JOSEPH McBRIDE
Associate Professor

Education/Professional Preparation

• Marquette University High School (National Merit Scholar)
• University of Wisconsin
• Ph.D. equivalency, San Francisco State University
• The Wisconsin State Journal   (Madison), 1969-1973: General assignment reporter, feature writer, and film reviewer
• The Riverside Press-Enterprise  (Riverside, Ca.), 1973-1974: General assignment reporter and feature writer
• Daily Variety (Los Angeles) and Variety (New York), 1974-1977; 1980-1981; 1989-1992: Reporter, feature writer, reviewer, and columnist
  

Areas of Expertise

• Screenwriting
• American Cinema
• American history, politics and literature
  

Books

• Persistence of Vision: A Collection of Film Criticism   (editor), 1968
• Orson Welles,  1972; revised and expanded edition, 1996
• Focus on Howard Hawks  (editor), 1972
• John Ford   (with Michael Wilmington), 1974
• Kirk Douglas,  1976
• Orson Welles: Actor and Director,  1977
• High and Inside: The Complete Guide to Baseball Slang,  1980; revised and expanded edition, High and Inside: An A-to-Z Guide to the Language of Baseball,  1997
• Hawks on Hawks,  1982
• Filmmakers on Filmmaking,  Vols. I and II (editor), 1983
• Frank Capra: The Catastrophe of Success,  1992; revised edition, 2000
• Steven Spielberg: A Biography,  1997
• The Book of Movie Lists: An Offbeat, Provocative Collection of the Best and Worst of Everything in Movies,  1998
• Searching for John Ford,  2001
• What Ever Happened to Orson Welles?: A Portrait of an Independent Career (forthcoming), 2006
  

Feature Film Scripts (in collaboration)

• Blood and Guts, 1978
• Rock 'n' Roll High School, 1979
  

Television Scripts (some in collaboration)

• The American Film Institute Salute to James Stewart, 1980
• The American Film Institute Salute to Fred Astaire, 1981
• Let Poland Be Poland, 1982
• The American Film Institute Salute to Frank Capra, 1982
• The American Film Institute Salute to John Huston, 1983
• The American Film Institute Salute to Lillian Gish, 1984
• 100 Years . . . 100 Movies: War and Peace, 1998
  

Documentaries (co-producer)

• Obsessed with "Vertigo": New Life for Hitchcock's Masterpiece,  1997
• John Ford Goes to War,  2002
  

DVD Commentaries

• "How Green Was My Valley," with Anna Lee, 2002
• "An Affair to Remember," with Marni Nixon, 2002
• "The Grapes of Wrath," with Susan Shillinglaw, 2004
• "Cheyenne Autumn," 2006
• "The Complete Buster Keaton Short Films, 1917-1923," 2006
• "Jane Eyre," with Margaret O'Brien, forthcoming

Awards/Honors

• Wisconsin Council for Creative Writers Award (Best Non-Fiction Book): Orson Welles,  1972
• Writers Guild of America Award (Best TV Variety, Musical, or Comedy Script): The American Film Institute Salute to John Huston,  1983
• RTE Guide   (Ireland) selection as Film Book of the Year: Frank Capra: The Catastrophe of Success,  1992
• Chosen as one of the Top 100 Irish-Americans of 1993 by Irish America magazine
• Wisconsin Library Association Literary Awards Committee, Outstanding Achievement Recognition: Frank Capra: The Catastrophe of Success,  1993
• The Book Collectors of Los Angeles' selection as one of the 100 Best Books on Hollywood and the Movies: Hawks on Hawks,  1993
• The Entertainment Weekly Guide to the Greatest Movies Ever Made selection as one of the 100 best movie musicals: Rock 'n' Roll High School,   1994
• Brandeis University National Women's Committee (Los Angeles Chapter) Award for "Achievements in the field of biography of many Hollywood luminaries," 1997
• Emmy nominations from Academy of Television Arts & Sciences: The American Film Institute Salute to Fred Astaire,  1981, and The American Film Institute Salute to Lillian Gish,  1984
• Los Angeles Film Critics Association (founding member), 1975-2002; vice-president, 1995-1997
• Writers Guild of America Awards nominations for "The American Film Institute Salute to James Stewart," 1980; "The American Film Institute Salute to Fred Astaire," 1981; "The American Film Institute Salute to Frank Capra," 1982; and "The American Film Institute Salute to Lillian Gish,* 1984