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Mar 20, 2021 · Howard C. Rodman, of Owings Mills, MD, passed away on Friday, March 19th, 2021 at the age of 82. He is survived by his nieces, Carla Steinberg and Sima Sharabi. He was predeceased by his...
Mar 19, 2021 · Howard C. Rodman, of Owings Mills, MD, passed away on Friday, March 19th, 2021 at the age of 82. He is survived by his nieces, Carla Steinberg and Sima Sharabi. He was predeceased by his sister, Elyse Mashbaum. Howard was a Baltimore native, graduate of Forest Park and Johns Hopkins.
Mar 19, 2021 · Howard C. Rodman, of Owings Mills, MD, passed away on Friday, March 19th, 2021 at the age of 82. He is survived by his nieces, Carla Steinberg and Sima Sharabi. He was predeceased by his sister, Elyse Mashbaum. Howard was a Baltimore native, graduate of Forest Park and Johns Hopkins.
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In his 20s and early 30s Rodman was a typist, a legal proofreader, a mail-room clerk, a union organizer (for the Committee of Interns and Residents) and the guitarist for various lower-Manhattan post-punk bands (Made in USA; Arsenal; Soul Sharks). Starting as editor-in-chief of The Cornell Daily Sun, Rodman has published scores of articles in venue...
Rodman is a Governor of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. He founded and chairs the Writers Guild Independent Writers Caucus. He has chaired FilmIndependent’s Spirit Awards feature film jury as well as the USC Scripter Awards. He is a Fellow of the Los Angeles Institute for the Humanities; a former trustee of the Writers Guild Founda...
On October 31, 2013, Rodman was named a Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Republic. In February 2018 he was inducted into Final Draft’s Screenwriters Hall of Fame, alongside Robert Towne, Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin, Nancy Meyers, Paul Schrader, Lawrence Kasdan et al. In October of 2020, USC’s Provost Charles Zukoski gave...
He was married to the writer and media scholar Anne Friedberg, author of The Virtual Window, until her death in 2009; they have one son, Tristan Rodman. His house, the 1957 John Lautner “Zahn Residence,” has been widely published. Their work with Lautner in restoring it was chronicled in the February 2002 issue of Dwell magazine. In June 2017 he we...
Howard A. Rodman is a screenwriter, author and professor. He is the former President of the Writers Guild of America, West, professor and former chair of the writing division at the USC School of Cinematic Arts, [1] alumnus of Telluride Association Summer Program [2] and an artistic director of the Sundance Institute Screenwriting Labs. [3]
Howard A. Rodman is a screenwriter, novelist, and educator. He is a former Writers Guild of America West president; professor and former chair of the writing division at the USC School of Cinematic Arts; an artistic director of the Sundance Institute Screenwriting Labs; a member of the executive committee of the Writers Branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; and a fellow of ...
