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Jeffrey Lyons To Be Visiting Scholar at ECU
Jul 19, 2010
Noted film, theatre and television critic Jeffrey Lyons will be a visiting scholar hosted by the School of Communication in the College of Fine Arts and Communication at East Carolina University. Mr. Lyons will be on campus November 1st through the 8th, 2010.
Phillip Horne and Frank Dooley—officers for the IBX Development Foundation and the Eastern North Carolina Film Foundation—were instrumental in bringing Mr. Lyons to ECU.
Lyons is the highly respected co-host of the popular PBS series "Sneak Previews," which ran from 1982 to 1996. He has interviewed many major movie and Broadway stars over the past four decades.
Mr. Lyons became film and theatre critic at WNBC in 1996. His last report on WNBC was on June 26, 2009. He has appeared as himself in the movies The French Connection and Deathtrap and the television series “Wiseguy.”
Mr. Lyons, born and raised in New York City, is the son of Leonard Lyons, whose Broadway newspaper column, "The Lyons Den," was a New York entertainment staple for decades.
Mr. Lyons will be teaching for a week in the ECU School of Communication’s feature writing course. This course, which is part of the School’s journalism curriculum, will focus on writing for the Arts and Culture.
Mr. Lyons will also give the welcoming address to the School of Communication’s High School Media Workshop. This annual event is co-sponsored with the North Carolina Scholastic Media Association and brings together students from high schools all over the Inner Banks region who write for their student papers and yearbooks, as well as those who work at student radio and TV stations.
While in residence, Mr. Lyons’ will give an evening presentation on ECU’s campus. This event is open to the public.
“This is a rare opportunity for students, faculty and the community to interact with a remarkably talented and successful writer, scholar and critic,” said Dr. Linda Godbold Kean, Director, School of Communication, East Carolina University.
“The College of Fine Arts and Communication at East Carolina University is honored and delighted to be part sponsor of a program that will bring Mr. Jeffrey Lyons to the ECU campus,” said Interim Dean Michael Dorsey. “This noted author and film critic will be teaching classes for the benefit of our students and expanding opportunities for our noted School of Communication. The public lectures are a wonderful opportunity for the ECU community and the surrounding counties to interact with such a famous individual.”
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