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David Henry Sterry | |
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| Born | David Henry Sterry June 2, 1957 United States |
| Occupation | Writer, actor/comic, activist |
| Period | 1983–present |
| Notable works | Chicken: Self-Portrait of a Young Man for Rent (2002), Hos, Hookers, Call Girls & Rent Boys (2009), The Essential Guide to Getting Your Book Published, co-authored with his wife, Arielle Eckstut. |
| Spouse | Arielle Eckstut |
David Henry Sterry is an American author, actor/comic, activist and former sex worker.
Sterry's parents were immigrants from Newcastle, England.[ citation needed ] He grew up in New Jersey; Birmingham, Alabama; Virginia, Minnesota; and Dallas, Texas.[ citation needed ] He attended boarding school at Darrow School in New Lebanon, NY, went to Immaculate Heart College in Hollywood for one year, where he also was employed as sex worker.[ citation needed ] This became the subject of his first memoir, Chicken: Self-Portrait of a Young Man for Rent. He then transferred to Reed College, where he studied existentialism and poetry, and graduated in 1978.[ citation needed ] At 21, was offered a professional soccer contract.[ citation needed ]
He started in show business as a stand-up comedian and improviser in the San Francisco during the early 1980s.[ citation needed ] He also began to act in small productions.[ citation needed ] In 1984, he moved to New York, where he appeared in commercials for McDonald's, AT&T, and Levi's, eventually becoming the spokesman for Publisher's Clearing House.[ citation needed ] He also performed in many Off-Off Broadway plays.[ citation needed ] In 1985 he was hired to be the master of ceremonies at Chippendales.[ citation needed ] Nick de Noia, the creator of the show, was assassinated while Sterry was working for him.[ citation needed ] This would become the subject of his second memoir, Master of Ceremonies: A True Story of Love, Murder, Roller Skates & Chippendales. [1] He had a role in the film Memoirs of an Invisible Man . He appeared in a pilot for Eddie Murphy's production company. It starred Margaret Cho, and was not picked up by ABC.[ citation needed ] This led to[ citation needed ] a string of guest starring roles in black sitcoms like The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air , Sister Sister and Roc . He became a regular on the HBO/CTW show Encyclopedia , where he played characters ranging from George Washington to Napoleon Bonaparte to Leif Erikson.
He began writing books in 2001, with the publication of Satchel Sez: The World, Wit & Wisdom of Leroy Sawtchel Paige (Random House). His next book, the 2002 memoir, Chicken: Self-Portrait of a Young Man for Rent, [2] details his experiences as a teenage hustler in 1970s Hollywood .
Sterry ran a writing workshop for at-risk teenagers and survivors of the sex industry for the United States Department of Justice in Washington DC in 2005.[ citation needed ]
He performs in a show titled Sex Worker Literati, which consists of people from the sex industry reading and performing original works. [3] Sterry is a regular contributor to the Huffington Post [4] and NPR [5] [6]
With the publication of The Essential Guide to Getting Your Book Published (Workman, 2010), he co-founded the company The Book Doctors, and developed a show called Pitchapalooza, where writers get one minute to pitch their books ideas to a panel of publishing experts. [7] [8]
Lisa Crystal Carver, also known as Lisa Suckdog, is an American writer known for her writing in Rollerderby. Through her interviews, she introduced the work of Vaginal Davis, Dame Darcy, Cindy Dall, Boyd Rice, Costes, Nick Zedd, GG Allin, and Liz Armstrong to the public. A collection of notable articles from the zine was published as Rollerderby: The Book.
Joseph Lee Henry is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer. He has released 15 studio albums and produced multiple recordings for other artists, including three Grammy Award-winning albums.
Nicholas Broomfield is an English documentary film director. His self-reflective style has been regarded as influential to many later filmmakers. In the early 21st century, he began to use non-actors in scripted works, which he calls "Direct Cinema". His output ranges from studies of entertainers to political works such as examinations of South Africa before and after the end of apartheid and the rise of the black-majority government of Nelson Mandela and the African National Congress party.
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer is a 1986 American independent psychological horror crime film directed and co-written by John McNaughton about the random crime spree of a serial killer who seemingly operates with impunity. It stars Michael Rooker in his debut as the nomadic killer Henry, Tom Towles as Otis, a prison buddy with whom Henry is living, and Tracy Arnold as Becky, Otis's sister. The characters of Henry and Otis are loosely based on convicted real life serial killers Henry Lee Lucas and Ottis Toole.
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101 Rent Boys is a 2000 documentary film that explores the lives of male prostitutes in the Los Angeles, California area. Created by film-makers Randy Barbato and Fenton Bailey, the film depicts 101 hustlers, being paid each $50 for their time, which come from diverse ethnic, regional, and economic backgrounds. Picked up on and around Santa Monica Boulevard, the men discuss a variety of things, many referring to their personal history as well commenting on the nature of their work.
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