66-year-old Phil Bronstein is a well-known journalist and actor in the United States.
short biography
Phil Bronstein was born on 10/04/1950 in the American city of Atlanta, Georgia. When Phil was still a child, his family often moved, so most of his childhood he spent not in his hometown of Atlanta, but in Canadian Montreal. However, the journey did not stop there, and Phil eventually settled in California.
Upon graduation, Phil enters the University of California Davis (University of California, Davis), but failed to finish it. It was here that he first tried himself as a journalist, writing reviews of films in a university newspaper.
It was in California that he subsequently began to pursue his further professional career. Here, by the way, he spent most of his life and continues to live to this day, despite the fact that he still has to travel a lot around the world.
Career
For the first time, he began to engage in professional journalism, getting a job at KQED-TV, whose head office is based in San Francisco. Subsequently, since 1980, he began to work as a visiting foreign correspondent, having spent almost 8 years on business trips. He mainly worked in places where there were conflicts or there was a tense situation. Among the countries where he worked at that time: Peru, El Salvador, the Philippines and the Middle East.
Since 1991, he has been editor at Examiner. Here he worked until 2000. As an editor, he had to solve the difficult task of strengthening the relationship between two long-time competing news teams. The successful solution of this problem was one of the greatest achievements in his work in this position.
From the beginning of 2008, he began working for Hurst, and more specifically for Chronicle and Hearst Newspapers, as an editor. In 2012, he resigned from this post, taking a job at the Center for Investigative Reporting, where he still works today.
Phil Bronstein. Films
The entire filmography of Phil has about ten works, and most of them are series, where he appears as himself. Among the most famous series, where Phil took part, can be called "Independent Lens", which has been released since 1999 and continues to be released today. This series is a documentary show where independent experts and highly qualified scientists cover various historical events and reveal their secrets to ordinary viewers.
In addition to Independent Lens, Phil starred in several other series. Basically, all the projects where he takes part are documentary films. This includes another serial film, on which Bronstein also partially worked, under the name Style Star (2003-2012).
He is quite actively involved in many documentary or semi-documentary films, as well as in video reports.
In 2003, Bronstein was one of the creators of a documentary biopic filmed in the Philippines. This is the only full-length cinematic project where Phil had a chance to play.
Personal life
Due to the fact that Phil is a very popular and famous journalist in the United States, it is not surprising that the media are interested in his life, including his personal one. Interest in this side of his life is fueled by the fact that he was married to the famous American actress Sharon Stone.
By the way, the former spouses have a joint child - the son of Roan, born May 22, 2000. The marriage of Sharon Stone and Phil Bronstein took place on 02/14/1998, on Valentine's Day. However, the marriage lasted until 2003, after which they broke up.
In total, Phil Bronstein was married 4 times. His last marriage was a wedding with Christina (Borders), who is known for having founded a social network for women called A Band of Wives.
Awards
Phil Bronstein has a number of high, prestigious awards. So, in 1986, he made it to the finals of the very prestigious Pulitzer Prize, thanks to a video report on the overthrow of the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcus, who ruled in the Philippines.
His work in the Philippines at the time also earned him several other important awards, including the Associated Press, the Overseas Press Club, the World Affairs Council and the Media Alliance.
Such a large number of highly prized awards testifies to Phil's impressive contribution to contemporary American journalism.
Conclusion
Bronstein’s achievements in journalism are very high; it is not without reason that he is considered one of the most outstanding contemporary journalists and television reporters in the United States. Over the years, he has held high positions in the American media. On his account a large number of both written journalistic works, and various video reports.
In addition, he took part in the creation of a number of documentaries, mainly devoted to history and politics. A journalist of such a level as Phil Bronstein certainly attracts a lot of attention from the side of the "yellow" press, as he is a media personality and enjoys great popularity and fame among viewers and the general population.