Member Profile
Emanuel Levy
- Primary Outlet:
- Emanuel Levy Cinema 24/7
- Website:
- http://www.EmanuelLevy.com
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- Biography:
- Dr. Emanuel Levy belongs to a small group of scholars who have juggled a dual career, as a film professor (M.A. and Ph.D. Columbia University) and as a film critic (senior critic for Variety, chief critic for Screen International, Financial Times). A three-year president of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, he has served on the juries of 70 international Film Festivals, including Cannes, Venice, Locarno, Roma, San Francisco, Toronto, Hawaii, and Sundance. Among his nine film books are All About Oscar: The History and Politics of the Academy Awards (now in its 11th edition), Cinema of Outsiders: The Rise of American Independent Film, a biography of George Cukor, Master of Elegance, and the first biography of Vincente Minnelli, Hollywood's Dark Dreamer. His latest book, Iconic Gay Directors, examines the careers and works of Pedro Almodóvar, Terence Davies, Todd Haynes, Gus Van Sant, and John Waters. Levy is the only critic in the U.S. who is a voting member of eight groups, including the HFPA, which he joined in 2000, CCA, NYFC, LAFCA, NSFC, Galeca, Cinema for Peace, and OFCS (Online Film Critics Society). In 2003, he established the highly acclaimed website Emanuel Levy Cinema 24/7, which now contains over 33,000 reviews and essays.
