Stephen Whitty
Stephen Whitty is the senior film critic and a Sunday columnist for the Star-Ledger and NEWHOUSE NEWSPAPERS. Previously he was the film critic for the San Jose Mercury News, where he also reviewed books. He has contributed fiction and features to Entertainment Weekly, Cosmopolitan and other magazines, beginning with a letter to Famous Monsters of Filmland when he was 12.
Whitty was born in New York, and received his BFA from New York University. His commentaries and reviews have won awards from a variety of organizations, including multiple prizes from the New Jersey Press Association and the American Association of Sunday and Features Editors. A short he wrote in film school still occasionally shows up in wretched timeslots on cable.
Whitty lives in New Jersey with one wife, two children, three pets and far too many videos. He takes his popcorn unbuttered and always sits in the front row.
