Elvis Mitchell Biography

Fast Facts

• Was nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award for his work on "The AFI Lifetime Achievement Award: Sidney Poitier․"
• Won a NAACP Image Award for "The Black List: Volume One" in 2008
• Graduated from Wayne State University with a degree in English in 1980
• Quote: "(On why we are drawn to movies): "We want to see ourselves - but differently․ We want to see these dream versions of ourselves, we want to be surprised, we want to be entertained․""
• Was a pop culture commentator for NPR's "Weekend Edition" for several years
• Best known as a film critic and host of the radio show "The Treatment․"
• Has been the curator of the Film Independent program at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art since 2011
• Has worked as a film critic for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, LA Weekly, the Detroit Free Press, and the New York Times
• Since he gave the Alain Locke lectures on African American culture in 2002, he has been a visiting lecturer at Harvard University
• Was editor-at-large for Spin magazine and a special correspondent for Interview magazine
• Began hosting "Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence" in 2008, where he interviews actors and directors about classic films