Donald Spoto
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[edit] Biography
Donald Spoto (born 1941), is a celebrity biographer, Catholic theologian and former monk. He is best known for sensationalist biographies of Hollywood figures such as Alfred Hitchcock, Laurence Olivier, Tennessee Williams, Ingrid Bergman, James Dean, Elizabeth Taylor, Marlene Dietrich, Marilyn Monroe, and Audrey Hepburn in which, acording to one reviewer, "details, facts or fancies ... jostle one another to little purpose."
Spoto received M.A and PhD degrees in theology (New Testament studies) from Fordham University. He then taught theology, Christian mysticism, and Biblical literature for 20 years before turning to writing about Hollywood stars in 1976.
Recently, he has alternated between the celebrity biographies and accounts of such religious figures as Jesus and St. Francis of Assisi.
He has published 22 books.
[edit] Hitchcock Books
- "The Art of Alfred Hitchcock" - by Donald Spoto
- "The Dark Side of Genius: Life of Alfred Hitchcock" - by Donald Spoto
- "Spellbound by Beauty: Alfred Hitchcock and His Leading Ladies" - by Donald Spoto
[edit] Documentaries
He has appeared in the following Hitchcockian documentaries...
- Close Up on Hitchcock (BBC, 1999)
- Living Famously - Alfred Hitchcock (2002)
- In the Master's Shadow - Hitchcock's Legacy (2008)
- Saul Bass - Title Champ (2008)
- Edith Head - Dressing the Master's Movies (2008)
- Bernard Herrmann - Hitchcock's Maestro (2008)
- Alma - The Master's Muse (2008)
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