LOS ANGELES, July 27:
Director Todd Solondz made his way onto Hollywood’s movie map with “Welcome to the Dollhouse,” his 1995 independent film about a shy, relentlessly bullied 7th grade girl that won the Sundance Grand Jury Prize for best drama. Since then, the New Jersey born Solondz has explored even darker subject matter including murder, suicide, rape, child molestation and abortion in such films as “Happiness,” “Storytelling,” “Palindromes” and “Life During Wartime.” (agencies)