New York University; Press, Literature, and Arts.
Jacob M. Appel; GSAS 2000 MFA; Author of "Arborophilia," and "Creve Coeur."
Leonard Baskin; sculptor.
Stacey Bradford; MA Journalism; financial journalist, author, commentator.
Bliss Carman; visiting scholar, Canadian poet.
Countee Cullen; GSAS; author
Noon Meem Danish; former teaching staff, Urdu poet.
Crystal Eastman; Law 1907 LL.B.; a leader in the early 20th century feminist and civil liberties activism.
Tom Ford; TSOA; Design Director for Gucci.
Yuru Gitman; TSOA MFA:
Raymond P. Hammond; GAL 2000 MA; Editor in Chief of NY Quarterly.
William Lashner; Law JD; author.
Paola Lawton; CAS; journalist.
Davi Napoleon; TSOA 1989 Ph.D.; arts journalist and reviewer, author of "Chelsea on the Edge; The Adventures of the American Theater."
William Phillips; GSAS 1930 MA: co-founder of the Partisan Review.
James Amos Porter; GSAS MA; African American painter and art historian.
Charles Reznikoff; Law 1916 LL.B.; Objectivist poet.
Robert Sobel; CAS 1957, Ph.D.; business historian, author of "For Want of a Nail."
John Paul Thomas; GSAS 1954 MA; studied with William Baziotes.
James N. Wood; former director and President of the Art Institute of Chicago (1980-2004); December 2006; Named President and CEO of the J. Paul Getty Trust.
Leonard Baskin; sculptor.
Stacey Bradford; MA Journalism; financial journalist, author, commentator.
Bliss Carman; visiting scholar, Canadian poet.
Countee Cullen; GSAS; author
Noon Meem Danish; former teaching staff, Urdu poet.
Crystal Eastman; Law 1907 LL.B.; a leader in the early 20th century feminist and civil liberties activism.
Tom Ford; TSOA; Design Director for Gucci.
Yuru Gitman; TSOA MFA:
Raymond P. Hammond; GAL 2000 MA; Editor in Chief of NY Quarterly.
William Lashner; Law JD; author.
Paola Lawton; CAS; journalist.
Davi Napoleon; TSOA 1989 Ph.D.; arts journalist and reviewer, author of "Chelsea on the Edge; The Adventures of the American Theater."
William Phillips; GSAS 1930 MA: co-founder of the Partisan Review.
James Amos Porter; GSAS MA; African American painter and art historian.
Charles Reznikoff; Law 1916 LL.B.; Objectivist poet.
Robert Sobel; CAS 1957, Ph.D.; business historian, author of "For Want of a Nail."
John Paul Thomas; GSAS 1954 MA; studied with William Baziotes.
James N. Wood; former director and President of the Art Institute of Chicago (1980-2004); December 2006; Named President and CEO of the J. Paul Getty Trust.
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- Kenny Albert was born on 2 February 1968 in New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for Juwanna Mann (2002), Game Day (1999) and MSG Network: New York Knicks Basketball (1969).CAS 1990 BA; television broadcaster.
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Kathy Acker was born on 18 April 1944 in New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress and writer, known for IDn4 (1991), The Golden Boat (1990) and Variety (1983). She was married to Peter Gordon and Robert Acker. She died on 30 November 1997 in Tijuana, Mexico.author of the "Blood and Guts in High School."- Additional Crew
David Antin was born on 1 February 1932 in New York City, New York, USA. He is known for The Man Without a World (1992) and John Cage: Man and Myth (1990). He was married to Eleanor Antin. He died on 11 October 2016 in San Diego, California, USA.GSAS 1966 MA; recipient of the PEN Los Angeles Award for Poetry.- Ann Shoket was born on 16 June 1972. She is a producer, known for Project Runway: Threads (2014), America's Next Top Model (2003) and Today (1952).BA 1994; current Editor in Chief of Seventeen magazine.
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Ted Baehr was born on 31 May 1946 in New York, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for The 17th Annual Movieguide Awards (2009), The 19th Annual Movieguide Awards (2011) and The 18th Annual Movieguide Awards (2010).Law JD; chairman of the Christian Film & Television Commission.- Writer
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Maria Bartiromo was born on 11 September 1967 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. She is a writer and producer, known for Arbitrage (2012), The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009) and Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010). She has been married to Jonathan Steinberg since 13 June 1999.CAS 1987 BA; CNBC news anchor and author.- Rita Mae Brown was born on 28 November 1944 in Hanover, Pennsylvania, USA. She is a writer, known for I Love Liberty (1982), The Slumber Party Massacre (1982) and 7 Shades of Sin.Law 1964; author of "Rubyfruit Jungle" and others.
