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PULITZER PRIZE - WINNING BIOGRAPHER
A. SCOTT BERG
TO SPEAK AT THE LOS ANGELES FILM SCHOOL THEATER NOVEMBER
9TH
Hollywood, - The Los Angeles Film School
announced today that Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer
A. Scott Berg will launch its Vanguard Speaker Series
on Tuesday November 9th. Berg will speak about "The
Goldwyn Age of Hollywood" in The Los Angeles Film
School's brand new stadium seating-style theater.
The Vanguard Speaker Series at The Los Angeles Film School
will include distinguished members of the Hollywood community.
Each event and speaker in the Vanguard Series will speak
on a subject pertinent to the entertainment industry and
will be on a monthly basis.
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As the inaugural speaker in the Vanguard Series, Berg's
lecture - illustrated with vintage film clips - will not
only chronicle the life and career of the pioneer film
producer Samuel Goldwyn but will also survey the changing
trends in Hollywood over the decades.
Scott Berg received the Pulitzer Prize in 1999 for his
biography "Lindbergh," which explored the life
of the legendary Charles Lindbergh. Before "Lindbergh,"
Berg wrote "Max Perkins: Editor of Genius,"
a national bestseller and winner of the National Book
Award. Upon its publication, Berg was approached by Samuel
Goldwyn Jr. and asked to write the biography of his father,
granting him complete access to the Goldwyn archives.
The attendees of the event will include students and
faculty of the film school as well as invited guests from
the City of Los Angeles and members of the Hollywood Community.
The Los Angeles Film School is a one-year intensive professional
training program in motion pictures, television and new
media. The program specializes in Directing, Producing,
Cinematography, Editing, Re-Recording and Mixing and Production
Design.
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