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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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