Stephen Schiff

Born in Detroit around 1954 and raised in Littleton, Colorado, Schiff earned his degree from Wesleyan University before launching a journalism career that began at The Boston Phoenix, where he rose to chief film critic and mentored future reviewers such as Owen Gleiberman. A 1983 Pulitzer finalist, he later served as Critic-at-Large for Vanity Fair, a staff writer for The New Yorker, and NPR’s Fre… Read more

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources