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Peter Biskind was born on 1940, is an American historian, journalist and editor. Discover Peter Biskind's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 84 years old?

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1940

Peter Biskind (born 1940) is an American cultural critic, film historian, journalist and former executive editor of Premiere magazine from 1986 to 1996.

He attended Swarthmore College and wrote several books depicting life in Hollywood, including Seeing Is Believing, Easy Riders, Raging Bulls, Down and Dirty Pictures, and Gods and Monsters, some of which were bestsellers.

1970

He and his wife Elizabeth Hess were both on the editorial staff of Seven Days magazine in the late 1970s.

1981

He served as the editor-in-chief of American Film from 1981 to 1986.

Biskind's books have been translated into more than thirty languages.

Roger Ebert had been critical of Biskind since the publications of Easy Riders, Raging Bulls and Down and Dirty Pictures, saying: "Biskind has a way of massaging his stories to suit his agenda."

In particular, Ebert drew attention to an alleged encounter with director Todd Haynes at a film festival, where Haynes presented his film Poison.

According to Biskind's claims, Ebert declared: "Who the hell is Todd Haynes?"

when introduced to him and snatched his hand away from an offered handshake.

Ebert denies this event ever took place, as did Christine Vachon, Biskind's alleged source of the anecdote.

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2010

In 2010, he published a biography of director and actor Warren Beatty, entitled Star: How Warren Beatty Seduced America.

Biskind is a contributing editor at Vanity Fair.

His work has appeared in publications such as Rolling Stone, The Washington Post, Paris Match, The Nation, The New York Times, The Times (London), and the Los Angeles Times, as well as in film journals such as Sight and Sound and Film Quarterly.