SEAN MITCHELL is a journalist, critic and author of the collection Why the News from Hollywood Always Wears a Tan: Profiles, Essays and Encounters (2012), published by New Caronia Press.
His articles about theatre, film, radio, TV and popular music have appeared regularly the Los Angeles Times since 1991, as well as in The New York Times, The Guardian, Los Angeles Magazine, New York Magazine, New York Newsday, Tu Ciudad Los Angeles, Rolling Stone, InStyle, TV Guide, The Nation, USA Today, The Texas Observer and Electronic Media.
A former staff writer at the Los Angeles Herald Examiner and Dallas Times Herald, he is the recipient of the George Jean Nathan Award for distinguished drama criticism and an ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award for excellence in writing about music.
Born in Bethlehem, Pa., he grew up in Dallas, Texas and is a graduate of Brown University and St. Mark’s School of Texas. He lives in the Los Angeles suburb of Alhambra, California.
contact: seanrileymitchell@mac.com
“Sean Mitchell’s cold-eyed reporting on the performers, publicists and producers gives us a bracing insight into why it’s so hard to find out what really happens within an industry so adored by the American public. These sterling commentaries on movies, music, theatre and sports make you feel you’ve gotten what’s real from a writer who dares to take risks.
–C.W. Smith, author of The Vestal Virgin Room, Uncle Dad and Steplings