Henry Bean (born August 3, 1945) is an American screenwriter, film director, film producer, novelist, and actor.

Best known as a screenwriter, Bean wrote the screenplays forInternal Affairs,Deep Cover,Venus Rising,The Believer,Basic Instinct 2, andNoise. Bean directedThe Believer andNoise. He also acted inThe Believer, and was a producer onDeep Cover andNoise.

Bean was born inPhiladelphia, to Fahnya (née Schorr) and Donald Bean (a lawyer).^[1] Bean isJewish.^[2][1][3] He received a BA fromYale University in 1967; and a MA fromStanford University in 1973.^[1]

Bean's 1983 novelFalse Match^[4] won aPEN Center USA award for "First Fiction".^[5]

The Believer was awarded the dramatic Grand Jury Prize at the 2001Sundance Festival; the Golden St. George at the23rd Moscow International Film Festival.;^[6] and Bean was named a"Breakthrough Director" at the Gotham Independent Film Awards in 2001.

Bean was the inspiration for theprotagonist ofNoise.^[7] He was so tired of constant noise around him and his home in New York City that he decided to take the law into his own hands. If acar alarm was going off and the owner of the vehicle didn't rectify the situation, Bean would break into the car to disable the offending car alarm. Bean was eventually arrested and jailed. He admits to doing it a few more times since.^[8]

Bean was a co-writer on two episodes in the second season ofThe OA.

Bean married Nancy Eliason on January 3, 1968; they divorced February 14, 1970. He married screenwriterLeora Barish on March 23, 1980.

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