Vincent DeVeau
Vincent DeVeau | |
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| Nationality | American,Irish |
| Occupation(s) | Writer,editor |
Vincent DeVeau(born 1952 in New York City), is an American writer and editor living in Dublin, Ireland.
He moved to Los Angeles, where he worked in the Hollywood film industry for a number of years. He is a member of theDirectors Guild of America.
Between films, he spent an increasing amount of his time in Ireland, moving there in 1989 and beginning a second career as a journalist. He served as editor ofCaramagazine from 1995 to 2001,[1]and as editorial director of Smurfit Communications, then Ireland's largest consumer periodical publishing house, until the company was sold in 2004.[2][3]He is the author of short stories and hundreds of articles for newspapers and magazines in Ireland and the U.S. A number of his radio broadcasts forRaidió Teilifís Éireannhave been collected inA Living Word,[4]and an edited version of his interviews with film directorFred Zinnemannhas been published inFred Zinnemann,Conversations with Filmmakers.[5]He is currently an editor with theIrish Daily Mail.
DeVeau is a direct descendant of James Gerahty, a Dublin city councillor and barrister, and author of several influential pamphlets published during the crisis leading up to theAct of Union 1800,which created theUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,includingThe Present State of Ireland, and the Only Means of Preserving Her to the Empire, in a letter to the Marquis Cornwallis.[6]James Gerahty's law offices were located at 31 Holles Street in Dublin, the present location of the Holles Street Maternity Hospital, where DeVeau's son was born almost 200 years later.
His grandfather, George DeVeau, lent his name to a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case,DeVeau v. Braisted,[7]in which JusticeFelix Frankfurterwrote the unanimous opinion. The case is still frequently cited as a precedent in various actions involving states' rights and the regulation of interstate commerce.
His maternal grandfather, James Digby Gerahty, held a seat on theNew York Stock Exchange,and was at various times a director of such companies as theDuMont Television Networkand theFirst Colony Corporation.
He is also a grand-nephew ofDigby George Gerahty(1898–1981), who, under the pen name Robert Standish, was a frequent contributor to theSaturday Evening Postand the author of many novels, includingElephant Walk(1949),[8]which was made into a 1954 Paramount Pictures film[citation needed]directed byWilliam Dieterle,starringElizabeth Taylor,Dana AndrewsandPeter Finch.
References[edit]
- ^Cara,vol 28, no 4 – vol 34, no 2.
- ^Financial Times,12 April 2002.
- ^Sunday Business Post,14 March 2004.
- ^A Living Word(Townhouse, Dublin, 2001).
- ^Fred Zinnemann, Conversations with Filmmakers(ed. Gabriel Miller,University Press of Mississippi,2005).
- ^The Present State of Ireland, and the Only Means of Preserving Her to the Empire, in a letter to the Marquis Cornwallis(John Stockdale, 1799).
- ^DeVeau v. Braisted,363 U.S. 144, 160.
- ^Elephant Walk: A Novel: Standish, Robert: Amazon.com: Books.January 1949.Retrieved23 March2022– via Amazon.
External links[edit]
- Financial Times,12 April 2002, Max McKeown, "eCommerce Web Interfaces: If It Ain't Useful, It Ain't Valuable".[1]
- Sunday Business Post,14 March 2004, "Battle lines drawn in magazine price war".[2]
- A Living Word(Townhouse, Dublin, 2001).[3]
- Fred Zinnemann: Interviews(ed. Gabriel Miller, University Press of Mississippi, 2005).[4]
- Michael Apted interview.[5]
- DeVeau v. Braisted,363 U.S. 144, 160.[6]