Gerald Peary
Gerald Peary (born October 30, 1944) is an
Early life and education
Peary graduated from
Career
Peary moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1978 to work as a first-string critic for The Real Paper, an alternative weekly, which closed in 1981. He is married to producer and filmmaker Amy Geller, former artistic director of the Boston Jewish Film Festival. Peary is the brother of American film critic and sportswriter Danny Peary.
He was a reviewer and columnist for the
His cinema articles have appeared in the .
Peary is a member of the
Peary also made the feature documentaries Archie’s Betty (2015) and The Rabbi Goes West (2019).[11] He made his acting debut playing a chess champion in Andrew Bujalski’s acclaimed independent feature, Computer Chess (2013).[12]
Upon being asked "What drew you to film criticism?", Peary replied, "I’m a film critic for my love of film. I want other people to see the same films that I saw and love. From the age of four, I was going to movies all the time."[13]
Work
Books
- Rita Hayworth: A Pyramid Illustrated History of the Movies (1976). ISBN 978-0-515-04116-3.
- Women and the Cinema: A Critical Anthology, edited by Karyn Kay and Gerald Peary (1977). ISBN 978-0-525-47459-3.
- The Classic American Novel and the Movies, edited by Gerald Peary and Roger Shatzkin (1977). ISBN 978-0-8044-2681-7.
- The Modern American Novel and the Movies, edited by Gerald Peary and Roger Shatzkin (1978). ISBN 978-0-8044-2682-4.
- The American Animated Cartoon: A Critical Anthology, edited by Danny Peary and Gerald Peary (1980). ISBN 978-0-525-47639-9.
- Little Caesar (Wisconsin/Warner Brothers Screenplays series) edited by Gerald Peary (1981). ISBN 978-0-299-08450-9.
- Quentin Tarantino: Interviews (Conversations With Filmmakers Series) (1998). ISBN 978-1-57806-051-1.
- John Ford: Interviews (Conversations With Filmmakers Series) (2001). ISBN 978-1-57806-398-7.
- Samuel Fuller: Interviews (Conversations With Filmmakers Series) (2012). ISBN 978-1-61703-306-3.
Films
- Twist (documentary, 1992) [story editor]
- Old Warrior (documentary short, 1994) [project consultant]
- Spanish Fly (comedy, 1998) [story editor, script consultant]
- Little Caesar: End of Rico, Beginning of the Antihero (video documentary short, 2005) [appeared as himself]
- For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism (documentary, 2009) [director and writer]
- Computer Chess (comedy, 2013) [actor]
- Archie's Betty (documentary, 2015) [director and writer]
- The Rabbi Goes West (documentary, 2019) [co-director and writer]
References
- ^ "Films of 50 Years Ago In Focus at Two-Day Symposium | Rider University". www.rider.edu. Archived from the original on 2019-08-24.
- ^ a b c Professor Gerald Peary at Suffolk University, Boston
- ^ a b The Boston Society of Film Critics Members
- ^ Before the Wall came down: Soviet and East European filmmakers working in the West
- ^ "You searched for gerald peary". 21 June 2023.
- ^ a b Boston University College of Communication
- ^ The X-list: the National Society of Film Critics
- ^ University Press of Mississippi: Conversations with Filmmakers Series
- ^ Suffolk University, Faculty
- ^ "Faculty & Staff - Suffolk University".
- ^ "Home". therabbigoeswest.com.
- ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-06-02.
- ^ Gerald Peary interview Archived 2011-06-28 at the Wayback Machine by Robin Berghaus of BU Today, 12 Nov 2008
External links
- Gerald Peary interview by Cheryl Eagan-Donovan of NewEnglandFilm.com, 1 January 2007
- Gerald Peary interview Archived 2011-06-28 at the BU Today, 12 November 2008
- Gerald Peary interview by Scott Macaulay of FilmMaker Magazine, 24 March 2009
- Gerald Peary interview by Shlomo Porath of Midnight East, 23 July 2009
- Gerald Peary interview by David Cairns of Shadowplay, 28 July 2009
- Gerald Peary at IMDb
- Official website