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Jonathan Ames

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Jonathan Ames (born March 23, 1964) is an American author who has written a number of novels and comic memoirs, and is the creator of two television series, Bored to Death (HBO) and Blunt Talk (STARZ). [1]

59 relations: Author, Blunt Talk, Bored to Death, Brooklyn, Charles Bukowski, Columbia University, Comedy, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Dean Haspiel, Drunk History, HBO, Indian Hills High School (New Jersey), Iowa Writers' Workshop, Jason Schwartzman, Joaquin Phoenix, John C. Reilly, John Malkovich, Junius Brutus Booth, Katie Holmes, Kevin Kline, Larry David, Late Show with David Letterman, Literary fiction, Lynne Ramsay, Master of Fine Arts, Memoir, Most Phallic Building contest, Neurosis, New York (state), New York City, New York Press, Novel, Novelist, Oakland, New Jersey, Patrick Stewart, Paul Dano, Princeton University, Sean McGinly, Sequential art, Seth MacFarlane, Showtime (TV network), Slate (magazine), Starz, Storytelling, Sundance Film Festival, Television pilot, The Extra Man (film), The Great Buck Howard, The Moth, The New School, ..., The New York Times, The Star-Ledger, The Village Voice, Vintage Books, Williamsburgh Savings Bank Tower, You Were Never Really Here, 2017 Cannes Film Festival, 73rd Golden Globe Awards, 7th Critics' Choice Television Awards. Expand index (9 more) »

Author

An author is the creator or originator of any written work such as a book or play, and is thus also a writer.

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Blunt Talk

Blunt Talk is an American sitcom on the Starz cable network starring Patrick Stewart, created by Jonathan Ames, and executive produced by Seth MacFarlane.

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Bored to Death

Bored to Death is an American comedy series that ran on HBO from September 20, 2009 to November 28, 2011.

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Brooklyn

Brooklyn is the most populous borough of New York City, with a census-estimated 2,648,771 residents in 2017.

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Charles Bukowski

Henry Charles Bukowski (born Heinrich Karl Bukowski; August 16, 1920 – March 9, 1994) was a German born American poet, novelist, and short story writer.

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Columbia University

Columbia University (Columbia; officially Columbia University in the City of New York), established in 1754, is a private Ivy League research university in Upper Manhattan, New York City.

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Comedy

In a modern sense, comedy (from the κωμῳδία, kōmōidía) refers to any discourse or work generally intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, television, film, stand-up comedy, or any other medium of entertainment.

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Curb Your Enthusiasm

Curb Your Enthusiasm is an American comedy television series produced and broadcast by HBO that premiered on October 15, 2000.

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Dean Haspiel

Dean Edmund Haspiel (born May 31, 1967, in New York City) is an American comic book artist.

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Drunk History

Drunk History is an American educational television comedy series produced by Comedy Central, based on the Funny or Die web series created by Derek Waters and Jeremy Konner in 2007.

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HBO

Home Box Office (HBO) is an American premium cable and satellite television network of Home Box Office, Inc..

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Indian Hills High School (New Jersey)

Indian Hills High School is a comprehensive four-year public high school serving students in ninth through twelfth grades, located in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.

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Iowa Writers' Workshop

The Program in Creative Writing, more commonly known as the Iowa Writers' Workshop, at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa, is a much-celebrated graduate-level creative writing program in the United States.

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Jason Schwartzman

Jason Francesco Schwartzman (born June 26, 1980) is an American actor, screenwriter and musician.

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Joaquin Phoenix

Joaquín Rafael Phoenix (né Bottom; born October 28, 1974) is an American actor, producer, and activist.

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John C. Reilly

John Christopher Reilly (born May 24, 1965) is an American actor, comedian, singer, screenwriter, and producer.

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John Malkovich

John Gavin Malkovich (born December 9, 1953) is an American actor, director, producer and fashion designer.

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Junius Brutus Booth

Junius Brutus Booth (May 1, 1796 – November 30, 1852) was an English stage actor.

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Katie Holmes

Kate Noelle Holmes (born December 18, 1978) is an American actress.

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Kevin Kline

Kevin Delaney Kline (born October 24, 1947) is an American film and stage actor and singer.

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Larry David

Lawrence Gene David (born July 2, 1947) is an American comedian, writer, actor, playwright, and television producer.

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Late Show with David Letterman

Late Show with David Letterman is an American late-night talk show hosted by David Letterman on CBS, the first iteration of the ''Late Show'' franchise.

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Literary fiction

Literary fiction is fiction that is regarded as having literary merit, as distinguished from most commercial or "genre" fiction.

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Lynne Ramsay

Lynne Ramsay (born 5 December 1969) is a Scottish film director, writer, producer, and cinematographer best known for the feature films Ratcatcher, Morvern Callar, We Need to Talk About Kevin and You Were Never Really Here.

