Notes on Interviewers

Joseph A. Cincotti is at work on a book about the history of New York University's film school.

Dennis Fischer, whose interview with Curt Siodmak was published in Backstory 2, is a Los Angeles-based schoolteacher. He writes regularly for science fiction and fantasy film magazines. He has contributed chapters to books on such subjects as Star Trek, kung fu, the Alien movies, and Bela Lugosi. His book Horror FilmDirectors: 1931–1990 was published by McFarland in 1991. He is working on a book detailing the careers of science fiction directors.

An award-winning journalist and film critic, Susan Green has written for Premiere, Travel & Leisure, Baseline (an on-line entertainment news service), and the Vermont Times, among other publications. In addition, she worked on two projects—a 1985 book and a 1986 documentary film—about Bread and Puppet Theater. A Vermont resident, she has taught college-level journalism and film history courses.

Lee Hill is a writer and editor who has written on a wide number of arts topics for various Canadian publications. His book on Easy Rider has just been published by the British Film Institute. His interview with Terry Southern is excerpted from a biography in progress.

Rui Nogueira has been an essayist and critic for many film magazines, including Cahiers du Cinéma, Positif, and Sight and Sound. He is author of Melville on Melville, a contributor to numerous film dictionaries and encyclopedias, and is presently completing Sherman on Sherman, an interview book with the director Vincent Sherman. Nogueira lives in Geneva, Switzerland.

Nat Segaloff has written five books, among them Hurricane Billy: The Stormy Life and Films of William Friedkin, and is coauthor of the blacklist play The Waldorf Con-

ference. A former newspaper journalist, he now writes, produces, and directs television documentaries including Biography for the Arts & Entertainment Network. He lives in Los Angeles.

Barry Strugatz is the co-screenwriter of Married to the Mob and She-Devil.

The photographer William B. Winburn lives in Brooklyn.