Nationality American Role Author Name Stephen Elliott | Genre Novel; filmmaker | |
Born December 3, 1971 (age 52) ( 1971-12-03 ) Occupation Journalist, Writer, Editor, Filmmaker Alma mater University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign;
Northwestern University Notable works Happy Baby 2004, The Adderall Diaries 2009 Movies About Cherry, The Adderall Diaries Education University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, Mather High School, Northwestern University Books Happy Baby, My Girlfriend Comes to, A life without consequences, The Physics and Che, Sex for America Similar People Ashley Hinshaw, Pamela Romanowsky, Heather Graham, Dev Patel, Lili Taylor | ||
Notable awards Stegner Fellowship | ||
Stephen elliott talks at google
Stephen Elliott (born December 3, 1971) is an American author, activist, and poker enthusiast currently living in Los Angeles who has written and published seven books and directed two films. He is the founder and former Editor-in-Chief of the online literary magazine The Rumpus. In December 2014, he became Senior Editor at Epic Magazine. He is also known for his distinctive tattoos, including one of the logo for The Rumpus.
Contents
- Stephen elliott talks at google
- Background and education
- Books and journalism
- Films
- Published works
- Awards
- References
Background and education
Elliott grew up in Chicago. In his adolescence he was made a ward of the court and placed in several group homes. He attended Mather High School and the University of Illinois, and went on to receive his master's degree in cinema studies from Northwestern University in 1996. In 2001, he was awarded the Stegner Fellowship from Stanford University, given to emerging writers in fiction and poetry. He was then the Marsh McCall lecturer in Creative Writing at Stanford University. Elliott is Jewish on his father's side.
Books and journalism
Elliott went on the campaign trail and wrote a book about the 2004 U.S. presidential race, Looking Forward To It: or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying About It and Love the American Electoral Process. His novel Happy Baby, edited by Dave Eggers and co-published by McSweeney's and MacAdam/Cage, was released in February 2004. The paperback of Happy Baby was published by Picador in January 2005. His book My Girlfriend Comes to the City and Beats Me Up is a collection of S&M erotica, sometimes referred to as a sexual memoir, published by Cleis Press in 2006.
In April 2007, he published an essay about his experiment of not using the Internet for one month, writing: "I could feel my attention span lengthening. I would think about problems until I figured them out."
In 2008, Elliott started The Rumpus, an online cultural commentary site.
His most recent book is a true-crime memoir called The Adderall Diaries and was adapted into the film of the same name, where James Franco plays Elliott.
Films
In 2012, Elliott directed the film About Cherry, based on a script written by Lorelei Lee and himself. The film starred Ashley Hinshaw, James Franco and Dev Patel, and debuted at the 2012 Berlin International Film Festival.
In December 2012, Elliott raised the funds via Kickstarter to shoot his second film, Happy Baby, based on his novel of the same name. Production was completed on July 7, 2013.