Joshuah Bearman is a former staff writer and editor for the LA Weekly. He writes for Rolling Stone, Harper's, Wired, The New York Times Magazine, The Believer, McSweeney's, The Huffington Post and contributes to This American Life. Bearman was a contributing producer on the documentary, The King of Kong. He was one half of Team USA in Walleyball, a short film by Brent Hoff about a pick up game of volleyball at the US-Mexico Border. He was the editor-in-chief of Yeti Researcher, a journal in the field of cryptic hominid investigation, published by McSweeney's. Bearman is a board member of 826LA, a non-profit tutoring center in Los Angeles. He lives in Hollywood, California, and is currently working on a book for Farrar, Straus, and Giroux.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
Several of Bearman's articles have been optioned for film and television adaptation. His 2007 Wired article about a CIA mission during the Iran Hostage Crisis was adapted into the film Argo, with George Clooney producing and Ben Affleck directing and starring. The film is currently in production.[8]
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Works
Articles
- "Art of the Steal: On the Trail of the World's Most Ingenius Thief," Wired, March 22, 2010
- "The Legend of Master Legend," Rolling Stone, December 25, 2008
- "Can D.I.Y. Replace The First Person Shooter? The New York Times Magazine, November 15, 2009
- "The perfect game: Five years with the master of Pac-Man," Harper's, July 2008
- "Escape from Tehran: How the CIA Used a Fake Sci-Fi Flick to Rescue Americans from Iran," Wired, May 2007
- "The Gospel According to Rio: Heaven's Gate, the Sequel," LA Weekly, March 27, 2007
- "Mr. Romance," The Panorama, McSweeney's issue 33, 2010
This American Life
- Episode 323: The Super
- Episode 334: Duty Calls
- Episode 371: Scenes From a Mall
- Episode 447: The Incredible Case of the PI Moms
References
- ^ "The King of Kong". http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0923752/.
- ^ "826LA". http://www.826la.org/about/.
- ^ "Walleyball". http://www.pangeaday.org/filmDetail.php?id=14.
- ^ "Joshuah Bearman". The Believer. http://www.believermag.com/contributors/?read=bearman,+joshuah. Retrieved 2008-12-12.
- ^ "How the CIA Used a Fake Sci-Fi Flick to Rescue Americans from Tehran". Wired. http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/15.05/feat_cia.html. Retrieved 2008-12-12.
- ^ "Joshuah Bearman". The Huffington Post. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joshuah-bearman. Retrieved 2008-12-12. "Joshuah Bearman is an editor and writer at the LA Weekly. He is also a contributor to McSweeney's and the Believer, both publications of unusual design and literary note. He has spent way too much time writing on such varied topics as the Presidential election, treasure hunting, and Mr. Winkle the celebrity dog."
- ^ "Deals". Publisher's Weekly. http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/book-news/deals/article/7587-deals-7-13-2009-.html.
- ^ "Ben Affleck picks 'Argo' lead: Ben Affleck". Variety. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118039201.
External links
- Joshuah Bearman at LA Weekly
- Official website
- Yeti Researcher
- Joshuah Bearman at The Believer
- Joshuah Bearman at Internet Movie Database.