Cultural Historian & Media Critic; Author of "An Empire of Their Own" & "Walt Disney"; Emmy Award-Winning Host; Senior Fellow at USC
Neal Gabler Biography
Neal Gabler is a cultural historian, author, screenwriter, producer, film and media critic, and commentator known for his analysis of Hollywood, celebrity, and American culture. Gabler graduated summa cum laude from the University of Michigan and holds advanced degrees in film and American culture.
Gabler's first book, "An Empire of Their Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood," received the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the Theatre Library Association Award. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences recognized it as one of the one hundred outstanding books on the American film industry. His second book, "Winchell: Gossip, Power and the Culture of Celebrity," was named nonfiction book of the year by Time magazine. In "Life the Movie: How Entertainment Conquered Reality," Gabler examines the influence of entertainment on American pop culture, politics, religion, and news. His biography "Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination" became a New York Times best-seller, was named biography of the year by USA Today, and earned him a second Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Gabler also authored "Barbra Streisand: Redefining Beauty, Femininity, and Power" for Yale University Press's Jewish Lives series.
Gabler wrote a two-volume biography of Senator Edward Kennedy. "Catching the Wind: Edward Kennedy and the Liberal Hour" and its companion volume, "Against the Wind," explore Kennedy's life and the broader narrative of liberalism and political morality in America. The second volume was selected as an editors' choice by the New York Times Book Review and has been compared to Robert Caro's political biographies.
In addition to his writing, Gabler has been active in American media. He hosted the PBS movie review program "Sneak Previews," American Movie Classics, "Reel to Real" on History Channel, and won an Emmy Award for hosting "Reel Thirteen" on WNET. Gabler has contributed to The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Esquire, New York Magazine, and Vogue, and has appeared on television programs including The Today Show, CBS Morning News, The NewsHour, Entertainment Tonight, and Good Morning America.
Gabler has received two Los Angeles Times Book Prizes, a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Shorenstein Fellowship, and a Woodrow Wilson Public Policy scholarship, and served as chief nonfiction judge of the National Book Awards. He is a visiting professor in the MFA program at SUNY Stony Brook and a senior fellow at the Norman Lear Center for the Study of Society and Entertainment at the University of Southern California. Gabler was also a fellow at the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics, and Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. His work spans Hollywood history, celebrity culture, and American political biography, contributing to the study of media, entertainment, and American society.
Neal Gabler Speaking Topics
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How the Jews Invented Hollywood
Neal Gabler, the author of the classic book, An Empire of Their Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood, describes how a group of Eastern European Jewish immigrants founded and ran the industry that largely defined American values and images.
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The Making of the President 2012
Noted author and cultural commentator, Neal Gabler handicaps the 2012 presidential race by examining how the American people are electing not a commander-in-chief but a protagonist-in-chief to star in the national movie. This is an entirely different approach to American politics.
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