Neal Gabler
| Neal Gabler | |
|---|---|
| Born | USA |
| Education | University of Michigan (summa cum laude) |
| Occupation | Journalist, Writer, Broadcaster |
| Employer | University of Southern California |
| Known for | Novels, journalism, political commentary, film reviews |
Neal Gabler is an American journalist. He currently works as a professor for the MFA program at Stony Brook Southampton.
Neal Gabler graduated from Lane High School in Chicago, Illinois, and was inducted into the National Honor Society. He graduated summa cum laude from the University of Michigan and holds advanced degrees in film and American culture.[1]
Career
Journalist
Gabler has contributed to numerous publications including The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Esquire, New York Magazine, Vogue, American Heritage, The New Republic, Us, and Playboy. He has appeared on many television programs, including The Today Show, CBS Morning News, The News Hour, Entertainment Tonight, Charlie Rose, and Good Morning America. He hosted Sneak Previews for PBS, and introduced films on the cable network AMC.
He is the author of four books: An Empire of Their Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood (1989), Winchell: Gossip, Power and the Culture of Celebrity (1994), Life the Movie: How Entertainment Conquered Reality (1998) and Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination (2006).
In an interview, he remarked that "I'm a great believer both politically and aesthetically in pluralism. There ought to be movies for everybody. There ought to be movies for teenagers and there ought to be Police Academys – so long as they're well-made and I certainly won't begrudge anyone that – and there ought to be Tender Mercies and there ought to be Indiana Joneses."[2]
Gabler was one of four panelists on the Fox News Channel show, Fox News Watch. On February 2, 2008, the show's host, Eric Burns, announced Gabler had left the show to work for PBS.
Teacher
Gabler has taught at the University of Michigan and at Pennsylvania State University. He is currently Senior Fellow at the USC Annenberg Norman Lear Center.[3] As of September 2011, Gabler is a Research Fellow at the Shorenstein Center for the Press, Public Policy and Politics at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government. An excerpt from Life the Movie: How Entertainment Conquered Reality by Gabler was used on the AP English Language exam.
Broadcaster
In 1982, Gabler paired with Jeffrey Lyons as replacement movie reviewers for the PBS show Sneak Previews. The original hosts of Sneak Previews, Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel, had left the show for contractual reasons and Gabler and Lyons went to Chicago to produce the show. He was a writer for the Detroit Free Press at the time. Gabler left Sneak Previews in 1985 citing differences with the direction of the show. He was replaced by Michael Medved who had had cameo appearances on Sneak Previews before replacing Gabler full time.
Filmography
- Ring of Fire: The Emile Griffith Story (2005)
- Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust (2004)
- Earl Cunningham: The Dragon of Saint George Street (2004) WMFE-Orlando Documentary
- Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream (1998)
- Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary: No Guts, No Glory (1998)
- Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's (1997)
- Walter Winchell: Gossip, Power and the Culture of Celebrity (1995)
- Jack L. Warner: The Last Mogul (1993)
- Sneak Previews (1982–1985)
Publications
- Against the Wind: Edward Kennedy and the Tortuous Course of American Liberalism (forthcoming)
- Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination (2006)
- Life the Movie: How Entertainment Conquered Reality (1998)
- Winchell: Gossip, Power and the Culture of Celebrity (1994)
- An Empire of Their Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood (1988)
Awards
- Patrick Henry Writing Fellowship, Washington College
- Tannenbaum Lecturer, Emory University
- Shorenstein Fellowship, Harvard University
- Emmy Award, Best Short-Form Writing, 2009
- Kraszna-Krausz Award Runner-Up
- USA Today Biography of the Year (Walt Disney), 2007
- Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Biography (Walt Disney) 2007
- John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship, 2005
- National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist (Winchell), 1995
- Time Magazine Nonfiction Book of the Year (Winchell), 1995
- Prix Litteraire (Best Foreign Book on Film or Television Published in French)
- Los Angeles Times Book Prize for History (Empire of Their Own), 1989
- Outstanding Teaching Award, University of Michigan, 1978
References
- ↑ Lear Center biography
- ↑ Hagen, Dan (January 1988). "Neal Gabler". Comics Interview (54) (Fictioneer Books). pp. 61–63.
- ↑ "Neal Gabler". Moyers and Company. Retrieved 14 December 2013.