Bruce Feirstein

Bruce Feirstein (born 1956) is a screenwriter and humorist best known for his contributions to the James 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. Accessed December 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 attended Boston 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 including BMW, FedEx, Michael Dukakis, and Sony.

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-act HBO play "The Best Legs in the Eighth Grade", starring Tim Matheson and Jim Belushi. He was also the story editor on the Fox Network series "Mr. President", starring George C. Scott and produced by Johnny Carson. He has appeared (as himself) in documentaries about the 1980s, the Hollywood Award Season, James Bond and Pierce 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, and Julia Roberts, along with the directors John Woo and John 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 by Michael 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 and Neal Purvis.

Feirstein has also written two video games for developer and publisher Electronic Arts. In 2004 Feirstein wrote the critically acclaimed "". More recently Feirstein adapted the 1957 Ian Fleming novel and 1963 film "From Russia with Love" for a video game of the same name, utilizing the voice and likeness of Sean Connery.

References

External links

* [http://www.observer.com/node/36056 Articles by Bruce Feirstein] at "The New York Observer".