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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:BLP sources Шаблон:Infobox writer Eddie Muller (born October 15, 1958) is an American writer based in San Francisco. He is known for his books about movies, particularly film noir, and is the host of Noir Alley on Turner Classic Movies (TCM).[1]

Early life and education

Muller is the son of famous San Francisco boxing writer Eddie Muller.

Muller studied with filmmaker George Kuchar at the San Francisco Art Institute in the late 1970s.

Career

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Muller at NOIR CITY X, the 2012 film noir festival at the Castro Theatre, San Francisco

Muller is the founder and president of the Film Noir Foundation and is co-programmer of the Oakland NOIR CITY film festival and the NOIR CITY satellite festivals.[2] Muller is considered a film noir expert and is called on to write and talk about the genre, notably on wry commentary tracks for Fox's series of film noir DVDs and introducing Turner Classic Movies's weekly Saturday night "Noir Alley" movie feature.

Laura Sheppard, director of events at Mechanics' Institute in San Francisco, dubbed him "The Czar of Noir"Шаблон:Citation needed The quote is often misattributed to the novelist James Ellroy.Шаблон:Citation needed

Muller based the character of Billy Nichols in his period crime novel "The Distance" (2002) after his father.Шаблон:Citation needed The character returned in Muller's 2003 novel Shadow Boxer.Шаблон:Citation needed

Personal life

Muller is married to Kathleen Marie Milne.[3]

Honors

  • Nominated for the Edgar Allan Poe Award for best critical/biographical work, Mystery Writers of America (1999) for "Dark City: The Lost World of Film Noir"[3]
  • Won the Best First Novel award of the Private Eye Writers of America (2002) for The DistanceШаблон:Citation needed
  • Nominated for the Edgar Allan Poe Award for best critical/biographical work, Mystery Writers of America (2003) for "The Art of Noir: The Posters and Graphics from the Classic Era of Film Noir"[3]
  • Nominated for the Shamus Award for Best P.I. First Novel (2003) for "The Distance"[3]

Books

Nonfiction

Fiction

Further reading

References

  1. Шаблон:Cite web
  2. Anne Hockens, Director of Communications, Film Noir Foundation
  3. 3,0 3,1 3,2 3,3 Шаблон:Cite encyclopedia
  4. Шаблон:Cite journal

External links

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