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Candace Bushnell was born on 1 December 1958 in Glastonbury, Connecticut, USA. She is a writer and producer, known for Sex and the City 2 (2010), Sex and the City (2008) and Sex and the City (1998). She was previously married to Charles Askegard.CAS BA;- Fortuna Calvo-Roth is known for The Blacklist (2013).professor; President of the New York Chapter of Women in Communications.
- Carson McCullers was born on 19 February 1917 in Columbus, Georgia, USA. She was a writer, known for The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1968), Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967) and Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963). She was married to James Reeves McCullers Jr.. She died on 29 September 1967 in Nyack, New York, USA.GSAS
- Midge Decter was born on 25 July 1927 in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA. She was married to Norman Podhoretz and Moshe Decter. She died on 9 May 2022 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.Arts; journalist.
- Ralph Ellison was born on 1 March 1914 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA. He was a writer, known for Invisible Man, King of the Bingo Game (1999) and American Masters (1985). He was married to Fanny McConnell and Rose Poindexter. He died on 16 April 1994 in New York City, New York, USA.Faculty 1970-1980; American Academy of Arts and Letters.
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Wayne Federman is a Los Angeles-based comedian, actor, producer, writer, USC professor, and musician. He is best known for his stand-up comedy appearances, his recurring role on HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm, his scholarship on stand-up comedy history, and his many film and television roles.
Wayne grew up in Silver Spring, Maryland and Plantation, Florida. His first musical instrument was drums and, at age 14, played local weddings. He also taught himself ventriloquism and performed at various school (South Plantation High School) functions as well as local churches and service organizations. While in Florida Federman made his film debut as an extra in John Frankenheimer's Black Sunday, shot at the Miami Orange Bowl.
In the fall of 1977, Wayne was accepted to NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. There he studied with legendary acting coaches from the Group Theater: Stella Adler and Harold Clurman. Wayne also began developing his stand-up at various New York comedy clubs. It was during these years that he first incorporated music into his act. He closed his sets by playing Led Zeppelin and Jimi Hendrix on an electric ukulele.
Federman made his national television debut on the syndicated program Comedy Tonight in 1986. He also appeared in two stand-up comedy home videos: New Wave Comedy and The Dodge Comedy Showcase.
In LA, Federman began booking television commercials and appeared in dozens of national spots for clients, including Eureka Vacuums, Holiday Inn, U.S. Navy, Wendy's, Taboo, Jeep-Eagle, McDonald's, Glad Bags, Sprite, Total Raisin Bran, Ford, U.S. Olympic Team, Suzuki Samurai, Sizzler, Del Monte, U.S. Cellular, Coors, Geico, and 7-11.
Federman also began landing small television parts which led him to roles in high profile films such as Legally Blonde, Jack Frost, 50 First Dates, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up, Step Brothers, Funny People, Sweetwater, and The House.
Federman produced the 2022 HBO documentary George Carlin's American Dream. He also produced Don Rickles' web series Dinner with Don, Judd Apatow's Netflix stand-up special The Return, and HBO's Emmy-winning The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling.
Wayne wrote two books: The History of Stand-Up: From Mark Twain to Dave Chappelle, and (with Marshall Terrill) the authorized biography of NBA basketball legend Pistol Pete Maravich. Both books were Amazon bestseller.
Wayne co-wrote and starred in Max and Josh, a short film that premiered at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Volkswagen Relentless Drive Award.
Federman was a founding member of the musical group Truck Stop Harrys, along with Tudor Sherrard and Matthew Porretta. Federman co-wrote several songs for the film Dill Scallion, and was the music director and keyboardist for Maria Bamford's critically acclaimed The Special Special Special!.
Wayne Federman was the head monologue writer for NBC's Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. He also wrote for the Independent Spirit Awards, Golden Globes, SAG Awards, DGA Awards, WGA Awards, Critics Choice, and the Creative Arts Emmys.
Federman has received one Emmy Award nomination and three WGA Award nominations and for his work.TSOA: MARAVICH author, comedian- Writer
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Willim Gaines became one of the most important figures in comic book and humor history by accident. Gaines' father, M.C. (Max) Gaines, was the publisher of Educational Comics (EC). When the elder Gaines died in 1947 as a result of freak boating accident, the younger Gaines found himself publisher. At the time, EC put out a wide variety of titles. Gaines noticed that the most popular sellers were the horror and SF titles. He canceled all the educational comics, changed the E in EC to Entertaining, and focused his efforts on developing the remaining lines. By the early 1950s, EC was a top performer, featuring such titles as "Vault of Horror", "Tales from the Crypt", "Crime Does Not Pay", and "Weird Science".
