Josh Greenfeld
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Josh Greenfeld is an author
and screenwriter
mostly known for his screenplay for the 1974 film Harry and Tonto
along with Paul Mazursky
, which earned them an Academy Award nomination and its star, Art Carney, the Oscar itself for Best Actor. Greenfeld also wrote Oh, God! Book II and the TV special Lovey and is the author of several books about his autistic son, Noah Greenfeld.
The trilogy, "A Child Called Noah," "A Place for Noah," and "A Client Called Noah," detail the effects that Noah's disabilities place on the Greenfelds and the extraordinary lengths that the family went through to find the very best care available for their son. His wife, the Japanese Fumiko Kometani
, is also a writer and has won the Akutagawa Prize, Japan's most prestigious literary award; she too wrote about their son and his developmental disability
. His older son, Karl Taro Greenfeld
, currently a special contributor to Portfolio and Details, wrote his own story of growing up with Noah entitled "Boy Alone: A Brother's Memoir"; Karl is also the author of "China Syndrome," "Speed Tribes," and "Standard Deviations."
Among Josh Greenfeld's plays are "Clandestine on the Morning Line," "I Have a Dream," "The Last Two Jews of Kabul," and "Canal Street." His novels include "O for a Master of Magic," "The Return of Mr. Hollywood," and "What Happened Was This".
In 1968, Greenfeld signed the “Writers and Editors War Tax Protest” pledge, vowing to refuse tax payments in protest against the Vietnam War.
Greenfeld attended the University of Michigan
. Greenfeld attended Brooklyn College; he received a BA from the University of Michigan and an MA from Columbia University.
Author
An author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...
and screenwriter
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
mostly known for his screenplay for the 1974 film Harry and Tonto
Harry and Tonto
Harry and Tonto is a 1974 road movie written by Paul Mazursky and Josh Greenfeld and directed by Mazursky, starring Art Carney.-Synopsis:...
along with Paul Mazursky
Paul Mazursky
Paul Mazursky is an American film director, screenwriter and actor.-Personal life:He was born Irwin Mazursky in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Jean , a piano player for dance classes, and David Mazursky, a laborer. Mazursky was born to a Jewish family; his grandfather was an immigrant from...
, which earned them an Academy Award nomination and its star, Art Carney, the Oscar itself for Best Actor. Greenfeld also wrote Oh, God! Book II and the TV special Lovey and is the author of several books about his autistic son, Noah Greenfeld.
The trilogy, "A Child Called Noah," "A Place for Noah," and "A Client Called Noah," detail the effects that Noah's disabilities place on the Greenfelds and the extraordinary lengths that the family went through to find the very best care available for their son. His wife, the Japanese Fumiko Kometani
Fumiko Kometani
Fumiko Kometani, born in Osaka, Japan in 1930, is a Japanese author and artist and a longtime resident of the United States. Kometani moved to the U.S. in 1960 when she was working as an abstract painter, spending time at the MacDowell Colony in New Hampshire where she met her husband, Josh...
, is also a writer and has won the Akutagawa Prize, Japan's most prestigious literary award; she too wrote about their son and his developmental disability
Developmental disability
Developmental disability is a term used in the United States and Canada to describe lifelong disabilities attributable to mental or physical impairments, manifested prior to age 18. It is not synonymous with "developmental delay" which is often a consequence of a temporary illness or trauma during...
. His older son, Karl Taro Greenfeld
Karl Taro Greenfeld
Karl Taro Greenfeld is a journalist and author known primarily for his articles on life in modern Asia and both his fiction and non-fiction in The Paris Review....
, currently a special contributor to Portfolio and Details, wrote his own story of growing up with Noah entitled "Boy Alone: A Brother's Memoir"; Karl is also the author of "China Syndrome," "Speed Tribes," and "Standard Deviations."
Among Josh Greenfeld's plays are "Clandestine on the Morning Line," "I Have a Dream," "The Last Two Jews of Kabul," and "Canal Street." His novels include "O for a Master of Magic," "The Return of Mr. Hollywood," and "What Happened Was This".
In 1968, Greenfeld signed the “Writers and Editors War Tax Protest” pledge, vowing to refuse tax payments in protest against the Vietnam War.
Greenfeld attended the University of Michigan
University of Michigan
The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...
. Greenfeld attended Brooklyn College; he received a BA from the University of Michigan and an MA from Columbia University.
External links
- http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2000/05/09/60II/main193439.shtml