Peter Biskind
Peter Biskind | |
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| Born | United States |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, critic, journalist |
Peter Biskind is an American cultural critic, film historian, journalist, former executive editor of Premiere magazine from 1986 to 1996.[1][2][2] He wrote several books depicting life in Hollywood, including Seeing Is Believing, Easy Riders, Raging Bulls, Down and Dirty Pictures, and Gods and Monsters, some of which were bestsellers. In 2010 he published a biography of director and actor Warren Beatty, entitled Star: How Warren Beatty Seduced America.
Biskind is a contributing editor at Vanity Fair.[2] His work has appeared in a number of publications that include Rolling Stone, The Washington Post, Paris Match, The Nation, The New York Times, The Times (London), and the Los Angeles Times, as well as in film journals such as Sight and Sound and Film Quarterly.[3]
He has served as the editor-in-chief of American Film from 1981 to 1986.[1][2]
Biskind's books have been translated into more than thirty different languages.[2]
Criticism
Roger Ebert had been critical of Biskind since the publications of Easy Riders, Raging Bulls, saying "Biskind has a way of massaging his stories to suit his agenda." In particular, Ebert drew attention to an alleged encounter with director Todd Haynes at a film festival, where Haynes presented his film Poison (film). Biskind claimed Ebert declared "Who the hell is Todd Haynes?" when introduced to him, and snatched hand away from an offered handshake; Ebert denies this event ever took place, as did Christine Vachon, Biskind's alleged source of the anecdote.[4]
Selected bibliography
- Books
- (1983). Seeing Is Believing: How Hollywood Taught Us to Stop Worrying and Love the Fifties. New York: Pantheon Books.
- (1990). The Godfather Companion: Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About All Three Godfather Films. New York, NY: HarperPerennial.
- (1998). Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex-Drugs-and-Rock-'n'-Roll Generation Saved Hollywood. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster.
- (2004). Down and Dirty Pictures: Miramax, Sundance, and the Rise of Independent Film. New York: Simon & Schuster.
- (2004). Gods and Monsters: Thirty Years of Writing on Film and Culture From One of America's Most Incisive Writers. New York: Nation Books.
- (2010). Star: How Warren Beatty Seduced America. New York: Simon & Schuster.
- (2013). My Lunches With Orson: Conversations between Henry Jaglom and Orson Welles. New York: Metropolitan Books.
- Essays
- Peter Biskind's "Foreword" and his essay "Inside Indiewood" (April 3, 2000) are included in: Bromley, C. (2000). Cinema Nation: The Best Writing on Film from 'The Nation,' 1913–2000. New York: Thunder Mouth Press/Nation Books.
- "Reconstructing Woody", Vanity Fair, December 2005.
- "Thunder on the Left: The Making of Reds", Vanity Fair, March 2006.
- "The Vietnam Oscars", Vanity Fair, March 2008.
- Biskind's Vanity Fair articles "Midnight Revolution" and "Thunder on the Left" are included in: Graydon Carter, editor (2008). Vanity Fair's Tales of Hollywood: Rebels, Reds, and Graduates and the Wild Stories Behind the Making of 13 Iconic Films. New York, N.Y.: Penguin Books.
References
- ^ a b Vanity Fair
- ^ a b c d e "Peter Biskind – Biography". Peter Biskind. Retrieved May 12, 2013.
- ^ Macmillan.com
- ^ http://www.rogerebert.com/answer-man/tinseltown-author-gets-down-and-dirty-indeed
External links
- Peter Biskind at IMDb
- Charlie Rose Show: A panel discussion about Hollywood movies of the 1970s and their impact on American culture. Dated 1998-06-23. Guests include: Peter Biskind, filmmaker James Toback, editor of Variety magazine Peter Bart and Daphne Merkin, film critic for The New Yorker.
- Charlie Rose Show: A conversation about the explosion of independent film in the 1990s with Peter Biskind. Dated 2004-05-13.
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