By 1955, however, a backlash against these types of comics developed, spearheaded by Dr. Frderic Wertham who, in his book "Seduction of the Innocent", argued that comic book violence led to juvenile delinquency. This was followed by a Senate investigation, and the founding of the Comic Code Authority, which made publication of the old style EC comics all but impossible.
Luckily for Gaines, EC had one other comic that was untouched by the CCA; a little humor comic called "MAD". Gaines changed the format of MAD from full-color comic to B&W magazine in order to be completely free from the suppression of the CCA. Along with editor Al Feldstein and "the usual gang of idiots", publisher Gaines made MAD a touchstone of satire and humor for young people throughout the 60s, 70s and 80s. Gaines was still publishing MAD Magazine when he died in his sleep on June 3rd, 1992.CAS 1948 BA; founder of MAD magazine.- Law 1972 JD; 1997 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing.
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Songwriter ("New York, New York", "The Party's Over", "Just in Time", "Make Someone Happy"), author and actor, educated at City College of New York. While he was a student, he acted with the Washington Square Players and had a part in the road company of "Having a Wonderful Time". A member of The Revuers with Betty Comden (with whom he also appeared on stage in "A Party" and on TV") and Judy Holliday, he appeared with the troupe in night clubs. His Broadway stage score for "Wonderful Town" won Drama Critics and Tony awards in 1953. His other stage scores included "Peter Pan" and "Do Re Mi", and he was the co-librettist for "On the Town", "Billion Dollar Baby", "Two on the Aisle", "Bells Are Ringing", "Subways Are For Sleeping", and "Fade Out - Fade In". His chief collaborator in lyrics, libretto and screenplay work was Betty Comden, and his chief musical collaborators included Leonard Bernstein, Jule Styne, André Previn and Morton Gould. His popular-song compositions also included "I Get Carried Away", "I Can Cook, Too", "Some Other Time", "Lonely Town", "Lucky to Be Me", "Bad Timing", "Ohio", "A Little Bit in Love", "It's Love", "A Quiet Girl", "The French Lesson", "If You Hadn't But You Did", "Give a Little, Get a Little", "There Never Was a Baby Like My Baby", "Long Before I Knew You", "Never-Never Land", "Something's Always Happening on the River", "Dance Only With Me", "Adventure", "Fireworks", "Ride Through the Night", "Comes Once in a Lifetime", "I'm Just Taking My Time", "Now", "Fade Out - Fade In", and "Get Acquainted".WSC 1938; met Betty Comden at NYU.- Producer
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Sean Hannity was born on 30 December 1961 in New York City, New York, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for The Siege (1998), The First American (2016) and Let There Be Light (2017). He has been married to Jill Rhodes since 9 January 1993. They have two children.coursework- Writer
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Joseph Heller was born May 1, 1923, in the Coney Island section of New York City. He is best known for his 1961 novel 'Catch-22', whose title gave the English language a new phrase for a no-win situation. The situation was that of protagonist Yossarian, who claims that he is too crazy to fly any more bombing missions, but is told by the military that anyone who seeks to avoid combat must be sane. After high school Heller enlisted in the U.S. Air Force as a bombardier, then transferred to cadet school. He flew more than 60 bombing missions during his tour of duty. Heller earned a Bachelor of Arts from New York University in 1948, a Master of Arts from Columbia University in 1949 and a Fulbright Scholarship to Oxford University. He taught English at Pennsylvania State University, wrote advertising copy for Time and Look magazines, and was a promotion manager for McCall's magazine. Teaching jobs at Yale University and University of Pennsylvania followed, as well as television and screen-writing work.GSAS 1945.- Producer
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Don Hewitt was born on 14 December 1922 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a producer and director, known for 60 Minutes (1968), Who's Who (1977) and Douglas Edwards with the News (1948). He was married to Marilyn Berger, Frankie Hewitt and Mary Weaver. He died on 19 August 2009 in Bridgehampton, New York, USA.coursework- Director
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Somali-American Filmmaker Idil Ibrahim's films have screened at festivals in the USA and throughout the world. Idil was selected as one of five women directors to direct a short film for Glamour Magazine's The Girl Project. She is a recipient of the 2017 Extraordinary Women Awards held by the 92nd Street Y, a hub for women to learn and inspire others by sharing their knowledge, ideas, insights and strength. She was also selected as one of OkayAfrica's "100 Women" for 2018. Idil is an alumni of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (ATAS) Episodic Series program, as well as an alumni of Tribeca Film Institute's Tribeca All Access.
