Josh Karp (born October 22, 1966) is a journalist and author. He lives in suburban Chicago, Illinois, with his wife, Susan, and their four sons. A journalist, writer and film producer. His first book, ''

A Futile and Stupid Gesture ''A Futile and Stupid Gesture: How Doug Kenney and National Lampoon Changed Comedy Forever'' is an American book by Josh Karp that was published in 2006. It is a history of ''National Lampoon'' magazine and one of its three founders, Doug Kenne ...

,'' won best biography at both the Independent Publisher Book Awards and Midwest Book Awards in 2006. It was adapted into a

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of the same name, starring Will Forte, for Netflix in 2018. He is also the author of ''Straight Down the Middle: Shivas Irons, Bagger Vance and How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love My Golf Swing'' and ''Orson Welles's Last Movie: The Making of The Other Side of the Wind''. Karp served as moderator of a panel discussion on ''

The Other Side of the Wind ''The Other Side of the Wind'' is a 2018 satirical drama film, directed, co-written, co-produced and co-edited by Orson Welles, and posthumously released in 2018 after forty-eight years in development. The film stars John Huston, Bob Random, Pe ...

'' at the 21st annual Sedona International Film Festival in Sedona, Arizona, in February 2015. He was a producer on the Morgan Neville documentary, ''

They'll Love Me When I'm Dead ''They'll Love Me When I'm Dead'' is a 2018 American documentary film, directed by Morgan Neville. It documents the ill-fated production of '' The Other Side of the Wind'', directed by Orson Welles. The film had its world premiere at the Venice Fi ...

'', which premiered at the Venice Film Festival in August 2018. Karp's writing has appeared in ''Salon, Vanity Fair, The Los Angeles Times, The Chicago Sun-Times'' ''and'' ''Newsweek,'' among others.

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External links

Official website

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