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John J. B. Wilson
Copywriter, publicist
Known forFounder of the Golden Raspberry Awards
SpouseBarbara Wilson
Children1
Websiterazzies.com

John J. B. Wilson (born May 24, 1954) is an American

copywriter and publicist. He majored in film and television at University of California, Los Angeles
, and after graduation worked on film marketing campaigns.

Wilson is the co-founder of the

Razzie Award for Worst Picture. Attendance doubled at Razzie award ceremonies in the following years, and by the 4th Golden Raspberry Awards the event received coverage from CNN and two major news wires. Wilson has retained an active role in the awards, and is referred to as the "Head Razzberry". His book The Official Razzie Movie Guide
was published in 2005 for the 25th anniversary of the Razzie Awards.

Early life and family

Wilson grew up in

The Blade.[7]

As of 2005[update], Wilson lives in Cerritos, California with his wife Barbara. They have one son.[3]

Golden Raspberry Awards

Wilson said that after watching a double feature of

Academy Awards,[9] in 1981, after the 53rd Academy Awards had completed for the evening, Wilson gave his friends ballots to vote on worst in film,[8] and organized an impromptu award ceremony in his living room, at a podium made of cardboard in a tacky tuxedo, with a foam ball attached to a broomstick as a faux microphone.[3][9] The impromptu ceremony was a success, and the following week a press release about his event released by Wilson was picked up by a few local newspapers, including a mention in the Los Angeles Daily News with the headline: "Take These Envelopes, Please".[3][5][9]

John Wilson at 28th Golden Raspberry Awards (2008)

The term

Super 8 mm film reel; the whole of which is spray-painted gold.[10][11][1]

Approximately three dozen people came to the 1st Golden Raspberry Awards.[5] The 2nd Golden Raspberry Awards had double the attendance as the first, and the 3rd awards ceremony had double this number.[5] By the 4th Golden Raspberry Awards ceremony, CNN and two major wire services covered the event.[9] Wilson realized that by scheduling the Golden Raspberry Awards prior to the Academy Awards, the ceremony would get more press coverage: "We finally figured out you couldn't compete with the Oscars on Oscar night, but if you went the night before, when the press from all over the world are here and they are looking for something to do, it could well catch on," he said to BBC News.[9]

Wilson's book The Official Razzie Movie Guide was published in 2005 to mark the 25th anniversary of the awards;[12] he had previously authored Everything I Know I Learned at the Movies in 1996.[13] In addition to Razzie winners, The Official Razzie Movie Guide also includes Wilson's "100 favorites among the Worst Movies Ever Made".[12]

Works

  • Wilson, John J. B. (1996). Everything I Know I Learned at the Movies: A Compilation of Cliches and Un-Truisms Gleaned from a Lifetime Spent Entirely Too Much in the Dark. General Publishing Group, Incorporated.
    ISBN 1-881649-64-4
    .
  • Wilson, John (2005).
    ISBN 0-446-69334-0
    .

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Crouse 2005, p. 103.
  2. ^ a b Crouse 2005, p. 208.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i Larsen, Peter (January 20, 2005). "The Morning Read – So bad, they're almost good – A love of movies lies behind the Razzies". The Orange County Register. p. 1.
  4. ^ "Blowing raspberries at Tinseltown". February 24, 2007.
  5. ^
    Long Beach Press-Telegram
    . p. A1.
  6. ^ English 2005, p. 101.
  7. The Blade
    . p. D1.
  8. ^
    South Florida Sun-Sentinel
    . Sun-Sentinel Company. p. 7D.
  9. ^ a b c d e f Lindrea, Victoria (February 25, 2007). "Blowing raspberries at Tinseltown". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved May 4, 2009.
  10. ^ a b c Dawson 2006, p. 48–50.
  11. ^ Agence France-Presse staff (February 22, 2009). "'Love Guru', Paris Hilton are top of the flops". Agence France-Presse.
  12. ^
    Wilmington Star-News
    . p. 22.
  13. ISBN 1-881649-64-4
    .

Sources

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