Idil Ibrahim's first short, SEGA, was in the international competition alongside four Oscar nominated shorts in the International Competition at the prestigious Clermont Ferrand International Film Festival, and went on to win the jury award for Best Short Film at the 2019 BlackStar Film Festival and the Golden Dhow for Best Short Film at the Zanzibar International Film Festival. Sega was acquired by Canal Plus Cinema for television and aired throughout Africa and Europe. In 2022, she was hand picked as a director for the Queen Collective, part of the Widen the Screen initiative of Tribeca Studios, Queen Latifah's Flavor Unit and Proctor and Gamble. Her upcoming short film In Her Element will be broadcast nationally in 2023.director and producer; founder of Zeila films.- Andrew Kirtzman is known for Rudy! A Documusical (2022), CNN Newsroom (1989) and The Source with Kaitlan Collins (2023).journalism degree
- Kobryn was born in Utica, New York, known at the time as 'Sin City' for the extent of its political corruption and mob control. He attended local parochial schools and then Johns Hopkins, NYU, and the City University of New York, where he studied with John Ashbery.
Having worked in finance at the Bank of New York, Hayden Stone, and Tudor Hedge Fund, and in the Medical division of Springer Verlag, and represented by Kurt Hellmer as his first literary agent, Kobryn then found his way to what the New York Times referred to at the time as 'The Anarchists Circus' of WBAI in New York during that station's 'Golden Era' of considerable innovation and influence in the arts, literature, and politics - as well as its enormous influence in free-form radio.
At WBAI Kobryn hosted 'Big Al's Literary Salon & Pool Hall', and also directed and produced any number of independent productions, as well as functioning as an announcer, audio engineer, and lending his voice to such outside efforts as PBS's 'Nova'.
'Attica State', a verse cycle with the Attica State Prison Riots and their repression as its theme, an anarchist shcrei or manifesto, was circulated underground in the early 1970s, as well as presented at readings in New York, and ultimately found its way to the air on WBAI in the late 1970s - and Kobryn with it.
When Kobryn was asked by an agent if he had anything in prose, as Attica State was considered commercially untouchable at the time, he produced '. . . and other prisons', a novella clearly derived from autobiographical experience with respect to the effects of his father's paralysis and its catastrophically destructive effects on family and in which, ironically and perhaps typically, he had written himself out.
The publication of 'Poseidon's Shadow', a consideration of the themes of the Iliad in the form of a contemporary cold war thriller, is thought to contain en passant the first explicit references to stealth and advanced sonar technologies, and as such was noted in the course of Ronald Reagan's electoral campaign.
Following this period Kobryn, always somewhat private if not secretive, appears to have entered some form of stealth mode, active in investments of various forms and in whatever literary work may be in process. A recent glimpse of contemporary work was his collaboration with composer Wang Jie on the translation of poems from their original Chinese.
He appears also to be involved in commercial voice work, though the precise form and extent of this is also at present unclear.
Kobryn, having been in a marriage or two, a divorce or two, a relationship or two, is at present single and the father of one son, Tristan Aidan Kobryn.CAS; poet - Writer
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Author, playwright and composer Ira Levin decided on a career of a writer at the age of 15. Educated at the elite Horace Mann school, he went on to two years at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, before transferring to New York University, where he majored in philosophy and English. He earned his degree in 1950. In 1953 he was drafted into the army. Based in Queens, New York, he wrote and produced training films for Uncle Sam before moving into television, penning scripts for such anthology series as Lights Out (1946) and The United States Steel Hour (1953). He made a bright theatre debut at the age of 25 with an adaptation of Mac Hyman's "No Time for Sergeants" (1955). He went on to write several plays, including the longest-running Broadway mystery to date, "Deathtrap" (1978), and several popular novels, including "A Kiss Before Dying", and other plays including "Critics Choice" and "Interlock" and the Broadway stage score and libretto for "Drat the Cat!". Joining ASCAP in 1965, he wrote the popular gospel song "He Touched Me" with his chief musical collaborator Milton Schafer.Arts 1950; BA;- Writer
