REEL NEW YORK Television Credits:
Series Producer: Garrison Botts
Series Curator: Kathy High
Series Coordinator: Penelope Owens
Series Host: Fran Lebowitz
Production Manager: Sandi Vernon
Series Publicist: Tim Fisher

Funder Credits:
This series is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council For The Arts, a state agency, and a generous grant from The Greenwall Foundation.

Fran Lebowitz first hit the New York literary scene in the early '70's when Andy Warhol hired her to write a column for "Interview." Almost immediately, she became a mainstay in the magazine world. As a regular contributor to both "Interview" and "Mademoiselle," she soon became a name associated with irreverant humor and urban wit. In 1978, she published a book of essays entitled METROPOLITAN LIFE. The New York Times wrote, "Hilarious...an unlikely and perhaps alarming combination of Mary Hartman and Mary McCarthy." She followed this with a second book, in 1981, of equally sardonic essays -- SOCIAL STUDIES. Both books were New York Times bestsellers. Recently, they were reissued in a single volume entitled THE FRAN LEBOWITZ READER. She is also the author of a children's book, MR. CHAS AND LISA SUE MEET THE PANDAS, which listed on the "Publisher's Weekly" juvenile bestseller list earlier this year.

Kathy High is a media artist, curator, and teacher living and working in New York City. She teaches in the Visual Arts Department at Princeton University, and at New York University. She has received numerous awards for her video works including grants from The Rockefeller Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. She is currently working on a musical about human genome mapping, called "The 23 Songs of the Chromosomes." High is also the founder and editor of the critical journal, "FELIX: A Journal of Media Arts and Communication," which encourages dialogue among alternative media makers.