Norman Corwin is a Bostonian who, at 17, started on a course that led him ultimately into almost all the media. After 10 years as a newspaperman, he moved into radio and served as writer-director-producer for CBS in the heyday of that network's glory with such memorable series as "26 by Corwin," "Columbia Presents Corwin," and such milestones in broadcasting as the four-network "We Hold These Truths" and "On a Note of Triumph." Corwin has written and directed stage plays, television dramas, motion pictures, three cantatas (one of which was performed in the Assembly Hall of the United Nations), and even the libretto of an award-winning one-act opera that was produced by the Metropolitan. He wrote the Oscar-nominated screenplay for "Lust for Life," for which Anthony Quinn won an Oscar for his performance as Gaugin.
Among recent works, Corwin wrote the culminating Ode to wrap up CBS' nine-hour 50th-anniversary celebration.
Author of 12 published books, Corwin writes a monthly column on media, chairs two award committees for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, and is a Writer in Residence at the University of Southern California's Annenberg School for Communication.
Veteran journalist, former USC Annenberg journalism school director and fellow professor Bryce Nelson interviewed Corwin in spring 2005.
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