Actor / Director Profile

Graydon Carter has been editor of "Vanity Fair" since July 1992 and has won every award a magazine editor can win. In both 1997 and 1999 he was honored with the National Magazine Award for general excellence for magazines with circulation over 1,000,000 - the highest honor in publishing. In 2000 he received two more National Magazine Awards, in the categories of photography and war reporting. "Advertising Age" named "Vanity Fair" one of the 5 Best Magazines of 1998, and "Adweek" magazine placed ranked at #3 on its 2001 "Hot List." In 1999 the University of Missouri's School of Journalism rated the magazine as the top monthly in America. Carter edited the highly acclaimed and best-selling "Vanity Fair's Hollywood" (Viking Studio, October 2000). Five years in the making, the book is an incomparable collection of classic images, prose and caricatures depicting film stars and the motion picture industry - direct from the pages of "Vanity Fair". Prior to joining Vanity Fair, Carter was editor of "The New York Observer" from 1991 to 1992. He came to that newspaper from "Spy" magazine, which he co-founded in 1986. During Carter's five-year tenure as co-editor, Spy increased its circulation sixfold and received two National Magazine Award nominations. He worked as a staff writer for "Time" for five years, covering business, law, and entertainment before joining "Life" as a staff writer in 1983. He lives in Manhattan with his four children.