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Paul Levinson, PhD, is Professor of Communication & Media Studies at Fordham University in NYC. His science fiction novels include The Silk Code (winner of Locus Award for Best First Science Fiction Novel of 1999), Borrowed Tides (2001), The Consciousness Plague (2002), The Pixel Eye (2003), The Plot To Save Socrates (2006), Unburning Alexandria (2013), Chronica (2014), and It's Real Life: An Alternate History of The Beatles (2024). His stories and novels have been nominated for Hugo, Nebula, Sturgeon, Edgar, Sidewise, Prometheus, and Audie Awards. His Nebula-nominated novelette, "The Chronology Protection Case" (1995) was made into an Edgar-Award-nominated radio play, and a low-budget short film, now on Amazon Prime Video. His alternate history story about The Beatles, "It's Real Life" (2022), was made into a radio play (2023), won The Mary Shelley Award, was a finalist for the Sidewise Award for Alternate History, and was expanded into a novel (2024). His nonfiction books, including The Soft Edge (1997), Digital McLuhan (1999), Realspace (2003), Cellphone (2004), New New Media (2009; 2nd edition, 2012), McLuhan in an Age of Social Media (2015), and Fake News in Real Context (2016), have been translated into fifteen languages. He co-edited Touching the Face of the Cosmos: On the Intersection of Space Travel and Religion (2016). He has appeared on CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, the Discovery Channel, National Geographic, the History Channel, NPR, and numerous TV and radio programs. His 1972 LP, Twice Upon a Rhyme, was re-issued in 2010. Welcome Up: Songs of Space and Time was released by Old Bear Records and Light In the Attic Records in 2020. Levinson was President of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA), 1998-2001. He reviews television, and the occasional book and movie, in his InfiniteRegress.TV blogWSC 1974 BA; Steinhardt 1979 Ph.D.; author of the "The Plot to Save Socrates."- Writer
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Leonard Maltin is one of the most recognized and respected film critics of our time. He recently completed his 30th season with the long-running television show, Entertainment Tonight (1981).
Maltin was born on Friday, December 18th, 1950, in New York City and grew up in suburban Teaneck, New Jersey. He credits the huge volume of old movies shown on New York television - and access to the City's famous revival theaters, as well as the Museum of Modern Art - with his "basic training" in film history. He attended New York University as a journalism major, and quickly became the entertainment editor of the campus' daily newspaper.
He and a friend published their own home-grown magazine when they were in the fifth grade. This evolved into a mimeographed publication called "Profile", which reflected Leonard's growing interest in show business and film history. At the age of 13, he volunteered his services as a writer to two fanzines: "The 8mm Collector", of Indiana, Pennsylvania, and "Film Fan Monthly", of Vancouver, Canada. Two years later, he assumed responsibility for "Film Fan Monthly" and continued publishing it for the next nine years.
It was that magazine that inspired an English teacher in his high school to suggest that he meet a friend of hers who was an editor at Signet Books. That meeting led to an offer for him to compile a paperback compendium of capsule movie reviews. The book was published in 1969, when Maltin was 18 and a freshman at NYU. Decades later, he is still best-known for that now-annual paperback reference, "Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide". A perennial best-seller, "The Guide" has become an indispensable tool for movie lovers and includes over 16,000 film reviews, with ratings and essential facts about each title. In 2005, he introduced a companion volume, "Leonard Maltin's Classic Movie Guide", which focuses on movies made before 1965, going back to the silent era.
Leonard's other books include "The Best 151 Movies You've Never Seen", "The Disney Films", "Of Mice and Magic: A History of American Animated Cartoons", "The Great American Broadcast: A Celebration of Radio's Golden Age", "The Great Movie Comedians", "The Art of the Cinematographer", "Selected Short Subjects" and (as co-author) "The Little Rascals: The Life and Times of Our Gang".
Leonard has been teaching at the USC School of Cinematic Arts for the last fifteen years. His popular class screens new films prior to their release, followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers. Guests over the years have included: Alexander Payne, Judd Apatow, James Franco, David Lynch, Spike Jonze, Charlie Kaufman, Costa-Gavras, Bertrand Tavernier, Anthony Hopkins, Annette Bening, Paul Haggis, Paul Weitz, Mark Ruffalo, Walter Salles, Guillermo del Toro & Jason Segel, to name just a few. In addition to top writers and directors, Maltin welcomes costume and production designers, editors, composers, cinematographers, casting directors, and other creative collaborators, in order to explore all aspects of the filmmaking process. This direct access to top talent has proven to be invaluable in his students' own filmmaking endeavors.
Leonard's reviews and signature on-air interviewing style can now be seen on his weekly program, Maltin on Movies (2010), on ReelzChannel, where he has appeared since the channel went on the air. He also previews movies-on-demand on Comcast and appears occasionally on "Turner Classic Movies". For three years, he co-hosted the weekly syndicated movie review program, "Hot Ticket", which was produced by Entertainment Tonight (1981).
Leonard is a prolific freelance writer, whose articles have appeared in "The New York Times", "The Los Angeles Times", "The London Times", "Smithsonian", "TV Guide", "Esquire", "The Village Voice" and "American Film". He has contributed to Oxford University Press' "American National Biography", and was the film critic for "Playboy" magazine for six years.
