Virtual Q&A with Director James L. Freeman Moderated by Series Curator David Schwartz

Tuesday, Apr. 29 2025, 7:00

• James L. Freedman wrote, produced and directed the HBO documentary Glickman, which was executive produced by Martin Scorsese. His second film Carl Laemmle can currently be seen on TCM, Amazon Prime, and Tubi. While a senior in high school, Mr. Freedman produced Marty Glickman’s late night radio program on WNEW in New York. He went on to produce UNICEF commercials before becoming a working writer in Hollywood for over 25 years. Among the many TV shows he has written for are Coach, Zoe, and Golden Globe winner Cybill (on which he was also a producer). In addition, he’s penned over one dozen pilots for CBS, NBC, ABC, FOX and UPN—as well as feature scripts for Warner Brothers and 20th Century Fox. Charles Grodin: Rebel with a Cause is his third film.
• David Schwartz is a New York-based film curator and critic. He is curator-at-large for Museum of the Moving Image (MoMI), where he worked for many years as Chief Curator. In 2019, Schwartz received a Career Achievement Award from the New York Film Critics Circle for his tenure at MoMI. He writes about film for Screen Slate, Reverse Shot, MUBI Notebook, and Film Comment, edited the book David Cronenberg: Interviews, and taught film history at Purchase College and New York University. He is on the Board of Directors for The Film-makers’ Cooperative.

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