Marshall Fine
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November 7, 1950 Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Occupation | Journalist, film critic, filmmaker |
Marshall Fine (born November 7, 1950) is an American author, journalist, and film critic from Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Fine grew up in Richfield, Minnesota, a Minneapolis suburb, until he was 13. His family subsequently moved to St. Louis Park, Minnesota, another Minneapolis suburb, which also was home to humorist Al Franken, New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman and filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen.
Fine began his career as a critic at 18, writing reviews of rock concerts and albums for the Minneapolis Star while a freshman at the University of Minnesota. He subsequently created entertainment sections at several of the newspapers where he worked. He conducted the Playboy Interview with Howard Stern and Tim Robbins for Playboy Magazine.
Fine directed a documentary short, "Flo Fox's Dicthology," that was selected for the and Amsterdam film festivals in 2002. His documentary feature, "Do You Sleep in the Nude?," about film critic Rex Reed, was selected for the Hamptons Film Festival (2007) and the South by Southwest Film Festival (2008). His documentary, "Robert Klein Still Can't Stop His Leg," about comedian Robert Klein, had its debut at the 2016 South by Southwest Film Festival and will be released by The Weinstein Co. in the fall of 2016.
Fine is a four-time former chairman of the New York Film Critics Circle: 1992, 2002, 2006 and 2015. He is a member of New York Film Critics Online. He is a contributing editor for Cigar Aficionado magazine, for which he writes cover stories.
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