Name Ned Zeman | Role Writer | |
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Books The Rules of the Tunnel: My Brief Period of Madness | ||
Ned Zeman (born 1966) is a writer for Vanity Fair magazine and also a screenwriter. He covers Hollywood, crime, politics, and wildlife. He joined Vanity Fair as a senior editor in May 1997. In June 2000, he became a contributing editor. Before working with Vanity Fair, Zeman wrote for a number of magazines which include GQ, Sports Illustrated, and Outside Magazine. Prior, he a staff writer at Newsweek from 1988-1993 during which he also wrote for Spy.
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He has covered and interviewed celebrities such as Jennifer Lopez, Mike Ovitz, and Julia Roberts.
While reporting a 2001 story about Steven Seagal's links to the mafia, he was threatened by an unknown gunman. Zeman wrote a well known article about the death of Timothy Treadwell, who lived among bears.
In 2011, Zeman published his memoir entitled "The Rules of the Tunnel: My Brief Period of Madness" where he details his battle with clinical depression.
Awards and honors
His article on the death of Timothy Treadwell, was a finalist for the National Magazine Award. This same article was optioned for the movies along with his article on Bruno Zehnder, the man who photographed penguins.