Ed Sikov

Ed Sikov

" (published in 1998), and "Laughing Hysterically: American Screen Comedies of the 1950s" (published in 1994).

Sikov was born in Natrona Heights, Pennsylvania and has a Ph.D. from Columbia University. He has lived in New York City since 1979, and currently lives with his boyfriend Bruce Schackman. Citation
last = Sikov
first = Ed
title = Mr Strangelove: A Biography of Peter Sellers
publisher = Hyperion
place = New York
year = 2002
page = 415
. ]

Sikov's most recent book is "Dark Victory: The Life of Bette Davis" (Henry Holt, 2007). He recorded a commentary track for the Special Collector's Edition DVD of Billy Wilder's "Sunset Boulevard", and is often called upon as a film expert for articles and documentaries, such as the 10-part "American Cinema" series produced by the New York Center for Visual History in association with the BBC and PBS. He has also written for the British and US editions of Premiere magazine as well as for Out, The Advocate, Connoisseur, Spy, Village Voice and Film Quarterly.

Sikov has taught film studies at several colleges and universities, including Colorado College, Columbia University, and his "alma mater", Haverford College, where his course "Sex and Gender on Film" was one of the most popular on campus.

Works

*Dark Victory: The Life of Bette Davis
*On Sunset Boulevard: The Life and Times of Billy Wilder
*Mr Strangelove
*Screwball: Hollywood's Madcap Romantic Comedies
*Laughing Hysterically: American Screen Comedy of the 1950s
*American Cinema Study Guide
*(included in) Friends and Lover, anthology

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