John Phillip Santos (born 1957) is an American freelance filmmaker, producer, journalist, and author. In 1979, he became the first Mexican-American Rhodes Scholar.[1][2][3]
Early life edit
Santos was born and raised in San Antonio, Texas.[4] In 1997, Santos joined the Ford Foundation as an officer in the Media, Arts and Culture Program.[1][2]
He lived in New York City for twenty years, returning to San Antonio in May 2005.[2]
Career edit
His articles have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, San Antonio Express-News, and the New York Times.[2] As an executive producer, he has over forty broadcast documentaries on culture, religion, politics and spirituality for CBS News and PBS, some of which have been nominated for Emmys.[2] As a director he has been involved in program development for Thirteen/WNET in New York City.[2]
Santos was an Emmy nominee in 1988 for From the AIDS Experience: Part I, Our Spirits to Heal/ Part II, Our Humanity to Heal, and in 1985 for Exiles Who Never Leave Home.[5] He has an MA English Literature and Language from St. Catherine's College at Oxford University and a BA in Philosophy and Literature from the University of Notre Dame.[1][5]
Between August 7 and August 18, 2006, Texas Public Radio (KSTX 89.1 FM) broadcast Santos reading from his family memoir Places Left Unfinished at the Time of Creation.[6]
Awards edit
He has been awarded the Academy of American Poets' Prize at Notre Dame, the Oxford Prize for fiction,[1][4] and the Berlin Prize Fellow at the American Academy in Berlin.[2] His family memoir, Places Left Unfinished at the Time of Creation was a finalist for the National Book Award.[1][7] He was also a past member of the President's Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans.[8][9]
Bibliography edit
- The Farthest Home is in an Empire of Fire
- Places Left Unfinished at the Time of Creation
- Songs Older Than Any Known Singer: Selected and New Poems, 1974–2006, with Arturo Madrid
Further reading edit
- Art at Our Doorstep: San Antonio Writers and Artists featuring John Phillips Santos. Edited by Nan Cuba and Riley Robinson (Trinity University Press, 2008).
Notes edit
- ^ a b c d e Wing Press (accessed April 29, 2009)
- ^ a b c d e f g University of Texas (accessed April 29, 2009)
- ^ Hakim, page 251
- ^ a b Penguin bio (accessed April 29, 2009)
- ^ a b Watson Institute (accessed April 30, 2009
- ^ Texas Public Radio (accessed April 30, 2009)
- ^ NYTimes; Book Award Finalists Announced (accessed April 30, 2009)
- ^ Us Department of Education Archive Archived 2009-02-20 at the Wayback Machine (accessed April 30, 2009)
- ^ Creating the will, page 63
References edit
- Hakim, Joy (2003). A History of the U. S.: All the People, 1945-2001 (3 ed.). Oxford University Press US. ISBN 0-19-515338-3.
- Creating the will a report to the President of the United States, the Secretary of Education, and the nation. DIANE Publishing. ISBN 1-4289-2609-7.
- John Phillip Santos Papers at the University of Texas at San Antonio Archives and Special Collections: [1]