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Master of Fine Arts

A Master of Fine Arts (MFA or M.F.A.) is a creative degree in fine arts, including visual arts, creative writing, graphic design, photography, filmmaking, dance, theatre, other performing arts—or in some cases, theatre management or arts administration.

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Memoir

A memoir (US: /ˈmemwɑːr/; from French: mémoire: memoria, meaning memory or reminiscence) is a collection of memories that an individual writes about moments or events, both public or private, that took place in the subject's life.

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Most Phallic Building contest

The World's Most Phallic Building contest was a contest held in 2003 by Cabinet magazine to find the building which most resembled a human phallus.

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Neurosis

Neurosis is a class of functional mental disorders involving chronic distress but neither delusions nor hallucinations.

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New York (state)

New York is a state in the northeastern United States.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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New York Press

New York Press was a free alternative weekly in New York City, which was published from 1988 to 2011.

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Novel

A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, normally in prose, which is typically published as a book.

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Novelist

A novelist is an author or writer of novels, though often novelists also write in other genres of both fiction and non-fiction.

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Oakland, New Jersey

Oakland is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.

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Patrick Stewart

Sir Patrick Stewart, (born 13 July 1940) is an English actor whose career has included roles on stage, television, and film in a career spanning almost six decades.

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Paul Dano

Paul Franklin Dano (born June 19, 1984) is an American actor, director, screenwriter, producer and musician.

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Princeton University

Princeton University is a private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey.

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Sean McGinly

Sean McGinly is an American film director and screenwriter.

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Sequential art

In comics studies, sequential art is a term proposed by comics artist Will EisnerWill Eisner, Comics and Sequential Art, Poorhouse Press, 1990 (1st ed.: 1985), p. 5.

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Seth MacFarlane

Seth Woodbury MacFarlane (born October 26, 1973) is an American actor, animator, writer, producer, director, and singer, working primarily in animation and comedy, as well as live-action and other genres.

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Showtime (TV network)

Showtime is an American premium cable and satellite television network that serves as the flagship service of the Showtime Networks subsidiary of CBS Corporation, which also owns sister services The Movie Channel and Flix.

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Slate (magazine)

Slate is an online magazine that covers current affairs, politics, and culture in the United States from a liberal perspective.

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Starz

Starz (stylized as STARZ; pronounced "stars") is an American premium cable and satellite television network which serves as Starz Inc.'s flagship service.

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Storytelling

Storytelling describes the social and cultural activity of sharing stories, sometimes with improvisation, theatrics, or embellishment.

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Sundance Film Festival

The Sundance Film Festival, a program of the Sundance Institute, takes place annually in Park City, Utah.

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Television pilot

A television pilot (also known as a pilot or a pilot episode and sometimes marketed as a tele-movie) is a standalone episode of a television series that is used to sell the show to a television network.

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The Extra Man (film)

The Extra Man is a 2010 comedy film based on Jonathan Ames' novel of the same name.

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The Great Buck Howard

The Great Buck Howard is a 2008 American comedy-drama film directed by Sean McGinly that stars Colin Hanks and John Malkovich.

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The Moth

The Moth is a non-profit group based in New York City dedicated to the art and craft of storytelling.

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The New School

The New School is a private non-profit research university centered in Manhattan, New York City, USA, located mostly in Greenwich Village.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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The Star-Ledger

The Star-Ledger is the largest circulated newspaper in the U.S. state of New Jersey and is based in Newark.

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The Village Voice

The Village Voice is an American news and culture paper, known for being the country's first alternative newsweekly.

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Vintage Books

Vintage Books is a publishing imprint established in 1954 by Alfred A. Knopf.

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Williamsburgh Savings Bank Tower

The Williamsburgh Savings Bank Tower, at 1 Hanson Place between Ashland Place and St.

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You Were Never Really Here

You Were Never Really Here is a 2017 thriller film written and directed by Lynne Ramsay, and based on the book of the same name by Jonathan Ames.

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2017 Cannes Film Festival

The 70th Cannes Film Festival took place from 17 to 28 May 2017, in Cannes, France.

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73rd Golden Globe Awards

The 73rd Golden Globe Awards honored the best in film and American television of 2015 and was broadcast live on January 10, 2016, from The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California 5:00 p.m. PST / 8:00 p.m. EST by NBC.

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7th Critics' Choice Television Awards

The 7th Critics' Choice Television Awards, presented by the Broadcast Television Journalists Association (BTJA), honoring the best in primetime television programming from January 1, 2016 until November 10, 2016, were held on December 11, 2016 at the Barker Hangar at the Santa Monica Airport in Santa Monica, California.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Ames

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