- Bruce Feirstein
Bruce Feirstein (born 1956) is a
screenwriter andhumorist best known for his contributions to theJames Bond series and his best-selling humor books, including "Real Men Don't Eat Quiche " and "Nice Guys Sleep Alone". "Real Men Don't Eat Quiche" was on the "New York Times " best seller list for 53 weeks.Early years
Feirstein was born in
Maplewood, New Jersey . [Lovenheim, Barbara. [http://select.nytimes.com/search/restricted/article?res=F40717F83C590C768CDDA90994DE484D81 "'REAL MAN' LIMNS SINGLES LIFE"] , "The New York Times ",October 5 ,1986 . AccessedDecember 1 ,2007 . "Born in Maplewood, N.J., he began writing parodies in the eighth grade, but he didn't know what to do with his wit."] He attendedBoston University where he served as the editor for the student newspaper, "The Daily Free Press ". After graduation, he worked as an advertising copywriter, winning 11 Clio Awards, and 3 One Show Gold Pencils for his work on corporate and political advertising campaigns, for clients includingBMW ,FedEx ,Michael Dukakis , andSony .Following this, became a freelance writer for many publications, including "The Sunday New York Times Magazine", (where he substituted for Russell Baker) "
The New Republic ", "New York Magazine ", the "Washington Post ", the "Los Angeles Times ", "The New Yorker ", the "East Hampton Star" and "Playboy ".He was a contributing editor at "Spy", worked for Howell Raines writing editorials for the "New York Times", and has written the (largely) humorous "New Yorker's Diary" for the "
New York Observer " since 1994. He has been a contributing editor at "Vanity Fair" since 1995, and a columnist at "Strategy + Business" magazine since 2000. His work has also appeared on-line at "Salon.com " and "Inside.com ".In television, Feirstein worked very briefly on "
Saturday Night Live ", was an on-air contributor to ABC's "Days End", and was nominated for a Cable-Ace award for his one-actHBO play "The Best Legs in the Eighth Grade", starringTim Matheson andJim Belushi . He was also the story editor on theFox Network series "Mr. President", starringGeorge C. Scott and produced byJohnny Carson . He has appeared (as himself) in documentaries about the 1980s, the Hollywood Award Season, James Bond andPierce Brosnan .Feirstein has also appeared as an on-air political commentator for CNBC and Fox News, and has been interviewed on the Today Show and Good Morning America.
Beside the James Bond series, Feirstein has also worked (uncredited) on screenplays for
Will Smith ,Bruce Willis ,John Travolta , andJulia Roberts , along with the directorsJohn Woo andJohn McTiernan . He appeared as himself in the 1992 feature film "Naked in New York ", directed by Dan Algrant.He lives with his wife, Madeline Warren, and twin children in
Los Angeles . Warren is a former studio executive responsible for overseeing the production of many feature films, including "My Favorite Year ", "Tin Cup ", "The Man Who Knew Too Little ", and the Oscar-nominated "L.A. Confidential".While in high school, Feirstein had a job changing the lightbulbs on the runways at Newark Airport.
James Bond
In 1995 Feirstein got his start within the James Bond series by writing the screenplay, along with
Jeffrey Caine , for the film "GoldenEye ", with story byMichael France . Feirstein followed this up in 1997 by writing the story and the screenplay for "Tomorrow Never Dies ". In 1999 Feirstein co-scripted "The World Is Not Enough " with story writers Robert Wade andNeal Purvis .Feirstein has also written two
video games for developer and publisherElectronic Arts . In 2004 Feirstein wrote the critically acclaimed "". More recently Feirstein adapted the 1957Ian Fleming novel and 1963 film "From Russia with Love" for a video game of the same name, utilizing the voice and likeness ofSean Connery .References
External links
* [http://www.observer.com/node/36056 Articles by Bruce Feirstein] at "
The New York Observer ".
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