Gary R Edgerton
Biographic Data
| ID | 5839464 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gary R Edgerton |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gary R |
| FAMILY NAME | Edgerton |
| SIGNATURE | EDGERTON G R |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Years of “First Frame” Fundamentals
Chronicler of the “American Problem”
Kevin Willmott’s journey as an independent filmmaker is an improbable success story. He was born on the 31 August 1958 in Junction City, Kansas, a small city of a little more than 20,000 residents some ninety miles west of the university town of Lawrence and 125 miles from Kansas City, Missouri. He earned his BA in drama from Marymount College in nearby Salina, then an MFA in dramatic writing from New York University. Willmott is a multi-hyphenat…
Character Actor as Shapeshifter
This article contains an in-depth and wide-ranging interview with Doug Jones on his improbable and singular career that currently spans more than 160 credits over 33 years and counting. He has brought to life a wide array of one-of-a-kind screen characters, creatures and monsters, animal/fish/man hybrids, and aliens from outer space. Over his three-decade career, Jones's standing in the entertainment business has risen from initially being consid…
The Birth of a Nation (1915) and Bowling Green State University
An Interview with Martin Sheen
This article presents an interview with Martin Sheen conducted in New Orleans on April 1, 2015, by Journal of Popular Film & Television editors Michael T. Marsden and Gary R. Edgerton
Introduction
10.1080/01956051.2012.654089-F0001 Jeopardy! (syndicated) TV show, 1984–2010. Shown: studio set with host Alex Trebek and contestants. Photo courtesy of King World Productions/Photofest. (Color fig
Thinking Outside the Box
While television genre was seen as static in the scholarship of the 1980s, Thinking Outside the Box explores the malleable and reflective nature of various TV programs. The book begins with a historical and theoretical overview of television genres and examines their influences on a national popular culture. The authors analyze less-studied genres such as cartoons, soap operas, and talk shows, locating their place and critical importance in Ameri…
The Teacher-Scholar in Film and Television
Additional informationNotes on contributorsGary R. EdgertonGARY R. EDGERTON is professor and chair of the Communication and Theatre Arts Department at Old Dominion University. Besides co-editing the Journal of Popular Film and Television, he has published widely on the relationship between media, history, and culture. His most recent books are Ken Burns's America (Palgrave for St. Martin's Press, 2001) and Television Histories: Shaping Collective…
Television histories
Ken Burns’s America
This is the first book-length study to critically examine the work of Ken Burns, the innovative producer-director as a television auteur, a pivotal programming influence within the industry, and a popular historian who portrays a uniquely personal and compelling version of the country's past for tens of millions of viewers nationwide. Ken Burns's America has a three-fold agenda: First it looks at the ideas and individuals that have influenced Bur…
The Germans Wore Gray, You Wore Blue”
Converting Casablanca to color was undoubtedly the last straw for most anti-colorizers. The colorization controversy began in the spring of 1985 when Frank Capra went public with his apparently strong objections over the colorizing of It's a Wonderful Life (1946) by Colorization, Inc., of Toronto, Canada. The roots of the impending hostilities actually reach back to early 1981 when the executive board of the Directors Guild of America (DGA) began…
The Germans Wore Gray, You Wore Blue”
Converting Casablanca to color was undoubtedly the last straw for most anti-colorizers. The colorization controversy began in the spring of 1985 when Frank Capra went public with his apparently strong objections over the colorizing of It's a Wonderful Life (1946) by Colorization, Inc., of Toronto, Canada. The roots of the impending hostilities actually reach back to early 1981 when the executive board of the Directors Guild of America (DGA) began…
The Teacher-Scholar in Film and Television
Additional informationNotes on contributorsGary R. EdgertonGARY R. EDGERTON is professor and chair of the Communication and Theatre Arts Department at Old Dominion University. Besides co-editing the Journal of Popular Film and Television, he has published widely on the relationship between media, history, and culture. His most recent books are Ken Burns's America (Palgrave for St. Martin's Press, 2001) and Television Histories: Shaping Collective…
The Germans Wore Gray, You Wore Blue”
Converting Casablanca to color was undoubtedly the last straw for most anti-colorizers. The colorization controversy began in the spring of 1985 when Frank Capra went public with his apparently strong objections over the colorizing of It's a Wonderful Life (1946) by Colorization, Inc., of Toronto, Canada. The roots of the impending hostilities actually reach back to early 1981 when the executive board of the Directors Guild of America (DGA) began…
Television histories
Ken Burns’s America
This is the first book-length study to critically examine the work of Ken Burns, the innovative producer-director as a television auteur, a pivotal programming influence within the industry, and a popular historian who portrays a uniquely personal and compelling version of the country's past for tens of millions of viewers nationwide. Ken Burns's America has a three-fold agenda: First it looks at the ideas and individuals that have influenced Bur…
The Teacher-Scholar in Film and Television
Additional informationNotes on contributorsGary R. EdgertonGARY R. EDGERTON is professor and chair of the Communication and Theatre Arts Department at Old Dominion University. Besides co-editing the Journal of Popular Film and Television, he has published widely on the relationship between media, history, and culture. His most recent books are Ken Burns's America (Palgrave for St. Martin's Press, 2001) and Television Histories: Shaping Collective…
Thinking Outside the Box
While television genre was seen as static in the scholarship of the 1980s, Thinking Outside the Box explores the malleable and reflective nature of various TV programs. The book begins with a historical and theoretical overview of television genres and examines their influences on a national popular culture. The authors analyze less-studied genres such as cartoons, soap operas, and talk shows, locating their place and critical importance in Ameri…
Introduction
10.1080/01956051.2012.654089-F0001 Jeopardy! (syndicated) TV show, 1984–2010. Shown: studio set with host Alex Trebek and contestants. Photo courtesy of King World Productions/Photofest. (Color fig
An Interview with Martin Sheen
This article presents an interview with Martin Sheen conducted in New Orleans on April 1, 2015, by Journal of Popular Film & Television editors Michael T. Marsden and Gary R. Edgerton
Character Actor as Shapeshifter
This article contains an in-depth and wide-ranging interview with Doug Jones on his improbable and singular career that currently spans more than 160 credits over 33 years and counting. He has brought to life a wide array of one-of-a-kind screen characters, creatures and monsters, animal/fish/man hybrids, and aliens from outer space. Over his three-decade career, Jones's standing in the entertainment business has risen from initially being consid…
The Birth of a Nation (1915) and Bowling Green State University
Chronicler of the “American Problem”
Kevin Willmott’s journey as an independent filmmaker is an improbable success story. He was born on the 31 August 1958 in Junction City, Kansas, a small city of a little more than 20,000 residents some ninety miles west of the university town of Lawrence and 125 miles from Kansas City, Missouri. He earned his BA in drama from Marymount College in nearby Salina, then an MFA in dramatic writing from New York University. Willmott is a multi-hyphenat…
Years of “First Frame” Fundamentals
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