Glenn O'Brien

Glenn O'Brien
Born	Cleveland, Ohio
Occupation	Writer
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Georgetown University and Columbia Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Notable awards	named one of Top 10 Most Stylish Men in America by GQ Magazine

Glenn O'Brien is an American writer, largely on the subjects of art, music and fashion. He was featured for many years as "The Style Guy" in GQ magazine, and has published a book with that title.

He has worked as an editor at a number of publications, and published the arts and literature magazine Bald Ego from 2003-2005.

O'Brien was born in Cleveland, Ohio, where he attended the Jesuit St. Ignatius High School. O'Brien went to Georgetown University and edited the Georgetown Journal, which had been founded by Condé Nast. O'Brien later studied film at the Columbia Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.

In his early years, he was a member of Andy Warhol's Factory. He was the first editor of Interview from 1971 to 1974. After his departure, he continued to write for the magazine and returned as editor several times, with a nearly 20-year association with the title. He was a music critic for the publication in the punk era, with the influential column "Glenn O'Brien's Beat".

In 1980-1981, he wrote the screenplay (which he also co-produced with Patrick Montgomery) for a film to be called New York Beat, starring Jean-Michel Basquiat (The film was only released in 2000, as "Downtown 81"), with post-production managed by O'Brien and Maripol.

In the late 1970s, O'Brien coined the now popular title "editor-at-large" after briefly being made Editor-In-Chief of High Times magazine. Not wanting to work at the magazine office full-time, the title was an inside joke, apparently a reference to the FBI's Most Wanted posters, as many criminals were tagged Status: at-large.

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