Mitch Glazer


Mitchell Aram Glazer is an American writer, producer, and actor.

Early life

Glazer was born in Key Biscayne, Florida, and was raised in Miami, the son of Leonard and Zelda Glazer, an English teacher. Glazer is a close relative of Sidney Glazier and musician Tom Glazer. He attended Miami [Beach High School] and graduated from there early in 1970. He attended Clark University before transferring to NYU. Before becoming a screenwriter, he wrote for the music publications Rolling Stone magazine and Crawdaddy!, where he met and befriended Timothy White. He is Jewish.

Career

Glazer was a reporter for Crawdaddy! magazine in the late 1970s. He collaborated with friend and writing partner Michael O'Donoghue on several projects, most notably the holiday comedy Scrooged that starred Bill Murray. He was also good friends with John Belushi, and wrote the novelization for The Blues Brothers under the pen name "Miami Mitch."
Glazer was formerly married to actress Wendie Malick but divorced her in 1989 after seven years. In 1992 he married actress Kelly Lynch and legally adopted her daughter Shane. Glazer and Lynch own two modern architectural homes in California: one by John Lautner in the Hollywood Hills and the other by Richard Neutra in Lone Pine, California. In 2007, Glazer and Lynch were named as one of Vanity Fair's best-dressed couples.
Glazer is friends with actors Bill Murray and Mickey Rourke, who was two years ahead of him at Miami Beach High School.
In a 2024 interview on the with Jason and Travis Kelce, Bill Murray confirmed that he would prank call Glazer anytime he was watching the sex scene between Glazer's wife, Kelly Lynch, and Patrick Swayze in the film Road House.

Filmography

Writer
YearTitleDirector
1979Mr. Mike's Mondo VideoMichael O'Donoghue
1988ScroogedRichard Donner
1991Off and RunningEd Bianchi
1993Three of HeartsYurek Bogayevicz
1998Great ExpectationsAlfonso Cuarón
2003The RecruitRoger Donaldson
2010Passion PlayHimself
2015Rock the KasbahBarry Levinson

Acting roles
YearTitleRole
1979Mr. Mike's Mondo VideoMan selling film to Mr. Mike
1988ScroogedGuest

ProducerLost in Translation Drifting Elegant
Television
YearTitleWriterProducerCreatorNotes
1981Saturday Night LiveEpisode "Jr. Walker & the All-Stars"
1990Totally Hidden VideoSegment only
2012–13Magic City
2015A Very Murray ChristmasTelevision film