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'''Evan I. Schwartz''' is an [[United States|American]] [[author]] who writes about innovation and imagination. He has written ''The Last Lone Inventor: A Tale of Genius, Deceit, and the Birth of Television'', the story of inventor [[Philo Farnsworth]] and his epic battle with RCA tycoon [[David Sarnoff]]. |
'''Evan I. Schwartz''' is an [[United States|American]] [[author]] who writes about innovation and imagination. He has written ''The Last Lone Inventor: A Tale of Genius, Deceit, and the Birth of Television'', the story of inventor [[Philo Farnsworth]] and his epic battle with RCA tycoon [[David Sarnoff]]. |
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His screenplay, ''Televisionaries'', is a [http://www.tribecafilminstitute.org/about/press/119625154.html winner of a 2011 Tribeca/Sloan Filmmaker Grant], which supports science in cinema. |
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In April 2007, ''[[Nova (TV series)|NOVA]]'' premiered "Saved By the Sun", a documentary about [[solar energy]] in an age of climate change and rising [[fossil fuel]] prices, co-written and produced by Schwartz. |
In April 2007, ''[[Nova (TV series)|NOVA]]'' premiered "Saved By the Sun", a documentary about [[solar energy]] in an age of climate change and rising [[fossil fuel]] prices, co-written and produced by Schwartz. |
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Schwartz is a former editor at BusinessWeek and MIT's Technology Review. In 2008, he served as a member of the [[Alfred P. Sloan Prize|Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize]] jury at the [[Sundance Film Festival]].<ref name=Juries>{{cite web|url=http://sundance.org/festival/press_industry/releases/pdf/2008-01-07-JuryFinal.pdf|title=2008 Sundance Film Festival Announces Jury Members|date=2008-01-07|format=PDF}}</ref> |
Schwartz is a former editor at BusinessWeek and MIT's Technology Review. In 2008, he served as a member of the [[Alfred P. Sloan Prize|Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize]] jury at the [[Sundance Film Festival]].<ref name=Juries>{{cite web|url=http://sundance.org/festival/press_industry/releases/pdf/2008-01-07-JuryFinal.pdf|title=2008 Sundance Film Festival Announces Jury Members|date=2008-01-07|format=PDF}}</ref> |
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In 2011, Schwartz joined Innosight Consulting as its Director of Storytelling. |
In 2011, Schwartz joined [http://www.innosight.com Innosight Consulting] as its Director of Storytelling. |
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His feature in [[WIRED]], Waste MGMT, was selected for the 2011 [[Best American Science and Nature Writing]] series. |
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==Books== |
==Books== |
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Revision as of 19:12, 2 October 2011
Evan I. Schwartz is an American author who writes about innovation and imagination. He has written The Last Lone Inventor: A Tale of Genius, Deceit, and the Birth of Television, the story of inventor Philo Farnsworth and his epic battle with RCA tycoon David Sarnoff.
His screenplay, Televisionaries, is a winner of a 2011 Tribeca/Sloan Filmmaker Grant, which supports science in cinema.
He is also the author of Finding Oz: How L. Frank Baum Discovered the Great American Story, a narrative about the origins of a cultural icon, The Wizard of Oz.
In April 2007, NOVA premiered "Saved By the Sun", a documentary about solar energy in an age of climate change and rising fossil fuel prices, co-written and produced by Schwartz.
Schwartz is a former editor at BusinessWeek and MIT's Technology Review. In 2008, he served as a member of the Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize jury at the Sundance Film Festival.[1]
In 2011, Schwartz joined Innosight Consulting as its Director of Storytelling.
His feature in WIRED, Waste MGMT, was selected for the 2011 Best American Science and Nature Writing series.
Books
- Webonomics (Broadway Books, 1997)
- Digital Darwinism (Broadway Books, 1999)
- The Last Lone Inventor (HarperCollins, 2002)
- Juice: The Creative Fuel that Drives World Class Inventors (Harvard Business Press, 2004)
- Finding Oz (Houghton Mifflin 2009)
References
- ^ "2008 Sundance Film Festival Announces Jury Members" (PDF). 2008-01-07.
External links
- Review of The Last Lone Inventor
- Review in Los Angeles Times of "Finding Oz"
- Nova: Saved By the Sun
- Author's Website