Early Life
Howard Fine was born on November 28, 1958 in Providence, Rhode Island. He is the youngest of 5 children. His parents Max, an American GI, and Nelly, a Holocaust survivor, married in Shanghai, China, before Max returned to the US with Nelly as a war bride.
Due to a fluke scheduling conflict between French and German classes, Fine ended up taking his first theatre class in high school. His drama teacher spotted Fine's directing talent and gave him his first play to direct, Edward Albee's The Sandbox, at age 16.
Fine was first introduced to his mentor, Uta Hagen's, work while in the same high school drama class. His teacher taught from Hagen’s first book, Respect for Acting,” and he would take the theatre classes to New York to watch classes at Hagen's HB studios. Fine and Hagen remained close friends until her death.
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