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Joshua Seftel
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Attended Tufts University
His stories have appeared on Ira Glass' This American Life and Showtime's This American Life television program.
Writes essays for NPR and Salon.com.
Was TV news producer for Bryant Gumbel, Dan Rather, Steve Hartman, Harry Smith, and Alison Stewart.
Has delivered babies with his obstetrician father, Dr. Lee Seftel.
Was nominated for an Emmy Award at age 22 for his documentary film about Romanian orphans, Lost and Found (1992).
Is NPR fan and made film comedy about the life of NPR librarian Kee Malesky called Breaking the Mold: The Kee Malesky Story (2003).
His documentary Taking on the Kennedys (1996) was chosen by Time Magazine as one of the ten "Best Television Programs of 1996.".
Alexander Payne, after seeing Seftel's short film comedy Breaking the Mold (2003) at a Seattle film festival, championed Seftel as a feature director.
Lived in Romanian orphanage for weeks to make his documentary film Lost and Found (1992).
Worked in a morgue during college.
Is cousin of children's book author Judy Blume.
The PBS broadcast of his documentary Lost and Found (1992) spurred hundreds of American adoptions of Romanian orphans.
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