Andrew Sarris
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Biography
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1948
Reportedly hit by a truck crossing the street c. 1948 "after seeing 'That Hamilton Woman' (1941) for the 37th time or something"; during convalescence (on crutches for about a year), he started going to movies all the time
1952
Served in U.S. Army Signal Corps
1955
Worked as an associate editor of Film Culture
1955
Served as story consultant at 20th Century-Fox
1960
Wrote film reviews for The Village Voice
1962
Named Editor-in-Chief of Cahiers du Cinéma (English-language edition), coined the term Auteur Theory in his 1962 essay "Notes on the Auteur Theory"
1968
Wrote the highly influential book The American Cinema: Directors and Directions 1929-1968
1969
Began lectureship at Columbia University School of the Arts as assistant professor; became associate professor in 1972; appointed full professor in 1980
1969
Reportedly made uncredited contributions to the screenplay of "Justine," directed by George Cukor
1970
Did uncredited work on screenplay of Jules Dassin's "Promise at Dawn"
1971
Wrote Confessions of a Cultist: On the Cinema, 1955/1969
1980
Was a member of the jury at the Venice Film Festival
1986
Wrote the liner notes for "The Voice: The Columbia Years 1943-1952," a collection of recordings of Frank Sinatra
1989
Wrote film critiques for The New York Observer
1998
Published You Ain't Heard Nothing Yet: The American Talking Film, History and Memory 1927-1949
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