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Kim Newman

Kim Newman

Kim Newman

1959-07-31

London, England, USA

Age: 66

ACTING

Biography

English journalist, film critic, and fiction writer. Recurring interests visible in his work include film history and horror fiction—both of which he attributes to seeing Tod Browning's Dracula at the age of eleven—and alternate fictional versions of history. He has won the Bram Stoker Award, the International Horror Guild Award, and the BSFA award.

Best known for:

Censor

Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!

The Amazing Mr. Blunden

The Hunger

Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape

Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy

The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen

Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light

Video Nasties: Draconian Days

Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices

Fascism on a Thread: The Strange Story of Nazisploitation Cinema

Tales of the Uncanny

Scala!!!

Mark Kermode's Secrets of Cinema

Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film

From Romero to Rome: The Rise and Fall of the Italian Zombie Movie

Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film

Yellow Fever: The Rise and Fall of the Giallo

Prisoners of Gravity

Karloff: The Gentle Monster

Lugosi: The Dark Prince

He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce

Kim Newman's Guide to the Flipside of British Cinema

Fear Himself: The Life and Crimes of Freddy Krueger

A Place Among the Dead

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Filmography:

The Hunger (1997)
WORK AS:
Story
The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen (1999)
WORK AS:
Writer
Mark Kermode's Secrets of Cinema (2018)
WORK AS:
Writer
Mark Kermode's Christmas Cinema Secrets (2018)
WORK AS:
Writer
A Place Among the Dead (2020)
APPEREAD AS:
KN
Censor (2021)
4.4
WORK AS:
Executive Producer
The Amazing Mr. Blunden (2021)
4.9
APPEREAD AS:
Mr. Merrin