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Edward Graydon Carter (born 14 July 1949) is a Canadian-born American journalist and has served as the editor of ''Vanity Fair'' since 1992. He also co-founded, with Kurt Andersen and Tom Phillips, the satirical monthly magazine ''Spy'' in 1986. ==Career== After high school in Trenton, Ontario, Carter attended the University of Ottawa followed by Carleton University, but never graduated from either school. In 1973, Carter co-founded ''The Canadian Review'', a monthly general interest magazine.〔 By 1977, ''The Canadian Review'' had become award-winning and the third-largest circulating magazine in Canada.〔 Despite its success, ''The Canadian Review'' was bankrupt by 1978.〔 In 1983, Carter moved to the United States and began working for ''Time'' as a writer-trainee, where he met Andersen.〔 Carter spent five years writing for ''Time'' on the topics of business, law, and entertainment before moving to ''Life'' in 1983. In 1986, Carter and Andersen founded ''Spy'',〔 which ultimately ceased publication in 1998. Carter was then editor at ''The New York Observer'' before being invited to ''Vanity Fair'' to take over from Tina Brown, who left for ''The New Yorker''. He has been the editor since July 1992, with successes during his tenure including winning 14 National Magazine Awards and being named to the Magazine Editors' Hall of Fame.〔http://www.magazine.org/asme/graydon-carter-elected-magazine-editors%E2%80%99-hall-fame〕 Carter is the author of ''What We’ve Lost'' (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, September 2004), a comprehensive critical examination of the Bush administration.〔http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/29/books/three-ways-of-looking-at-george-w-bush.html〕 Carter's ''Vanity Fair'' has been notable for combining high-profile celebrity cover stories with serious journalism. His often idiosyncratic personal style was depicted in the book ''How to Lose Friends & Alienate People'', a book by former ''Vanity Fair'' contributing editor Toby Young. Jeff Bridges played a character based on Carter in the 2008 film adaptation. Carter was a producer of “I’ll Eat You Last,” a one-woman play starring Bette Midler, about legendary Hollywood talent agent Sue Mengers. The show, directed by Tony Award-winner Joe Mantello, opened at the Booth Theater in New York City on April 2013,〔http://www.playbill.com/news/article/bette-midler-is-showbiz-agent-sue-mengers-in-ill-eat-you-last-opening-on-br-204695〕 and at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles on December 3.〔http://geffenplayhouse.com/show-detail-2013.php?show_id=193〕 Carter has co-produced two documentaries for HBO: ''Public Speaking'' (2010), directed by Martin Scorsese, which spotlights writer Fran Lebowitz,〔http://www.hbo.com/documentaries/public-speaking/synopsis.html#/〕 and ''His Way'' (2011),〔http://www.hbo.com/documentaries/his-way#/documentaries/his-way/synopsis.html〕 about acclaimed Hollywood producer Jerry Weintraub, which was nominated for a Primetime Emmy. He also was a producer of ''Chicago 10'', a documentary which premiered on the opening night of the Sundance Film Festival in early 2007. He was also a producer of ''Surfwise'', which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2007, and ''Gonzo'', a biographical documentary of Hunter S. Thompson directed by Alex Gibney. Carter was an executive producer of ''9/11'', the highly acclaimed film by Jules and Gedeon Naudet about the September 11 terrorist attacks, which aired on CBS. Carter received an Emmy Award for ''9/11'', as well as a Peabody Award. He also produced the acclaimed documentary adaptation of the book ''The Kid Stays in the Picture'', about the legendary Hollywood producer Robert Evans. It premiered at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival, screened at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival, and opened in theaters in July of that year. In 2012, Carter had a minor role in ''Arbitrage''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Graydon Carter」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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