Edward Pomerantz, M.F.A.

Associate Professor of Dramatic Writing/Screenwriting (part-time)
Dramatic Writing/Screenwriting Program
School of Film and Media Studies

Office: Dance Bldg., Rm. 1047
Tel.: (914) 251-6847
Fax: (914) 251-6839
Email: edward.pomerantz@purchase.edu

Edward Pomerantz wrote the screenplay for Caught (selected as the Centerpiece Premiere at the Sundance Film Festival), based on his novel Into It (Dial Press); the play Brisburial, produced by the New Federal Theatre; and more than 30 commissioned screenplays for film and television, including Law and Order episodes for NBC. The Gold Bug, an ABC Afterschool Special based on his adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s story, won an Emmy.

Education
B.A., City College of New York
M.F.A., Yale School of Drama

Selected Awards
Writers Guild Awards
New York Creative Artists Public Service (CAPS) grant
Ford Foundation grant
John Golden Awards
ABC-TV Playwright-in-Residence grant, Yale School of Drama