Garry Trudeau Biography

Garry Trudeau was born in New York City in 1948 and was raised in Saranac Lake New York. He attended Yale University where he received his B.A. and an M.F.A. in graphic design. Doonesbury was launched in 1970 and currently appears in nearly 1200 daily and Sunday newspaper clients in the U.S. and abroad. His work has been collected in 62 hardcover trade paperback and mass-market editions which have cumulatively sold over 7 million copies worldwide. In 1975 Trudeau became the first comic strip artist ever to be awarded a Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning. He was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 1989 2004 and 2005. Working with John and Faith Hubley Trudeau wrote and co-directed the animated film A Doonesbury Special for NBC-TV in 1977. The film was nominated for an Academy Award and received the Special Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival. Collaborating with composer Elizabeth Swados in 1983 Trudeau wrote the book and lyrics for the Broadway musical Doonesbury for which he was nominated for two Drama Desk Awards. A cast album of the show recorded for MCA received a Grammy nomination. Trudeau again collaborated with Swados in 1984 this time on Rap Master Ronnie a satirical revue about the Reagan Administration that opened off-Broadway at the Village Gate. Over the next four years the show was continuously updated for numerous productions around the country. A filmed version of Rap Master Ronnie featuring Jim Morris the Smothers Brothers and Jon Cryer was broadcast on Cinemax in 1988.

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