Graydon Carter
Biography
Graydon Carter is a Canadian journalist and magazine editor who edited Vanity Fair from 1992 to 2017. Born in Toronto, he co-founded The Canadian Review in 1973, then moved to the United States in 1978 to write for Time, later moving to Life in 1983. In 1986 he helped start the satirical monthly Spy with Kurt Andersen and Thomas L. Phillips Jr., and he ran it until 1991. His Vanity Fair mixed celebrity covers with serious reporting. During his time there he won 14 National Magazine Awards and entered the Magazine Editors' Hall of Fame, and in 2017 he was named to the Order of Canada. He produced documentaries, including 9/11, which brought him an Emmy and a Peabody, and also produced the play I'll Eat You Last. He also had a minor role in Arbitrage (2012) and co-launched the Air Mail newsletter in 2019.
77years old
Turns 78 on July 14in 275 days
- Born Toronto
- Star sign: CancerThe sign runs June 21 to July 22
- Also credited as Edward Graydon Carter
Movie Career
- Films
- 3
- Career span
- 6 years2012 to 2018
Every film, newest first
- 2018Always at The CarlyleIMDb rating 6.6
- 2014She's Funny That WayIMDb rating 6.2
- 2012ArbitrageIMDb rating 6.6
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Behind the camera
Graydon Carter produced I'll Eat You Last, a one-woman show about Hollywood talent agent Sue Mengers. Bette Midler starred, Joe Mantello directed, and it opened at the Booth Theatre in New York City in April 2013.
Behind the camera
Carter served as an executive producer on the award-winning film 9/11, made by Jules and Gedeon Naudet, which covered the September 11 terrorist attacks and was shown on CBS.
Behind the camera
Carter produced a documentary based on The Kid Stays in the Picture, a book about the Hollywood producer Robert Evans. It premiered at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival and screened at Cannes that year.
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Worked with
Graydon Carter made one film with each of them. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Susan Sarandon's page
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Tommy Lee Jones's page
Tim Roth's page
Owen Wilson's page
Alan Cumming's page
Nicholas JareckiDirector, 1 film, 2012
All films by Nicholas Jarecki
All films by Peter Bogdanovich
Matthew MieleDirector, 1 film, 2018
All films by Matthew Miele
Awards
One award and honor.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other honors | |||
| Member of the Order of Canada | Won | ||
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.