From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Arthur Allan Seidelman is an award-winning American television, film, and theatre director and an occasional writer, producer and actor. Born in New York City, he received his BA from Whittier College and an MA in Theatre from UCLA.  He subsequently studied with Sanford Meisner, who became a life-long friend and mentor. Seidelman made his screen directorial debut with Hercules in New York, a 1970 comedy-action film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. Additional credits include The Caller, Walking Across Egypt, Puerto Vallarta Squeeze, The Sisters, The Awakening of Spring and Children of Rage (which he also wrote).  While researching the film, he lived extensively in the Middle East, including in refugee camps in Lebanon, where at one point, he was taken hostage by extremists.  The film went on to be sc...read more