Danny Peary

Peary was born in Philippi, West Virginia, to Laura Chaitan and Joseph Y. Peary, a professor. and then New Jersey. In 1971, he earned a B.A. in history from the University of Wisconsin in Madison. In 1975, he earned an M.A. in cinema, with honors, at the University of Southern California. While attending USC, he worked as the fine arts and sports editor for L.A. Panorama. ==Personal life==

Since 1977, Peary has lived in New York City. He and his wife Suzanne have a daughter, Zoe. ==Career==

Film criticism Over the years, his film criticism has been published in FilmInk, Movieline, Satellite Direct, OnDirect TV, TV Guide, Canadian TV Guide, Cosmopolitan, The New York Times, the New York Daily News, The Boston Globe, Sports Collectors Digest, the SoHo News, The Philadelphia Bulletin, Films in Focus, Films and Filming, Slant, L.A. Panorama, Memories and Dreams, The East Hampton Independent, and Country Weekly, as well as The Velvet Light Trap and Newsday, and the Sag Harbor Express. He conducts celebrity interviews for ''Dan's Papers'', in a column called "Danny Peary Talks To..." Cult Movies books In 1981, Peary released his book Cult Movies. He followed it up with Cult Movies 2 in 1983 and Cult Movies 3 in 1989. (See bibliography) These books cover critically ignored (at the time) cult films. and 50 in the third), including production details and information gleaned from Peary's interviews with various producers, directors and actors. Each volume contained an essay by contributor Henry Blinder. Peary also wrote Guide for the Film Fanatic (1986), reviewing a wider range of films. Peary's Cult Movies trilogy, along with other touchstones such as Michael Weldon's Psychotronic Video magazine and books, helped establish a foundation for critical analysis of low-budget genre movies. As the Austin Film Society wrote, Sportswriting Peary has co-authored books with Major League baseball player-sportscasters Ralph Kiner and Tim McCarver; writer Tom Clavin; Olympic gold medalist and cancer survivor Shannon Miller on her memoir; and Muhammad Ali's daughter Hana Ali on a book about the origins of her father's greatest quotes. He has edited sports books including Baseball Immortal Derek Jeter: A Career in Quotes and ''Jackie Robinson in Quotes: The Remarkable Life of Baseball's Most Significant Player''. (See bibliography) Television career Animated series Peary wrote an episode of the 1985-1989 animated series ThunderCats, titled "The Mountain." He wrote an episode of SilverHawks, titled "Undercover", that aired October 28, 1986. Sports-related television Peary was a writer for the nationally syndicated sports-interview TV show The Tim McCarver Show ==Media appearances==

Peary was interviewed for the 2010 documentary Machete Maidens Unleashed!. The director of the film, Mark Hartley, has said that, "I'd worn my copies of Cult Movies 1, 2 and 3 into the ground from constant re-reading so meeting author Danny Peary was a pleasure." He appears in James Westby's documentary At the Video Store (2019), and in the cult-movie documentary Time Warp (2020). ==Bibliography==