Gene Seymour
GENE SEYMOUR is a film critic at Newsday, where he has worked since 1990, and for which he also writes a monthly jazz column. His writings have appeared in The Los Angeles Times, The Nation, Entertainment Weekly and other publications. He is a contributor to The Oxford Companion to Jazz and is the author of Jazz the Great American Art (Franklin Watts), a history for young adults. He is a two-time winner of the New York Association of Black Journalists Award for distinguished criticism. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife, Marie Nahikian, and his son Chafin.
