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Scott Allen Nollen (born April 2, 1963, in Harlan, Iowa) is an American historian, biographer, archivist, filmmaker and musician known widely as the author of a series of popular books on the history of film, music, literature and African American studies.〔Gale Reference Team〕 His literary collaborators include science-fiction legend Ray Bradbury, novelist and filmmaker Nicholas Meyer, British musicians Ian Anderson and Dave Pegg, R&B singer Ruth Pointer, television producer Tony Oppedisano, and celebrity offspring Sara Jane Karloff (Boris Karloff) and Chris Costello (Lou Costello). He also is known for producing, directing and playing two roles in the independent film ''Lofty'' (2005), and co-writing the screenplays for the award-winning documentaries ''Kreating Karloff'' (2006) and ''Finnigan’s War'' (2013).〔Internet Movie Database〕 Fascinated by classic cinema since the age of five, Nollen began making his own amateur films in 1976. From 1979-1983, he edited and published the fanzine ''Classic Monster Movies'', which was supported in part by science-fiction maven Forrest J. Ackerman. Since 1983, he has written scores of articles and essays, as well as authoring and editing over 40 books, including ''The Boys: The Cinematic World of Laurel and Hardy'' (1989), ''Boris Karloff: A Critical Account of His Screen, Stage, Radio, Television and Recording Work'' (1991), ''Robert Louis Stevenson: Life, Literature and the Silver Screen'' (1994), ''Sir Arthur Conan Doyle at the Cinema: A Critical Study of the Film Adaptations'' (1996), ''Boris Karloff: A Gentleman’s Life'' (1999), ''Robin Hood: A Cinematic History of the English Outlaw and His Scottish Counterparts'' (1999), ''Jethro Tull: A History of the Band, 1968-2001'' (2001), ''The Cinema of Sinatra: The Actor, on Screen and in Song'' (2003), ''Louis Armstrong: The Life, Music and Film Career'' (2004), ''Warners Wiseguys: All 112 Films that Robinson, Cagney and Bogart Made for the Studio'' (2007), ''Abbott and Costello on the Home Front: A Critical Study of the Wartime Films'' (2009), ''Jilly! Sinatra’s Right Hand Man'' (2009), ''Paul Robeson: Film Pioneer'' (2010), ''Three Bad Men: John Ford, John Wayne, Ward Bond'' (2013) and ''Glenda Farrell: Hollywood’s Hardboiled Dame'' (2014).〔Amazon's Scott Allen Nollen Page〕 Nollen co-wrote the Grammy-nominated book for the Time Warner CD box set ''Sinatra in Hollywood'' (2002), joining other Sinatra scholars including film historian Leonard Maltin, jazz authority Will Friedwald, and record producer Chuck Granata. In 2002, Nollen’s ''Jethro Tull'' was nominated for Best Rock ‘n’ Roll/R&B book by the Association for Recorded Sound Collections.〔Internet Movie Database〕 Educated at the University of Iowa, Nollen earned a BA in Honors History (1988), a BA in Broadcasting and Film (1988), and an MA in United States and Modern European History (1989). From 1991-2001, he served as a federal archivist, filmmaker and lecturer for the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in Washington, DC, and at the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library in West Branch, Iowa.〔Internet Movie Database〕 Plagued by several long-term illnesses, Nollen has been physically disabled since 2010, but now serves as a pro-bono consultant for other biographers, historians and filmmakers. He also is a frequent contributor to the Hawaii Public Radio show ''Sinatra: The Man and the Music'', hosted by Guy Steele, often supporting the station’s biannual fundraising drive. On December 12, 2015, the 100th anniversary of the birth of Frank Sinatra, Nollen and Steele will host a six-hour version of the show, during which Nollen's collection of original Sinatra memorabilia will be auctioned, with all profits to be donated to the radio network. In 2014, Nollen was selected by the National Film Preservation Board of the Library of Congress to contribute to the National Film Registry website, writing essays on Paul Robeson's ''The Emperor Jones'' (1933) and John Ford's ''Stagecoach'', ''The Quiet Man'', ''The Searchers'' and ''The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance''.〔Amazon's Scott Allen Nollen Page〕 Nollen has completed a chapter on Robert Louis Stevenson's novels ''Treasure Island'' and ''Kidnapped'' for a two-volume book on the Walt Disney films for Rowman & Littlefield. He also currently is writing two long-planned books: one on the classic Warner Bros. "social-problem" film ''I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang'' (1932), starring Paul Muni and Glenda Farrell; and another on classic 1930s Hollywood star Mae Clarke (''The Public Enemy'' (1931), ''Frankenstein'' (1931)), a collaboration with musician and college professor Doug Norwine, who knew Clarke well during her final years. Nollen has confirmed that these will be his final book-length works. == Selected Works == 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「Scott Allen Nollen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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