McKaskel (Tom Conti) and his wife, Susanna (Kate Capshaw), a married couple who, along with their 12 year old son, Tom (Kenny Morrison), are travelling West hoping to start a new life. They have left a cholera-stricken wagon train and, alone, arrive in a small delapidated town. Here, they meet no-good Doc Shabbitt and ask for directions. He suggests they stay in a deserted local building, but McKaskel senses danger and they leave. Shabbit decides to steal two of their horses.
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Sordid Lives (2000)
Directed by Del Shores
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, Films based on plays, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Bonnie Bedelia, Delta Burke, Leslie Jordan, Beau Bridges, Olivia Newton-John, Beth Grant
Rating66%
A colorful family from a small Texas town must come to grips with the accidental death of the elderly family matriarch during a clandestine meeting in a seedy motel room with her much younger, married neighbor. The woman's family must deal with their own demons while preparing for what could be an embarrassing funeral.
Scriptwriter
Sordid Lives (2000)
Directed by Del Shores
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, Films based on plays, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Bonnie Bedelia, Delta Burke, Leslie Jordan, Beau Bridges, Olivia Newton-John, Beth Grant
Roles Writer
Rating66%
A colorful family from a small Texas town must come to grips with the accidental death of the elderly family matriarch during a clandestine meeting in a seedy motel room with her much younger, married neighbor. The woman's family must deal with their own demons while preparing for what could be an embarrassing funeral.
, 1h35Directed by Jack Fisk
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Beau Bridges, Beverly D'Angelo, Tess Harper, Judge Reinhold, Molly McClure, Amy Wright
Roles Pièce de théatre
Rating57%
Buford Turnover (Bert Remsen) is suffering from advanced dementia, and it's only a matter of time before he dies. Told by Buford's mother-in-law Loyce (Molly McClure) ('Mama Wheelis' to her grandchildren) that their father is dying, his four adult children arrive at the family's homestead to spend time with their father during his last days. It's a mixed bag of personalities: Lurlene (Amy Wright), the eldest sister, a minister's wife who rarely visits the rest of the family; Sara Lee (Tess Harper), the spinsterish middle sister who cares for her father with the help of her grandmother; Orville (Beau Bridges), the greedy, abusive brother, and his wife, Marlene (Patrika Darbo); and the youngest sibling Evalita (Beverly D'Angelo), the six-times married aspiring country singer, who brings her hippie boyfriend Harmony (Judge Reinhold).
Producer
, 1h35Directed by Jack Fisk
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Beau Bridges, Beverly D'Angelo, Tess Harper, Judge Reinhold, Molly McClure, Amy Wright
Roles Executive Producer
Rating57%
Buford Turnover (Bert Remsen) is suffering from advanced dementia, and it's only a matter of time before he dies. Told by Buford's mother-in-law Loyce (Molly McClure) ('Mama Wheelis' to her grandchildren) that their father is dying, his four adult children arrive at the family's homestead to spend time with their father during his last days. It's a mixed bag of personalities: Lurlene (Amy Wright), the eldest sister, a minister's wife who rarely visits the rest of the family; Sara Lee (Tess Harper), the spinsterish middle sister who cares for her father with the help of her grandmother; Orville (Beau Bridges), the greedy, abusive brother, and his wife, Marlene (Patrika Darbo); and the youngest sibling Evalita (Beverly D'Angelo), the six-times married aspiring country singer, who brings her hippie boyfriend Harmony (Judge Reinhold).