Have lunch with Director Henry Jaglom at Kreation Kafe on Montana Avenue in Santa Monica and go home with a complete signed set of his 18 films, and a signed copy of his book My Lunches with Orson, from his taped lunches with Orson Welles at Los Angeles's Ma Maison.
Named "one of America’s most definitive and important filmmakers" by The Los Angeles Times’ Kevin Thomas, Henry Jaglom is truly the ultimate Independent. He trained in New York at The Actor’s Studio, studying with Lee Strasberg and Harold Clurman. He wrote, directed and acted in off-Broadway theater and cabaret before coming to Hollywood under contract as an actor to Columbia Pictures, where he guest-starred on late 1960's TV shows such as “Gidget” and “The Flying Nun.” He was also featured in a number of films including those directed by Jack Nicholson (“Drive” & “He Said”), Dennis Hopper ("The Last Movie") and Orson Welles ("The Other Side of the Wind"), each one of whom Jaglom eventually directed in return.
Jaglom’s filmmaking career began in the cutting room when he and Jack Nicholson helped edit Hopper’s 1969 hit, “Easy Rider.” His first film as a writer/director, 1971’s “A Safe Place,” was acclaimed by Anais Nin who said: “Henry Jaglom is The Magician of American Cinema!” Since then Jaglom has written and directed eighteen more films: “Tracks” (1976); “Sitting Ducks” (1980); “Can She Bake A Cherry Pie?” (1983); “Always (But Not Forever)” (1985); “Someone To Love” (1987); “New Year’s Day” (1989); “Eating” (1990); “Venice/Venice” (1991); “Babyfever” (1994); “Last Summer in the Hamptons” (1996); “Deja Vu - A Love Story” (1998); “Festival in Cannes” (2002); “Going Shopping” (2004); “Hollywood Dreams” (2006); “Irene in Time” (2009); “Queen of the Lot” (2010); “Just 45 Minutes From Broadway” (2012); and the current “The M Word.” Jaglom is in post-production on next year's "Ovation"
Jules Feiffer, speaking on National Public Radio, said: "Henry Jaglom is one of the most exciting directors around - his movies are original, full of surprises and full of life. They are to be cherished!" Fred Yaeger of The Associated Press sums it up this way: "Henry Jaglom is a cross between Woody Allen and Frank Capra, with a touch of Francois Truffaut--He creates some of the funniest and most touching moments in cinema history!"
In 2013 Metropolitan Books (Henry Holt and Company) released - to great acclaim - the book: "My Lunches With Orson: Conversations Between Henry Jaglom and Orson Welles.