Manohla Dargis

Manohla Dargis
Born 1961 (age 54–55)
United States
Occupation Film critic
Spouse Lou Amdur

Manohla Dargis (born 1961) is a chief film critic for The New York Times, along with A. O. Scott.[1]

Career

Prior to being a film critic for The New York Times, Dargis was a chief film critic for the Los Angeles Times, the film editor at the LA Weekly, and a film critic at The Village Voice, where she had two columns on avant-garde cinema (CounterCurrents and Shock Corridor). Her work has been included in a number of books, including Women and Film: A Sight and Sound Reader and American Movie Critics: An Anthology From the Silents Until Now, published by the Library of America. She wrote a monograph on Curtis Hanson's film L.A. Confidential for the British Film Institute and has served as the president and vice-president of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association.

In 2012, Dargis received a Nelson A. Rockefeller Award from Purchase College; the award is, according to the college, “presented to individuals who have distinguished themselves through their contributions to the arts.”[2] In 2013, Matt Barone of Complex named her the eighth greatest film critic of all time.[3] She was also a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism in 2013,[4] 2015,[5] and 2016.[6]

Personal life

Dargis grew up in Manhattan's East Village, evincing an early love of film through regular attendance at St. Mark's Cinema and Theater 80.[1] She graduated from Hunter College High School and received her BA in literature from Purchase College State University of New York in January 1985.[7][8] She received a master of arts in cinema studies in 1988 from the Graduate School of Arts and Science at New York University. Dargis is married to the wine expert Lou Amdur.[9]

References

  1. 1 2 "Film Critic Biography: Manohla Dargis". The New York Times. 7 December 2004. Retrieved 12 September 2010.
  2. ↑ "Nelson A. Rockefeller Awards". purchase.edu. Retrieved April 29, 2016.
  3. ↑ Barone, Matt (February 8, 2013). "The 25 Best Movie Critics of All Time". Complex. Retrieved September 21, 2016.
  4. ↑ "The 2013 Pulitzer Prize Winners Criticism". pulitzer.org. Retrieved May 16, 2015.
  5. ↑ "The 2015 Pulitzer Prize Winners Criticism". pulitzer.org. Retrieved May 16, 2015.
  6. ↑ "The 2016 Pulitzer Prize Winners Criticism". pulitzer.org. Retrieved April 26, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Rockefeller Award past recipients". Purchase.edu. Retrieved 2015-08-27.
  8. ↑ Purchase College, SUNY Institutional Advancement (914)-251-7909
  9. ↑ "Manohla Dargis". University of Southern California. Retrieved 2013-11-26.

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