Darren Garnick is an Emmy-nominated filmmaker, writer, producer and photographer who occasionally breaks away from his beanbag chair to stack firewood. He enjoys Red Sox baseball, blueberry smoothies and making fun of Apple computer snobs — the kind who hang out at the “Genius Bar” on Saturdays.
Although much of his youth was spent watching “Batman,” “Get Smart,” and “Creature Double Feature,” Darren tragically now has precious little time for TV.
His documentary film quests have included trailing underdog presidential candidates (Crashing the Parties), chasing insane county fair daredevils (Hell Drivers: America’s Original Crash Test Dummies) and celebrating aviation pioneers overshadowed by the Wright Brothers (Beyond Kitty Hawk). TV field production assignments have ranged from grilling politicians for CNN to examining luxury toilets for The Travel Channel’s “World’s Best Bathrooms.”
A family history buff, Darren currently spearheads “Reel Profiles,” a personal documentary company devoted to capturing the stories of ordinary people with extraordinary life experiences.
He is also the Boston Herald’s “Working Stiff” business columnist and has been a contributor to Slate magazine, PBS.org, Ha’aretz, The Jerusalem Report, and New Hampshire Magazine.
Darren and his wife Stacy live in a secluded wooded grove in Central New Hampshire with their two children and countless chipmunks and frolicking deer.
(Contact Darren at darrengarnick @ gmail.com or Twitter: @darrengarnick )
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RANDOM BUT FASCINATING DARREN TRIVIAFavorite Authors: Leon Uris, Carl Hiaasen & Sly Stallone
Childhood Hero: Carney Lansford
Best Baseball Hairdo: Oscar Gamble, 1975
Favorite Cartoon: Fred Flintstone
Posters Actually Hung in my Childhood Bedroom: Carney Lansford, Christie Brinkley, Paulina Porizkova
Favorite Bagel: Pumpernickel
First Record Album: Foreigner Four
Favorite Smartass Columnist: Mark Steyn
Favorite Canadian: Seth Rogen
Fave Fitness Routine: Condi Rice’s “No Excuses” Workout
Best Rocky Movie: Definitely the one where he defeats Communism and avenges Apollo’s death
Favorite Travel Spot: The Dead Sea
Personal Kryptonite: Mayonnaisse, Gefilte Fish
3 Comments
January 13, 2008 at 2:09 pm.01.
On the “welcome back kotter” note, if you want a retro 70’s WBK rocking chair, i have one for sale. It matches the couch in this picture: http://www.weyl.org/house/images/P1010148.jpg – and, yes, that is my house. Let me know if you want me to throw in some shag carpeting or beaded wall hangings.
January 14, 2008 at 2:09 am.01.
Darren,
What were you writing when you sat in my sealed room during the first Iraqi war? Let me guess.
Dysfunctional families?
Home?
Can I say I knew you when, now that you’re so famous?
Good luck in all your exciting endeavors.
Warmly,
Judy Labensohn
(near Jerusalem)
June 12, 2008 at 2:09 am.06.
So when are they FINALLY going to release WKRP on DVD … with ALL the ORIGINAL music that was used?
“As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.”
Doesn’t get much better than that.
Cheers!