Additionally, Leonard frequently lectures on film and was a member of the faculty of New York City's "New School for Social Research" for nine years. He served as Guest Curator at the "Museum of Modern Art" film department in New York on two separate occasions.
Leonard created, hosted and co-produced the popular "Walt Disney Treasures" DVD series and appeared on Warner Home Video's "Night at the Movies" features. He has written a number of television specials, including "Fantasia: The Creation of a Disney Classic and has hosted, produced and written such video documentaries and compilations as The Making of 'The Quiet Man' (1992), The Making of 'High Noon' (1992), "Cartoons for Big Kids", The Lost Stooges (1990), "Young Duke: The Making of a Movie Star", Cliffhangers! Adventures from the Thrill Factory (1993) and _Cartoon Madness: The Fantastic Max Fleischer Cartoons (1900)_.
In 2006, he was named by the Librarian of Congress to join the Board of Directors of the National Film Preservation Foundation. He also has received awards and citations from the American Society of Cinematographers, Anthology Film Archives, The Society of Cinephiles and the Telluride Film Festival. In 1997, he was made a voting member of the National Film Registry, which selects 25 landmark American films every year. Perhaps the greatest indication of his fame was his appearance in a now-classic episode of the animated series, South Park (1997).
He has been married, since 1975, to fellow movie lover Alice Tlusty Maltin. They are the proud parents of Jessie Maltin (aka Jessica Bennett Maltin), who in recent years has become a valued contributor to the annual Movie Guide.WSC BA (Journalism)- Leonard Michaels was born on 2 January 1933 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for Force Four (1975), Velvet Smooth (1976) and The Men's Club (1986). He was married to Katharine Ogden, Brenda Lynn Hillman, Priscilla Older and Sylvia Bloch. He died on 10 May 2003 in Berkeley, California, USA.WSC 1953 BA.
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Frank McCourt was born August 19, 1930, in Brooklyn, New York, to Irish immigrant parents; grew up in Limerick, Ireland; and, at the age of 19, returned to the United States. Surviving initially through a string of casual jobs, spending every spare minute reading books from the public library, Frank began a process of self-education and improvement that eventually led to a career as a high-school teacher. For 27 years, he taught in various New York City public schools, the last seventeen of which were spent at Stuyvesant High School in Manhattan.
After retiring from teaching, Frank and his brother Malachy McCourt performed a two-man show titled "A Couple of Blackguards," a musical review about their Irish youth. Then, in his 60s, McCourt sat down and began writing about his past. The tales of his childhood that he had told many times to his classes at school and in the bars of New York soon took shape as the highly acclaimed memoir Angela's Ashes (1999). Published initially in the United States, it went straight into the bestseller lists and then crossed the Atlantic to take the bookshops by storm in Ireland, in the rest of Europe, and around the world.
"Angela's Ashes" went on to win, in the US alone, the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the LA Times Award. His second book, about his life in the US after he moved from Ireland, is called "'Tis." A third volume, "Teacher Man," appeared soon afterward. Frank McCourt lived with his wife Ellen in New York City and Connecticut.WSC 1953 BA; 1997 Pulitzer Prize Winner.- Producer
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Charlie Rose is the elegant, handsome, fiercely intelligent and inquisitive host of the self-titled Charlie Rose (1991).
Rose was born Charles Peete Rose, Jr. on January 5, 1942 in Henderson, North Carolina, the only child of Margaret (Frazier) and Charles Peete Rose, Sr., tobacco farmers. The Rose family lived near the railroad tracks in Henderson, in rooms above the general store that his parents owned and managed, and where Charlie helped out. After graduating from high school, where he starred on the basketball team, Rose entered Duke University as a pre-med student. His extra-curricular activities included working with children in a Head Start program. One summer, he secured an internship in the office of North Carolina senator B. Everett Jordan. According to him, his experiences as an intern turned him into a "political junkie" and, upon returning to college, he changed his major to history. After receiving an A.B. degree in 1964, he entered the Duke University School of Law but, sometime before or shortly after earning a J.D. degree in 1968, he realised that the practice of law held little interest for him. Inspired by the idea of "building something" as an entrepreneur, he started taking classes at the New York University Graduate School of Business (he had moved to New York City in 1968) and accepted a job at Bankers Trust. Through his wife, who was doing research for the CBS television show 60 Minutes (1968), Rose became friendly with people employed in broadcasting and he developed what soon became a passionate interest in the broadcast media. After his wife was hired by the BBC in the United States, he handled some assignments for the BBC on a freelance basis. In 1972, while continuing to work at Bankers Trust, he landed a job as a weekend reporter for WPIX-TV, in New York City. During his approximately one-year stint at WPIX, Rose tried several times, without success, to contact Bill Moyers for an interview.
