Harry Ralston
{{short description|American film director}}
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Harry Ralston is an American-born screenwriter, director and producer.Blockbuster.com http://www.blockbuster.com/catalog/movieDetails/139081#readMore
Biography
Born to a Jewish family,{{Cite web|last= Pfefferman |first=Naomi |authorlink= |title= The 'Last Man' Standing |publisher=Jewish Journal|date=March 7, 2002 |url=http://jewishjournal.com/culture/arts/5605/ |quote=The 38-year-old director, who was bar mitzvahed at a New York Reform synagogue...}} Ralston began his career working in advertising in New York and then as a journalist covering bullfights for the Mexico City News after which he moved to Los Angeles and wrote and directed the 2000 film The Last Man{{Cite news |last=Scott |first=A. O. |date=2002-02-15 |title=FILM IN REVIEW; 'The Last Man' |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/15/movies/film-in-review-the-last-man.html |access-date=2023-03-04 |issn=0362-4331}} with Jeri Ryan in her first starring role, and produced the 1999 Tamara Hernandez film Men Cry Bullets.[http://www.flixster.com/movie/men-cry-bullets Men Cry Bullets – Movie Reviews, Photos & Videos, Layouts & Wallpapers, Fan Club] Men Cry Bullets won SXSW and five other festivals{{Cite web |url=http://www.filmmakermagazine.com/issues/fall1998/fests.php |title=Filmmaker magazine |access-date=May 30, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306063516/http://www.filmmakermagazine.com/issues/fall1998/fests.php |archive-date=March 6, 2012 |url-status=dead }} and was released later that year.{{Cite web |url=http://www.independent-magazine.org/node/531 |title=Independent magazine |access-date=May 30, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728111018/http://www.independent-magazine.org/node/531 |archive-date=July 28, 2011 |url-status=dead }}[http://www.tipjar.com/dan/edwardstencel.htm Edward Stencel on Men Cry Bullets – The Lybarger Links Interview] The Last Man won Best Film in the Festival of Fantastic Films in London[http://fantastic-films.com/festival/2001/index.html Festival of Fantastic Films] as well a Lumière Award in the New Orleans Film Festival. It was released by Lion's Gate. He most recently{{when|date=March 2012}} co-wrote the MGM film Mexicali with Roger Avary, Cristian Gudegast & Paul Scheuring and Patrick Kelly.
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