Warren Garfield
- Writer
Since 1966 Warren Garfield has been best known in the film industry for
creating hundreds of previews of coming attractions or 'trailers',
working for Paramount, Disney and later for his own company, 'Coming
Attractions', where he wrote, produced and edited trailers mostly for
independent distributors. Garfield is most proud of his early trailers
for specialty or 'art' films by world-class, international directors
such as Paul Verhoeven, Ingmar Bergman, Yves Robertand 'Luis Bunel'. He was born Warren Niel
Garfunkel in New York City in 1936. Warren's father, Milton Garfield,
was a popular talent agent in the '50s and his uncle was Academy
Award-winning producer Harold Hecht, Marty (1955) who gave him his start in the
business. After receiving a BA from UCLA's film school, Garfield served
as assistant to Academy Award-winning film editors 'Bill Reynolds',
'Gene Milford' and 'Edward Mann' and then as Executive Assistant to
Hecht on a wide range of assignments. Garfield wrote the "Spaghetti
Western", _Dollaro tra i denti, Un (1966)_ (A Stranger In Town) for MGM release and then landed in
trailers. In addition to promotional films, Garfield wrote and
developed documentaries, product reels for the Cannes and AFM Film
Markets and demo reels for actors, directors and craftspeople. He also
produced on-air promotion for NBC, CBS and cable TV and designed
computer-generated graphics, logos and titles. He is a retired member
of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, the Publicists' Guild
and the Film/Video Editors' Guild.