In 1974, Moyers telephoned Rose, after Rose's wife spoke to Moyers about him at a social gathering. At their first meeting, he and Moyers felt an "instant chemistry" and, within weeks, he began working as the managing editor of the PBS series "Bill Moyers' International Report"). (Moyers has said that Rose served as his "alter ego" as well at that time.) In 1975, Moyers named him the executive producer of Bill Moyers' Journal (1972), a PBS documentary and conversation series although, by his own account, Rose had "no great desire to be on camera". In the following year, he became the correspondent for U.S.A.: People and Politics, Moyers's new weekly PBS political magazine series. "A Conversation with Jimmy Carter", one installment of that series, won a 1976 Peabody Award. Later in 1976, after Moyers left public television to work for CBS, Rose accepted a Washington, D.C.-based job as a political correspondent for NBC News. In the belief that he lacked sufficient training to do a proper job and that he should "get the maximum amount of on-air experience", as he put it, he seized opportunities to host interview shows. He first appeared as a guest host on "Panorama", on WTTG-TV, in Washington, D.C. In 1978, after leaving NBC, he served as a co-host with AM/Chicago, on WLS-TV. A year later, Blake Byrne, the general manager of KXAS-TV in Dallas-Fort Worth, hired him as programme manager and, although the station had no budget to pay Rose to do a talk show, he also offered him a time slot for what became Charlie Rose (1991).
In 1981, with the goal of securing national syndication, Rose moved Charlie Rose (1991) to Washington, D.C. where, for the next two years or so, it was broadcast on the NBC-owned station WRC-TV. At the same time, he hosted another weekly interview show for WRC-TV. At the end of 1983, CBS hired Rose to anchor CBS News Nightwatch (1982), an interview program that was taped during the day and was broadcast five times a week between 2:00 A.M. and 6:00 A.M. Rose has recalled having "a wonderful time" during his six-and-a-half years as the CBS News Nightwatch host. Like that of Charlie Rose, the CBS News Nightwatch guest list was not confined to the world's movers and shakers. Among the other people whose activities or histories caught Rose's interest was the convicted murderer Charles Manson, with whom he talked for three hours. The CBS News Nightwatch broadcast of Rose's interview with Manson won an Emmy Award in 1987.
In 1990, Rose left CBS to serve as anchor of "Personalities", a syndicated programme produced by Fox Television. Angry to find himself hosting a tabloid-like news show, he broke his contract after just six weeks. About ten months later, he approached PBS-affiliated station Thirteen/WNET-TV in New York City, with a proposal for a new interview show. Charlie Rose premiered on Thirteen/WNET on September 30, 1991. During nine months in 1992, it also on the Learning Channel. Syndicated nationally since January 1993, it airs on 215 PBS affiliate stations. The show's premise is simple; engage the best politicians, thinkers, personalities, celebrities, sports figures, artists, writers and scientists in one-on-one conversation without any gimmicks and irritating commercial breaks. The show's simple black background and round oak table serve to do just that, along with Rose's intelligent interviewing style and ability to ask pertinent questions, forcing the essence of the personalities to come out.
