Henry Bromell
Alfred Henry Bromell (September 19, 1947 – March 18, 2013) was an American novelist, screenwriter, and director.
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Henry Bromell
- Name
- Henry Bromell
- Birth Name
- Alfred Henry Bromell
- Born
- 19 September 1947
- Birthplace
- Columbus, Ohio, U.S.
- Died
- 18 March 2013
- Place of death
- Santa Monica, California, U.S.
- Education
- Eaglebrook School United World College of the Atlantic Amherst College
- Occupation
- * Novelist
- Spouse
- Caroline Thompson (m. 1982-85) Trish Soodik (–2009) Sarah (−2013)
- Nationality
- United States
- Honours
- Writers Guild of America Award · Primetime Emmy Award · Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series
- Languages
- American English
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Alfred Henry Bromell (September 19, 1947 – March 18, 2013) was an American novelist, screenwriter, and director.
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Henry Bromell (1947–2013) was an American screenwriter, director and film producer. The screenwriter was born in Columbus and died in Santa Monica.
Henry Bromell was educated at Amherst College, Eaglebrook School and UWC Atlantic College. Henry Bromell was a member of Writers Guild of America West. Awards and honours include Primetime Emmy Award and Writers Guild of America Award.
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Henry Bromell studied at Amherst College, UWC Atlantic College and Eaglebrook School. The recorded working language is American English. Distinctions recorded are Writers Guild of America Award, Primetime Emmy Award and Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Henry Bromell • Birth Name — Alfred Henry Bromell • Born — 19 September 1947 • Birthplace — Columbus, Ohio, U.S. • Died — 18 March 2013 • Place of death — Santa Monica, California, U.S. • Education — Eaglebrook School United World College of the Atlantic Amherst College • Occupation — * Novelist • screenwriter • film director • Years Active — 1994–2013 • Spouse — Caroline Thompson (m. 1982-85) Trish Soodik (–2009) Sarah (−2013) • Children — 2; including Will Soodik
Career
Career
Bromell joined the crew of NBC police drama Homicide: Life on the Street in 1994. He served as a writer and co-executive producer for the show's third season. He contributed to writing seven episodes for the season. He was promoted to executive producer for the fourth season and wrote a further 17 episodes. He scaled back his involvement with the fifth season and became a consulting producer. He wrote a further two episodes before leaving the crew at the end of the season in 1997. He contributed to a total of 26 episodes as a writer over three seasons with the series. He returned as a co-writer and co-executive producer for the feature-length follow-up Homicide: The Movie in 2000. He wrote and produced for many television series, including Chicago Hope, Northern Exposure, Homicide: Life on the Street, Brotherhood, Carnivàle, and Rubicon. He was a consulting producer, and later executive producer on the Showtime series Homeland at the time of his death and wrote four episodes: "The Good Soldier", "Representative Brody", "Q&A", and "Broken Hearts". He was awarded a Writers Guild of America Award for "The Good Soldier", and he was posthumously awarded a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series for "Q&A". He shared the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series and the Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Drama with the other producers of Homeland in 2012. He was nominated in the same category at the Emmys for his work on the 1993 TV series I'll Fly Away, for which he was awarded a Writers Guild of America Award for the episode titled "Amazing Grace". Bromell wrote and directed the feature film Panic (2000), which was nominated for the top prize at the Deauville Film Festival, and tele-movie Last Call (aka Fitzgerald), with Jeremy Irons playing writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. Bromell co-wrote the pilot of the USA Network TV series Falling Water, which he co-created with Blake Masters.
Personal life
Personal life
Bromell's father served in the Central Intelligence Agency. Bromell attended Eaglebrook School (1963) and the United World College of the Atlantic (1964–1966). He graduated from Amherst College in 1970. He won the Houghton Mifflin Literary Award for his first novel, The Slightest Distance. His collection of short stories, I Know Your Heart, Marco Polo, was published by Knopf. Bromell's work has appeared in two O. Henry Award collections. Bromell's first wife was the screenwriter and director Caroline Thompson. He then married writer Trish Soodik, who died of cancer in January 2009; they had a son, William. His third wife was Sarah. Bromell died March 18, 2013, of a heart attack, at UCLA Santa Monica hospital at age 65.
Short stories
Short stories
• Title — Publication — Collected in • "Photographs" — The New Yorker (April 29, 1972) — The Slightest Distance • "The Slightest Distance" — The New Yorker (August 5, 1972) • "Early Sunday Morning" — The New Yorker (March 3, 1973) • "Mime" — The New Yorker (July 9, 1973) • "Heart of Light" — The New Yorker (July 30, 1973) • "Old Friends" — The New Yorker (December 17, 1973) • "Jewels and Binoculars" — The New Yorker (May 6, 1974) • "Balcony" — The New Yorker (June 10, 1974) • "The Girl with the Sun in Her Eyes" — The Atlantic (August 1974) • "Partial Magic" — The New Yorker (September 6, 1976) — I Know Your Heart, Marco Polo • "The World in a Room" — The New Yorker (November 1, 1976) • "I Know Your Heart, Marco Polo" — The New Yorker (March 6, 1978) • "Travel Stories" — The New Yorker (June 19, 1978)
Identity
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Henry Bromell is recorded with the occupation television director. Recorded with the occupation film producer. Recorded as having received Writers Guild of America Award, Primetime Emmy Award and Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series.
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1947
Henry Bromell was born on 19 September 1947.
2013
Henry Bromell died on 18 March 2013.
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reference work
- “Henry Bromell”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Selected bibliography
• The Slightest Distance (1974) Houghton Mifflin, • I Know Your Heart, Marco Polo: Stories (1979) Knopf, • Follower: A Novel (1983) Simon & Schuster, • Little America (2002) Vintage,
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- 1.Harnick, Chris. Henry Bromell Wins Posthumous Emmy For 'Homeland'. Huffington Post. September 22, 2013.
- 2.Emmys.org. Primetime Emmy Awards Advanced Search.
- 3.Warren, Andrew. A Tennessee tale: Dolly Parton's most famous story is coming to the screen. TV Media.
- 4.Eskin, Blake. The Return of Henry Bromell. The New Yorker. 2010-10-01. 0028-792X.
- 5.Henry Bromell "Honour bound", The New Yorker, October 11, 2010
- 6.January 5, 1975 The Slightest Distance (book review). New York Times Book Review
- 7.Oates, Joyce Carol (April 1, 1979). Full of Promising Material; Bromell. New York Times Book Review
- 8.Broyard, Anatole (April 7, 1979). Books of The Times: A Second Naivete; A Folk-Rock Story A Bit Burdened. New York Times
- 9.Braxton, Greg. Henry Bromell, 'Homeland' executive producer, dies at 65. Los Angeles Times. March 19, 2013.
- 10.'Homeland' producer Henry Bromell dies at 65. USA Today. March 19, 2013.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 4
- The Slightest Distance (1974) Houghton Mifflin,
- I Know Your Heart, Marco Polo: Stories (1979) Knopf,
- Follower: A Novel (1983) Simon & Schuster,
- Little America (2002) Vintage,
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His recorded language was American English. He married Caroline Thompson. Bromell received Writers Guild of America Award, Primetime Emmy Award and Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series.
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