Emanuel Levy
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Emanuel Levy is an America
n film critic and professor
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, where he received B.A. in sociology, anthropology and political science. He did graduate work in sociology, film, and culture studies at Columbia University
, where he earned a Ph.D. Among his mentors were Sigmund Diamond, a professor of social history and the distinguished film critic Andrew Sarris
.
Most of his film education in the pre-VCR era was done at French Cinematheque, New York's Museum of Modern Art, Film Forum, Thalia, and other art houses.
He is the only critic in the U.S. who's a voting member of six groups: Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), Los Angeles Film Critics (LAFCA), Broadcast Film Critics (BFCA), National Society of Film Critics (NSFC), New York Film Critics Online (NYFCO), and the International Federation of Film Critics (Fipresci).
Levy is the author of eight film books, the most recent of which is the first comprehensive biography of Vincente Minnelli: Hollywood's Dark Dreamer, by St. Martin's Press. Levy has written for various newspapers and magazines, including American Film, the Los Angeles Time and the Financial Times. While in Arizona, he ran the ASU Film Society, and then the Scottsdale Independent Film Festival.
Formerly a senior critic at Variety
, and chief film critic of the UK publication Screen International, Levy established a website of film reviews and essays in 2004, www.EmanuelLevy.com. As of 2010, th site contains over 17,000 film reviews, profiles and comments, written by Levy and a staff of four writers.
He has served on the juries of 49 international film festivals, including Cannes, Venice, Montreal, Hawaii, San Francisco, Taormina, Locarno, Shanghai, Sundance, Rome Film Festival in 2008 and Guadaljara Film gest in 2011.
In interviews, he had singled out the Sundance Dramatic Jury due to its outstanding composition: Tilda Swinton, Steve Buscemi, David O. Russell, and Forest Whitaker.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
n film critic and professor
Professor
A professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...
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Life
Emanuel Levy began his studies at Tel Aviv UniversityTel Aviv University
Tel Aviv University is a public university located in Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel. With nearly 30,000 students, TAU is Israel's largest university.-History:...
, where he received B.A. in sociology, anthropology and political science. He did graduate work in sociology, film, and culture studies at Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
, where he earned a Ph.D. Among his mentors were Sigmund Diamond, a professor of social history and the distinguished film critic Andrew Sarris
Andrew Sarris
Andrew Sarris is an American film critic and a leading proponent of the auteur theory of criticism.-Career:Sarris is generally credited with popularizing the auteur theory in the U.S...
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Most of his film education in the pre-VCR era was done at French Cinematheque, New York's Museum of Modern Art, Film Forum, Thalia, and other art houses.
Career
Levy belongs to a small group of scholars who have juggled two full-time careers, as film professor and as film critic. He has taught at Columbia University, New School for Social Research, Wellesley College, ASU, where he was chair between 1990 and 1992, at UCLA Film School, and now at Columbia once again.He is the only critic in the U.S. who's a voting member of six groups: Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), Los Angeles Film Critics (LAFCA), Broadcast Film Critics (BFCA), National Society of Film Critics (NSFC), New York Film Critics Online (NYFCO), and the International Federation of Film Critics (Fipresci).
Levy is the author of eight film books, the most recent of which is the first comprehensive biography of Vincente Minnelli: Hollywood's Dark Dreamer, by St. Martin's Press. Levy has written for various newspapers and magazines, including American Film, the Los Angeles Time and the Financial Times. While in Arizona, he ran the ASU Film Society, and then the Scottsdale Independent Film Festival.
Formerly a senior critic at Variety
Variety (magazine)
Variety is an American weekly entertainment-trade magazine founded in New York City, New York, in 1905 by Sime Silverman. With the rise of the importance of the motion-picture industry, Daily Variety, a daily edition based in Los Angeles, California, was founded by Silverman in 1933. In 1998, the...
, and chief film critic of the UK publication Screen International, Levy established a website of film reviews and essays in 2004, www.EmanuelLevy.com. As of 2010, th site contains over 17,000 film reviews, profiles and comments, written by Levy and a staff of four writers.
He has served on the juries of 49 international film festivals, including Cannes, Venice, Montreal, Hawaii, San Francisco, Taormina, Locarno, Shanghai, Sundance, Rome Film Festival in 2008 and Guadaljara Film gest in 2011.
In interviews, he had singled out the Sundance Dramatic Jury due to its outstanding composition: Tilda Swinton, Steve Buscemi, David O. Russell, and Forest Whitaker.