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Martha Coolidge ( born August 17 , 1946 ) is an American film director and former President of the Directors Guild of America . She has directed such films as " Real Genius " and " Rambling Rose ". Columbia University ( officially Columbia University in the City of ___MASK12___ ) is a private Ivy League research university in Upper Manhattan , ___MASK12___ City . It was established in 1754 as King ' s College by royal charter of George II of Great Britain . Columbia is the oldest college in the state of ___MASK12___ and the fifth chartered institution of higher learning in the country , making it one of nine colonial colleges founded before the Declaration of Independence . After the American Revolutionary War , King ' s College briefly became a state entity , and was renamed Columbia College in 1784 . A 1787 charter placed the institution under a private board of trustees before it was renamed Columbia University in 1896 when the campus was moved from Madison Avenue to its current location in Morningside Heights occupying of land . Columbia is one of the fourteen founding members of the Association of American Universities , and was the first school in the United States to grant the M . D . degree . Real Genius is a 1985 science fiction comedy film directed by Martha Coolidge . The film ' s screenplay was written by Neal ___MASK1___ , Pat Proft , and Peter Torokvei . It stars Val Kilmer and Gabriel Jarret . Lost in Yonkers is a 1993 film adaptation of Neil Simon ' s Pulitzer Prize - winning play of the same name , directed by Martha Coolidge . It stars Irene Worth , Mercedes Ruehl , and Richard Dreyfuss . It was the first theatrical feature film to be edited on Avid Media Composer . Lost in Yonkers is a play by Neil Simon . The play won the ___MASK39___ Pulitzer Prize for Drama . The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre , more commonly known as the Tony Award , recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre . The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in ___MASK12___ City . The awards are given for Broadway productions and performances , and an award is given for regional theatre . Several discretionary non - competitive awards are also given , including a Special Tony Award , the Tony Honors for Excellence in Theatre , and the Isabelle Stevenson Award . The awards are named after Antoinette " Tony " Perry , co - founder of the American Theatre Wing . Richard Stephen Dreyfuss (" né " Dreyfus ; born October 29 , 1947 ) is an American actor best known for starring in " American Graffiti ", " Jaws ", " Stand By Me ", " Close Encounters of the Third Kind ", " Down and Out in Beverly Hills ", " The Goodbye Girl ", " Always , " and " Mr . Holland ' s Opus ". Joseph Pulitzer ( born József Pulitzer ; April 10 , 1847  October 29 , 1911 ) was a Hungarian - American newspaper publisher of the " St . Louis Post Dispatch " and the " ___MASK12___ World ". Pulitzer introduced the techniques of yellow journalism to the newspapers he acquired in the 1880s . He became a leading national figure in the Democratic Party and was elected congressman from ___MASK12___ . He crusaded against big business and corruption , and helped keep the Statue of Liberty in ___MASK12___ . Mercedes J . Ruehl ( born February 28 , 1948 ) is an American theater , television , and film actor . She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in ___MASK65___ for " The Fisher King " and a Tony Award for her performance in " Lost in Yonkers " in ___MASK39___ . The Pulitzer Prize is an award for achievements in newspaper , magazine and online journalism , literature , and musical composition in the United States . It was established in 1917 by provisions in the will of American ( Hungarian - born ) Joseph Pulitzer who had made his fortune as a newspaper publisher , and is administered by Columbia University in ___MASK12___ City . Prizes are awarded yearly in twenty - one categories . In twenty of the categories , each winner receives a certificate and a US $ 15 , 000 cash award ( raised from $ 10 , 000 starting in 2017 ). The winner in the public service category of the journalism competition is awarded a gold medal . The Goodbye Girl is a 1977 American romantic comedy - drama film . Produced by Ray Stark and directed by Herbert Ross , the film stars Richard Dreyfuss , Marsha Mason , Quinn Cummings , and Paul Benedict . The original screenplay by Neil Simon centers on an odd trio : a struggling actor who has sublet a ___MASK36___ apartment from a friend , the current occupant ( his friend ' s ex - girlfriend , who has just been abandoned ), and her precocious young daughter . The Fisher King is a ___MASK39___ American comedy - drama film written by Richard LaGravenese and directed by Terry Gilliam . It stars Robin Williams and Jeff Bridges , with Mercedes Ruehl , Amanda Plummer , and Michael Jeter in supporting roles . The film is about a radio shock jock who tries to find redemption by helping a man whose life he inadvertently shattered . American Graffiti is a 1973 American coming - of - age comedy - drama film directed and co - written by George Lucas starring Richard Dreyfuss , Ronny Howard , Paul Le Mat , Harrison Ford , Charles Martin Smith , Cindy Williams , Candy Clark , Mackenzie Phillips , Bo Hopkins , and Wolfman Jack . Suzanne Somers and Joe Spano have cameos . Set in Modesto , ___MASK24___ in 1962 , the film is a study of the cruising and rock and roll cultures popular among the post  World War II baby boom generation . The film is told in a series of vignettes , telling the story of a group of teenagers and their adventures over a single evening . Close Encounters of the Third Kind is a 1977 American science fiction film written and directed by Steven Spielberg , and starring Richard Dreyfuss , François Truffaut , Melinda Dillon , Teri Garr , Bob Balaban , and Cary Guffey . It tells the story of Roy Neary , an everyday blue - collar worker in ___MASK92___ , whose life changes after an encounter with an unidentified flying object ( UFO ). The City of ___MASK12___ , often called ___MASK12___ City or simply ___MASK12___ , is the most populous city in the United States . With an estimated 2015 population of 8 , 550 , 405 distributed over a land area of just , ___MASK12___ City is also the most densely populated major city in the United States . Located at the southern tip of the state of ___MASK12___ , the city is the center of the ___MASK12___ metropolitan area , one of the most populous urban agglomerations in the world . A global power city , ___MASK12___ City exerts a significant impact upon commerce , finance , media , art , fashion , research , technology , education , and entertainment , its fast pace defining the term " ___MASK12___ minute ". Home to the headquarters of the United Nations , ___MASK12___ is an important center for international diplomacy and has been described as the cultural and financial capital of the world .