Elvis Mitchell

Birth Name:

Elvis Mitchell

Birth Place:

Highland Park, Michigan, United States

Profession

Producer, Actor, Writer, Director

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․""
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 a pop culture commentator for NPR's "Weekend Edition" for several years
Began hosting "Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence" in 2008, where he interviews actors and directors about classic films
Was editor-at-large for Spin magazine and a special correspondent for Interview magazine

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