Paul Mazursky is an American actor and film director. He made his film debut in Stanley Kubrick's first feature, Fear and Desire. His first film as director was Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice. He also directed Alex in Wonderland , An Unmarried Woman, and Scenes From a Mall . Other films include Down and Out in Beverly Hills, adapted from a play by French playwright René Fauchois and the Autobiographical Next Stop Greenwich Village . He has recently published his autobiography which recounts his experience in fimmaking and well-known screen personalities he has directed, such as Peter Sellers. His quirky and iconoclastic approach to film subject matter has usually resulted in either big hits or audacious flops.