Shawn Levy (writer)
Shawn Anthony Levy (born 1961) is an American film critic, author and blogger.
Born in New York City, and educated at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of California, Irvine, Levy was the film critic of The Oregonian newspaper in Portland, Oregon, from 1997 to 2012. He is a former Senior Editor of American Film and a former Associate Editor of Box Office. His work has appeared in major newspapers and magazines in the United States and England including The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, The Guardian, The Independent, Film Comment, Movieline, Premiere, and Sight and Sound. Currently he reviews movies for KGW-TV, Portland's NBC affiliate.
He signs his work Shawn Levy and is not to be confused with the filmmaker also named Shawn Levy, whose full name is Shawn Adam Levy.
Bibliography
- King of Comedy: The Life and Art of Jerry Lewis (1996) ISBN 978-0-312-16878-0
- Rat Pack Confidential: Frank, Dean, Sammy, Peter, Joey, and the Last Great Show Biz Party (1998) ISBN 978-0-385-49576-9
- Ready, Steady, Go! The Smashing Rise and Giddy Fall of Swinging London (2002) ISBN 978-0-7679-0588-6
- The Last Playboy: The High Life of Porfirio Rubirosa (2005) ISBN 978-0-00-717060-9
- Paul Newman: A Life (2009) ISBN 978-0-307-35375-7
- The Rat Pack (2010) ISBN 978-0956648709
- De Niro: A Life (2014) ISBN 978-0307716781
- Dolce Vita Confidential: Fellini, Loren, Pucci, Paparazzi, and the Swinging High Life of 1950s Rome (October 2016) ISBN 978-0393247589
External links
- Official website
- "Interview: Paul Newman biographer Shawn Levy" (Belief.net, May 27, 2009)
- "Newman Owns: Shawn Levy on the sturdy 'Paul Newman: A Life'" (interview, NewCity Film, May 12, 2009)
- "The Hustler in the Penthouse" (review/interview, Willamette Week, October 5, 2005)
- "A Jet-Set Don Juan, Right Up to the Final Exit" (review of "The Last Playboy", The New York Times, September 16, 2005)
- "Not in My Name" (Shawn Anthony Levy writes about being mistaken for Shawn Adam Levy, The Guardian, March 14, 2003)
- "Author Gets Into the Swing of England" (review/interview, Portland Tribune, October 1, 2002)
- "Hipoisie and Chic-oisie and London Had the Mojo" (review of "Ready, Steady Go!", The New York Times, July 23, 2002)
- "Funny Bones" (review of "King of Comedy," The New York Times, June 9, 1996)
- "'King of Comedy' Isn't All Laughs for Lewis" (review/interview, USA Today, April 11, 1996)
- Levy's Author page, Amazon
- Levy's Mad About Movies review page, KGW-TV
- Shawn Levy on Twitter