Marie Brenner | |
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 Marie Brenner | |
| Born | Marie Harriet Brenner December 15, 1949 San Antonio, Texas, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Author, investigative journalist |
| Spouses | Jonathan Schwartz
(m. 1979; div. 1984)Ernest Harold Pomerantz
(m. 1985) |
| Children | 1 |
| Relatives | Anita Brenner (aunt) |
Marie Harriet Brenner (born December 15, 1949) is an American author, investigative journalist and writer-at-large for Vanity Fair.[1] She has also written for New York, The New Yorker and the Boston Herald[2] and has taught at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism.[3] Her 1996 Vanity Fair article on tobacco insider Jeffrey Wigand, "The Man Who Knew Too Much", inspired the 1999 movie The Insider, starring Russell Crowe and Al Pacino. Her February 1997 Vanity Fair article "American Tragedy: The Ballad of Richard Jewell" partially inspired the 2019 film Richard Jewell directed by Clint Eastwood.[4]
- ^ Panero, James (2008-06-29). "Brother, Who Art Thou?". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-05-12.
- ^ "Marie Brenner". Vanity Fair.
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- ^ Alas, Mert. "AMERICAN NIGHTMARE: The Ballad of RICHARD JEWELL | Vanity Fair | February 1997". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 2019-12-16.