Bruce Feirstein Biography (1956-)
Born April 24, 1956, in Newark, NJ; son of George (a textile executive) and Helen (a teacher; maiden name, Landsman) Feirstein; married Madeline Ruth Warren, December 27, 1987. Career: Screenwriter and producer. Carl Ally, Inc., New York City, advertising copywriter, 1975-76; Scali, McCabe Sloves, Inc., New York City, advertising copywriter, 1976-78, Ammirati & Puris, Inc., New York City, advertising copywriter, 1978-79; Spy magazine, contributing editor, 1988-91; Vanity Fair magazine, contributing editor, 1993--; New York Times editorial page, contributing writer, 1993-94. Awards, Honors: Clio Awards, 1976-78, for advertising creativity; Playboy Best Humor Award, 1982, for "What Do You Wear for a Nuclear Meltdown"; U.S. Film Festival Award, best short film, for Home, c. 1990; CableACE Award nomination, for The Best Legs in the Eighth Grade; three Golden Pencils. Addresses: Agent: Agency for the Performing Arts, Inc., 9000 Sunset Blvd., 12th floor, Los Angeles, CA 90069.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Screenwriter, producer
- Birth Details
- April 24, 1956
- Newark, New Jersey, United States
Famous Works
- CREDITS
- Television Story Editor
- Series
- Mr. President,1987-88
- Television Director
- Series
- Monsters,1990
- Home,1990
- Television Producer
- Movies
- The Best Legs in the Eighth Grade, HBO, 1984
- Television Appearances
- Series
- Day's End Show, ABC, 1989
- WRITINGS
- Screenplays
- GoldenEye, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1995
- Tomorrow Never Dies, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1997
- (Rewrite only) The World Is Not Enough, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/UnitedArtists, 1999
- Television Series
- Saturday Night Live, NBC, 1985
- Monsters,1990
- Home,1990
- Television Movies
- The Best Legs in the Eighth Grade, HBO, 1984
- Nonfiction
- Real Men Don't Eat Quiche: A Guidebook to All That Is Truly Masculine, Pocket Books, 1982
- Nice Guys Sleep Alone: Dating in the Difficult Eighties,1986
- Real Men Don't Bond,1992
- Other
- Columnist for the New York Observer, 1991--; also contributor of articles to New York, Playboy, Glamour, Newsweek,New Republic, Washington Post, and New York Times Magazine.
- Nice Guys Sleep Alone: Dating in the Difficult Eighties was adapted for film as Nice Guys Sleep Alone, 1999.*
Further Reference
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