James Curtis (biographer)
James Curtis is an American biographer. Born in Los Angeles, California, Curtis writes about important figures from the early days of film.[1]
Work
Curtis's publications include biographies of comedian W. C. Fields, director and screenwriter Preston Sturges, director James Whale, production designer William Cameron Menzies[2] and actor Spencer Tracy.[3] Curtis spent six years researching and writing Spencer Tracy: A Biography (2011). Film critic Leonard Maltin praised the work, saying in his review, "It represents a high-water mark in this field: a scrupulously researched life story that is also well-written and completely absorbing, through 878 pages of text".[4]
He received the Special Jury Prize of the Theatre Library Association in 2004 for W. C. Fields: A Biography.[5]
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