Rose has interviewed the likes of President Nelson Mandela, President Bill Clinton, Salman Rushdie, Madonna, Bono of U2, Bill Gates, Meryl Streep, Warren Beatty and countless others. According to a conversation he had with Chuck D of Public Enemy fame, he has conducted over 100,000 interviews. Divorced, Rose splits his time between a rented townhouse in Manhattan (that, according to him, is filled with an "embarrassing amount" of electronic equipment) and Bellport, Long Island. On weekends, when not enjoying the rich, cultural life of New York City or preparing for his show, he travels to his farm near Oxford, North Carolina or to the upstate New York farm of a friend.coursework- Writer
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U.S. writer whose novel "The Catcher in the Rye" (1951) won critical acclaim and devoted admirers, especially among the post-World War II generation of college students. His entire corpus of published works consists of that one novel and 13 short stories, all originally written in the period 1948-59. Salinger was the son of a Jewish father and a mother who adopted Judaism, and, like Holden Caulfield, the hero of "The Catcher in the Rye", he grew up in New York City, attending public schools and a military academy. After brief periods at New York and Columbia universities, he devoted himself entirely to writing, and his stories began to appear in periodicals in 1940. After his return from service in the U.S. Army (1942-46), Salinger's name and writing style became increasingly associated with "The New Yorker" magazine, which published almost all of his later stories. Some of the best of these made use of his wartime experiences: "For Esmé - With Love and Squalor" (1950) describes a U.S. soldier's poignant encounter with two British children; "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" (1948) concerns the suicide of the sensitive, despairing veteran Seymour Glass. Major critical and popular recognition came with the publication of "The Catcher in the Rye", whose central character, a sensitive, rebellious adolescent, relates in authentic teenage idiom his flight from the "phony" adult world, his search for innocence and truth, and his final collapse on a psychiatrist's couch. The humor and colorful language of "The Catcher in the Rye" place it in the tradition of Mark Twain's "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" and the stories of Ring Lardner, but its hero, like most of Salinger's child characters, views his life with an added dimension of precocious self-consciousness. "Nine Stories" (1953), a selection of Salinger's best work, added to his reputation. The reclusive habits of Salinger,an obsessively private man especially over the last half-century of his life, made his personal life a matter of speculation among devotees, while his small literary output was a subject of controversy among critics. "Franny and Zooey" (1961) brought together two earlier New Yorker stories; both deal with the Glass family, as do the two stories in "Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters"; and "Seymour: An Introduction" (1963).coursework- Producer
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Gerald Schoenfeld was born on 22 September 1924 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a producer and actor, known for Broadway Danny Rose (1984), 'Master Harold'... and the Boys (1985) and American Playhouse (1980). He was married to Patricia Miller. He died on 25 November 2008 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.Law JD; chairman of the Shubert Organization 1972-2008.- Art Department
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Ben Shahn was born on 12 September 1898 in Kaunas, Russian Empire. He is known for Lincoln Center/Stage 5 (1967), American Experience (1987) and Critic at Large (1948). He was married to Bernarda Bryson and Tillie Goldstein. He died on 14 March 1969 in New York City, New York, USA.artist- Writer
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John Patrick Shanley was born on 3 October 1950 in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. He is a writer and director, known for Moonstruck (1987), Doubt (2008) and Congo (1995).Steinhardt 1977 MA; won the Pulitzer Prize, Oscar, and Tony Awards.- Arleen Schloss is known for Flaming Ears (1992) and Agent of Paradise (1984).Education 1965 BS; sound poet, performance, video artist, curator, early childhood educator.
- Sara Shepard was born on 8 April 1977 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. She is a writer and actress, known for Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists (2019), Pretty Little Liars (2010) and Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin (2022).ARTS; author of Pretty Little Liars and The Lying Game series.
- George Segal was born on 26 November 1924 in Bronx, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Unstrap Me (1968), House of the White People (1968) and Masters of Modern Sculpture Part III: The New World (1978). He was married to Helen Segal. He died on 9 June 2000 in South Brunswick, New Jersey, USA.ENG 1950 BS; sculptor.
- Danielle Steel was born on 14 August 1947 in New York City, New York, USA. She is a writer, known for Changes (1991), Now and Forever (1983) and Safe Harbour (2007). She was previously married to Thomas J. Perkins, John Traina, William George Toth, Danny Zugelder and Claude-Eric Lazard.TSOA 1963-1967
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Darin Strauss is known for Half a Life, A Short History of Decay (2014) and World Gone Water (2015). He has been married to Samantha Meadows since 2004. They have two children.ENG 1996 MFA; Guggenheim winning novelist; "Chang and Eng; The Real McCoy."- Writer
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Harold C. Schonberg was born on 29 November 1915 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for The Bell Telephone Hour (1959). He was married to Helene Cornell and Rosalyn Krokover. He died on 26 July 2003 in New York City, New York, USA.GSAS 1939 MA; 1971 Pulitzer Prize for Criticism.- Amy Vanderbilt was born on 22 July 1908 in New York City, New York, USA. She died on 27 December 1974 in New York City, New York, USA.BA 1929.
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Brian K. Vaughan was born on 17 July 1976 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Lost (2004), Under the Dome (2013) and Runaways (2017).author- Actor
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Acclaimed New York-based verbal stylist, who has risen to the level of one of the foremost slam poets today. Holds a B.A. in philosophy and acting from Morehouse College, as well as a Masters in Acting from NYU.
Was a staple of NYC's Nuyorican Poets Cafe, where he honed his skill, drawing from old-school hip-hop and African griot-style storytelling. Has since also performed with progressive hip-hop acts like KRS-One and The Roots and punk rockers Rage Against The Machine.GSAS 1995 MA.- Robert Anton Wilson was born on 18 January 1932 in Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for Schrödinger's Cat Trilogy, The Illuminatus! Trilogy and Wilhelm Reich in Hell (2005). He was married to Arlen Riley. He died on 11 January 2007 in Capitola, California, USA.1957-1958