Sidney D. Kirkpatrick
Encyclopedia
Sidney D. Kirkpatrick is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and a bestselling historical author. He grew up in Stony Brook
, Long Island
and attended Kent School
, Connecticut
, Hampshire College
, Massachusetts
and New York University
.
His documentaries include:
His books include:
On May 30, 2008, Kirkpatrick gave a lecture called 'Edgar Cayce: An American Prophet' at the New York Open Center http://www.opencenter.org in Manhattan. In the lecture, Kirkpatrick provided a window into the inner workings Edgar Cayce whose ideas and psychic predictions made him the father of holistic medicine as well as one of the most influential mystics of modern time.
. He plays squash, collects grave rubbings and rings church bells.
Stony Brook, New York
Stony Brook is a hamlet located in the Town of Brookhaven in Suffolk County, New York, which is on the North Shore of Long Island...
, Long Island
Long Island
Long Island is an island located in the southeast part of the U.S. state of New York, just east of Manhattan. Stretching northeast into the Atlantic Ocean, Long Island contains four counties, two of which are boroughs of New York City , and two of which are mainly suburban...
and attended Kent School
Kent School
Kent School is a private, co-educational college preparatory school in Kent, Connecticut, USA. The Reverend Frederick Herbert Sill, Order of the Holy Cross, established the school in 1906 and it retains its affiliation with the Episcopal Church of the United States.Students at Kent come from more...
, Connecticut
Connecticut
Connecticut is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and the state of New York to the west and the south .Connecticut is named for the Connecticut River, the major U.S. river that approximately...
, Hampshire College
Hampshire College
Hampshire College is a private liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1965 as an experiment in alternative education, in association with four other colleges in the Pioneer Valley: Amherst College, Smith College, Mount Holyoke College, and the University of Massachusetts...
, Massachusetts
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
and New York University
New York University
New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
.
His documentaries include:
- My Father the President (1982), in which Ethel DerbyEthel Roosevelt DerbyEthel Carow Roosevelt Derby was the youngest daughter and fourth child of the President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt...
, second daughter of President RooseveltFranklin D. RooseveltFranklin Delano Roosevelt , also known by his initials, FDR, was the 32nd President of the United States and a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century, leading the United States during a time of worldwide economic crisis and world war...
, describes her childhood.
His books include:
- A Cast of Killers (pub. 1986), ISBN 978-5-551-54135-6 a non-fiction account of Hollywood director King VidorKing VidorKing Wallis Vidor was an American film director, film producer, and screenwriter whose career spanned nearly seven decades...
's private attempt to solve the William Desmond TaylorWilliam Desmond TaylorWilliam Desmond Taylor was an Irish-born American actor, successful film director of silent movies and a popular figure in the growing Hollywood film colony of the 1910s and early 1920s...
murder case.
- Turning the Tide: One Man Against the Medellin Cartel ISBN 978-0-451-40317-9 (with Peter AbrahamsPeter AbrahamsPeter Abrahams is a South African novelist.His father was from Ethiopia and his mother was classified by South Africa as a mixed race person, a "Kleurling" or Coloured. He was born in Vrededorp, nearby Johannesburg, but left South Africa in 1939...
), (pub. 1991) a novelized account of a conflict which took place in the Bahamas between drug baron Carlos LehderCarlos LehderCarlos Enrique Lehder Rivas or simply Carlos Lehder is a German-Colombian drug dealer currently imprisoned in the United States, having been co-founder of the Medellín Cartel....
and an American professor Richard Novak's investigating hammerhead sharkHammerhead sharkThe hammerhead sharks are a group of sharks in the family Sphyrnidae, so named for the unusual and distinctive structure of their heads, which are flattened and laterally extended into a "hammer" shape called a "cephalofoil". Most hammerhead species are placed in the genus Sphyrna while the...
s there.
- Lords of Sipan (pub. 1992), ISBN 978-0-688-10396-5, a non-fiction account of the discovery, looting, and eventual recovery by Dr. Walter Alva of artifacts from the tombs in Sipan, Peru.
- Edgar Cayce: An American Prophet (pub. 2000) ISBN 978-1-57322-896-1 , a biography of Edgar CayceEdgar CayceEdgar Cayce was an American psychic who allegedly had the ability to give answers to questions on subjects such as healing or Atlantis while in a hypnotic trance...
, the psychicPsychicA psychic is a person who professes an ability to perceive information hidden from the normal senses through extrasensory perception , or is said by others to have such abilities. It is also used to describe theatrical performers who use techniques such as prestidigitation, cold reading, and hot...
.
- The Revenge of Thomas Eakins (pub. 2006), ISBN 978-0-300-10855-2 a biography of Thomas EakinsThomas EakinsThomas Cowperthwait Eakins was an American realist painter, photographer, sculptor, and fine arts educator...
, the artistArtistAn artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
.
- Hitler's Holy Relics: A True Story of Nazi Plunder and the Race to Recover the Crown Jewels of the Holy Roman Empire (pub. 2010), ISBN 978-1-41659-062-0 , a true account of art historian-turned-Army sleuth Walter Horn's WWII investigation of Nazi plunder and Germanic mysticism.
Events
On April 28, 2010, at U.C. Berkeley, Kirkpatrick delivered a lecture on Dr. Walter Horn's activities with the Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives division of the U.S. Army during World War II.On May 30, 2008, Kirkpatrick gave a lecture called 'Edgar Cayce: An American Prophet' at the New York Open Center http://www.opencenter.org in Manhattan. In the lecture, Kirkpatrick provided a window into the inner workings Edgar Cayce whose ideas and psychic predictions made him the father of holistic medicine as well as one of the most influential mystics of modern time.
Trivia
Kirkpatrick is the stepfather of fine artist Mercedes Thurlbeck, and father-in-law of actor and producer Stephen BlackehartStephen Blackehart
Stephen Blackehart is an American actor and producer from Hell's Kitchen, New York. It has been reported that Blackehart was born Stefano Brando and is the son of actor Marlon Brando...
. He plays squash, collects grave rubbings and rings church bells.