Julia Cameron

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Julia Cameron
Born March 4, 1948 (1948-03-04) (age 61)
Libertyville, Illinois, U.S.
Residence New York City, New York, U.S.
Nationality American
Education Georgetown University,
Fordham
Occupation Teacher,
Author,
Filmmaker,
Playwright,
Journalist
Known for The Artist's Way
Spouse(s) Martin Scorsese,
Mark Bryan
Children Domenica Cameron-Scorsese
Website
The Artist's Way
For the British photographer, see Julia Margaret Cameron.

Julia Cameron (born March 4, 1948[1] in Illinois) is an American teacher, author, artist, poet, playwright, novelist, filmmaker, composer, and journalist. She is perhaps most famous for her book The Artist's Way (1992). She also has written many other non-fiction works, short stories, and essays as well as novels, plays, musicals, and screenplays.

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[edit] Biography

Cameron was raised Catholic. She started college at Georgetown University, then transferred to Fordham. She started her journalism career at the Washington Post, then moved on to Rolling Stone.[2]

She met Martin Scorsese at Rolling Stone. They married in 1975 and later divorced; Cameron was Scorsese's second wife. They have one daughter, Domenica Cameron-Scorsese, born in 1976. Cameron and Scorsese collaborated on three films. Cameron's film, God's Will, is based on the Cameron-Scorsese marriage and divorce, portraying a divorced, self-centered show business couple who die unexpectedly and end up fighting in heaven over what will happen to their daughter.[3]

A review of Cameron's memoir Floor Samples states that Cameron "reveals the dark side of her privileged life: her descent into alcoholic blackouts and drug-induced paranoia as well as descriptions of her bouts with psychosis."[4] In 1978, reaching a point in her life when writing and drinking could no longer coexist,[5] Cameron stopped the drugs and alcohol, and started a daily writing quota that propelled her to fame.[4] She states creativity is an authentic spiritual path.[2]

Cameron is also a teacher, having taught at The Smithsonian, Esalen, the Omega Institute, and the New York Open Center.[2] At Northwestern University, she was writer in residence for film.[2] She is currently teaching a class at the New York Open Center,[6] 'The Right to Write,' named and modeled after one of her bestselling books, which reveals the importance of writing.

Cameron has lived in Los Angeles,[7] Chicago,[7] Taos,[7] and Washington D.C.,[1] but now lives in New York City.[2]

[edit] Bibliography

[edit] Nonfiction

[edit] Fiction

[edit] Musicals

[edit] Plays

  • Four Roses
  • Public Lives
  • The Animal in the Trees
  • The Medium at Large, A Musical Ghost Comedy, coauthored with Emma Lively, premieres October 17, 2008[8][9]

[edit] Poetry

[edit] Film

  • "God's Will"

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Floor Sample, by Julia Cameron, (Tarcher, 2006; ISBN 1-58542-494-3), a memoir
  2. ^ a b c d e "A Biography of Julia Cameron". http://www.theartistsway.com/?section=1&sub=1. Retrieved on 2008-12-20. 
  3. ^ Keyser, Les (1998). Twayne's Filmmakers Series: Martin Scorsese. Twayne Publishers: New York. pp. 188. ISBN 0805793216. http://www.adherents.com/people/pc/Julia_Cameron.html. 
  4. ^ a b Booklist. "Review of Floor Samples". http://www.amazon.com/Floor-Sample-Julia-Cameron/dp/1585424943. Retrieved on 2007-09-14. 
  5. ^ "How the artist found her way, INTERVIEW BY JAY MACDONALD, Julia Cameron's path from rock bottom to creative success". http://www.bookpage.com/0605bp/julia_cameron.html. Retrieved on 2007-09-14. 
  6. ^ New York Open Center
  7. ^ a b c "Floor Sample: A Creative Memoir. (Brief Article) (Book Review)". Publishers Weekly 253 (8): 144. February 20, 2006. 
  8. ^ Village Players Theatre, Oak Park, IL
  9. ^ The Artist's Way

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