Justin Bozung

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Justin Bozung is an American biographer, author, and editor of several cinema books and articles.

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Career

Bozung has written for Fangoria, Shock Cinema, Paracinema, and Phantom of the Movies' Videoscope . He was the co-creator of The Projection Booth Podcast with Mike White and served as the editor of the Mondo Film & Video Guide from 2010 until 2012. [1]

He sits on the board of the Norman Mailer Society, serves as part-time archivist for Project Mailer, and is the host of the Norman Mailer Society Podcast. [2] [3] [4]

He has contributed to two books on Stanley Kubrick including Stanley Kubrick's The Shining: Studies in the Horror Film, and is the editor of The Cinema of Norman Mailer: Film is Like Death. [5] Bozung is also the official biographer of filmmaker Frank Perry. [6]

Personal life

He currently lives in Atlanta, Georgia with his wife, Lindsey. [7] [8]

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