Marc Cushman
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Marc's TV writing credentials include scripts for Star Trek: The Next Generation, Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction, Diagnosis Murder and Bachelor Pad. His feature film credits include Midnight Confessions, Teresa's Tattoo, The Magic of Christmas, and In the Eyes of a Killer.
Marc's directing credits include the award winning comedy-documentary, Desperately Seeking Paul McCartney, plus An Evening with the Golddiggers, and The Story of O: Untold Pleasures. Marc also writes about television, with his "biography of a TV show," I Spy: A History of the Groundbreaking Television Series and the upcoming mammoth three-volume set, These are the Voyages: TOS, Season One was released August 2013 by Jacobs/Brown Press. These are the Voyages: TOS, Season Two was released March 2014 and Season Three December 2014. |
Author Marc Cushman is available for personal appearances. Please email Jacobs Brown Press to schedule your event. [email protected] |
Saturn Award Winner 2014
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RELEASED August 5, 2013
This book is a work of journalism and is not endorsed, sponsored, or affiliated with CBS Studios Inc. or the "Star Trek®" franchise. The Star Trek® trademarks, logos, and related names are owned by CBS Studios Inc., and are used under "fair use" guidelines.
RELEASED August 5, 2013
What makes this book on Star Trek® different from others written about this remarkable and undying series is its scope. First, it will be published in three volumes, each close to 500 pages in length. At a total of 1,500 pages, it will be the biggest and, because it has the space to do so, will be the first to closely examine all the episodes of the original series, utilizing memos written during their making -- communications between the producers, writers, directors, and the network -- as well as the censor reports, the production schedules, the ratings, and even fan mail. The book also includes hundreds of interviews with writers, directors, producers, actors, and crew personnel, including a never-before-published and extensive interview Marc conducted with the late Gene Roddenberry.
These are the Voyages - TOS, Season One will serve as a time machine, taking the reader back 45 years, to witness the creation and production of each of these episodes.
This book is a work of journalism and is not endorsed, sponsored, or affiliated with CBS Studios Inc. or the "Star Trek®" franchise. The Star Trek® trademarks, logos, and related names are owned by CBS Studios Inc., and are used under "fair use" guidelines.
What makes this book on Star Trek® different from others written about this remarkable and undying series is its scope. First, it will be published in three volumes, each close to 500 pages in length. At a total of 1,500 pages, it will be the biggest and, because it has the space to do so, will be the first to closely examine all the episodes of the original series, utilizing memos written during their making -- communications between the producers, writers, directors, and the network -- as well as the censor reports, the production schedules, the ratings, and even fan mail. The book also includes hundreds of interviews with writers, directors, producers, actors, and crew personnel, including a never-before-published and extensive interview Marc conducted with the late Gene Roddenberry.
These are the Voyages - TOS, Season One will serve as a time machine, taking the reader back 45 years, to witness the creation and production of each of these episodes.
This book is a work of journalism and is not endorsed, sponsored, or affiliated with CBS Studios Inc. or the "Star Trek®" franchise. The Star Trek® trademarks, logos, and related names are owned by CBS Studios Inc., and are used under "fair use" guidelines.
"I had to force myself to close [These are the Voyages, TOS, Season One]. Wow! It would be a bargain at ten times your set price. Fans the world over will be making comments of gratitude for years to come." - Curtis Fox startrekpeople.com.
These are the Voyages - TOS
Season Two
Released March 31, 2014
The incredible, in depth behind-the-scenes story of the making of the original Star Trek gets more interesting. Marc Cushman's These are the Voyages -- TOS ("The Original Series"): Season Two, from Jacobs Brown Press.
For Gene Roddenberry and his talented staff and crew, launching Star Trek was nearly an impossible task. Keeping it on the air for a second season was even harder.
The incredible, in depth behind-the-scenes story of the making of the original Star Trek gets more interesting. Marc Cushman's These are the Voyages -- TOS ("The Original Series"): Season Two, from Jacobs Brown Press.
For Gene Roddenberry and his talented staff and crew, launching Star Trek was nearly an impossible task. Keeping it on the air for a second season was even harder.
This book is a work of journalism and is not endorsed, sponsored, or affiliated with CBS Studios Inc. or the "Star Trek®" franchise. The Star Trek® trademarks, logos, and related names are owned by CBS Studios Inc., and are used under "fair use" guidelines.
These are the Voyages: TOS - Season Three
by Marc Cushman with Susan Osborn
Foreword by David Gerrold
Experience Star Trek® like you never have before with behind the scenes secrets of the final season of Star Trek® , the original series. These are the Voyages: TOS - Season Three is the last book of the three-volume collector set written by award winning author Marc Cushman.
Foreword by David Gerrold
Experience Star Trek® like you never have before with behind the scenes secrets of the final season of Star Trek® , the original series. These are the Voyages: TOS - Season Three is the last book of the three-volume collector set written by award winning author Marc Cushman.
I Spy: A History and Episode Guide to the Groundbreaking Television Series
A History and Episode Guide to the Groundbreaking Television Series by Marc Cushman and Linda J. LaRosa (foreword by Robert Culp)
One of the most popular and award-winning television series of the sixties, I Spy was the first weekly broadcast to star both a white and a black actor. But in 1964, producer Sheldon Leonard had financed the show himself, and his idea for a racially integrated cast had earned his show the moniker "Sheldon's Folley."
Pairing established white actor Robert Culp with Bill Cosby, a black comedian with barely an acting credit to his name, troubled some executives at NBC, and many wondered whether affiliates in the South would ever air the show. Only two years later, Cosby accepted the Emmy for Best Leading Actor and I Spy cemented its role in history.
This is a complete history of I Spy and the profound change it evoked in broadcasting, social ideals, and racial equality. Rich with interviews and photographs, it discusses I Spy's unique approach to race, co-starring interracial actors as equals. It also describes how the show became the template for popular "buddy genre" shows and films that followed. It covers the show's significance as the first series to shoot episodes around the world and puts I Spy in context with other works within the spy genre at a time when spy books, shows, and films exploded in popularity. A complete episode guide includes writers, directors, cast, crew, plot synopses and commentary.
One of the most popular and award-winning television series of the sixties, I Spy was the first weekly broadcast to star both a white and a black actor. But in 1964, producer Sheldon Leonard had financed the show himself, and his idea for a racially integrated cast had earned his show the moniker "Sheldon's Folley."
Pairing established white actor Robert Culp with Bill Cosby, a black comedian with barely an acting credit to his name, troubled some executives at NBC, and many wondered whether affiliates in the South would ever air the show. Only two years later, Cosby accepted the Emmy for Best Leading Actor and I Spy cemented its role in history.
This is a complete history of I Spy and the profound change it evoked in broadcasting, social ideals, and racial equality. Rich with interviews and photographs, it discusses I Spy's unique approach to race, co-starring interracial actors as equals. It also describes how the show became the template for popular "buddy genre" shows and films that followed. It covers the show's significance as the first series to shoot episodes around the world and puts I Spy in context with other works within the spy genre at a time when spy books, shows, and films exploded in popularity. A complete episode guide includes writers, directors, cast, crew, plot synopses and commentary.
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