Gene Youngblood

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Gene Youngblood
Youngblood in 2012
Youngblood in 2012
Born(1942-05-30)May 30, 1942
Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.
DiedApril 6, 2021(2021-04-06) (aged 78)
Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S.
OccupationFilm and culture critic; professor of film and video history, media arts, and media democracy
Spouses
Nancy Marilyn Youngblood
(m. 1970; div. 1980)
Jane Youngblood
(m. 2012)
Website
geneyoungblood.com

Gene Youngblood (May 30, 1942 – April 6, 2021)

media arts.[3][4] He is also known for his pioneering work in the media democracy movement, a subject on which he taught, wrote, and lectured, beginning in 1967.[4][5][6]

Journalism

Youngblood circa 1980

For ten years in the 1960s, Gene Youngblood was a journalist for newspapers, television, and radio in Los Angeles. He was a reporter and film critic for the

Los Angeles Herald-Examiner (1962–1967), a reporter for KHJ-TV, arts commentator for KPFK, and from 1967 to 1970 he was associate editor and columnist for the Los Angeles Free Press,[7]
the first and largest of the underground newspapers of that era.

Academia

Youngblood has held several academic posts in his career, but is best known for his time with the Film/Video School at

College of Santa Fe
.

Bibliography

References

  1. ^ "Gene Youngblood (1942–2021)". Artforum. April 7, 2021. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
  2. ^ Greenberger, Alex (April 7, 2021). "Gene Youngblood, Writer of Influential 'Expanded Cinema' Book, Has Died at 78". ARTnews. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
  3. ^ Manovich, Lev. 2002. "Ten Key Texts on Digital Art: 1970–2000". Leonardo. 35 (5): 567–569.
  4. ^ a b Secession Trailer 1F Dir. Bryan Konefsky. Intvw. Steve Benedict, John Hanhardt, Chrissie Iles, and Steve Seid. Vimeo. Web. July 29, 2010.
  5. OCLC 1099678911. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help
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  6. OCLC 5537628132. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help
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  7. ^ Youngblood, Gene (1967–1970). "Los Angeles Free Press Articles by Gene Youngblood". Los Angeles Free Press.

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