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Philip Gefter is an American author and photography historian. [1] His books include Cocktails with George and Martha: Movies, Marriage, and the Making of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? ; [ 2 ] What Becomes A Legend Most, the biography of Richard Avedon ; [ 3 ] and Wagstaff: Before and After Mapplethorpe , [ 4 ] the biography of Sam Wagstaff ...
Jun 28, 2024 · Sean Penn talks finding joy on the set of “Daddio,” writer Carrie Courogen brings the elusive Elaine May into sharp focus, and Philip Gefter has The Treat.
- Elvis Mitchell
Feb 13, 2024 · Nightstand. Cocktails with George and Martha by Philip Gefter. What's It About? An award-winning writer reveals the behind-the-scenes story of the provocative play, the groundbreaking film it became, and how two iconic stars changed the image of marriage forever.
Multi-Oscar winning actor Sean Penn speaks on the “giddy” experience of making “Daddio,” his character-focused new film with Dakota Johnson.
- Elvis Mitchell
From the Introduction. On the occasion of her starring role as King Lear on Broadway, the great British actor Glenda Jackson, by then eighty-two years old, asserted that Shakespeare remains the most con- temporary dramatist in the world “because he really only ever asks three questions: Who are we? What are we? Why are we?
Jun 28, 2024 · Writer and historian Philip Gefter has explored cultural shifts that seem to happen overnight. He is known for his works What Becomes a Legend Most, the biography of Richard Avedon, and Wagstaff: Before and After Mapplethorpe, for which he received the 2014 national award for arts writing, known as the Marfield Prize.
He was the photography critic for the Daily Beast in its early years and contributes frequently to The New Yorker: Photobooth and Aperture, the quarterly of photography. He produced the award-winning documentary, Bill Cunningham New York. He resides in New York City.
