Martin Torgoff

Martin Torgoff has been at the forefront of major media trends and cultural currents for more than thirty years, documenting and telling the story of America through the evolution of its popular culture as an award-winning journalist, award-winning and bestselling author, documentary filmmaker, and Emmy-nominated television writer, director, and producer. His book American Fool: The Roots and Improbable Rise of John "Cougar" Mellencamp received the Deems Taylor Prize from ASCAP. Today, his experience and expertise equip him to navigate and command all of the fast-moving currents of the present media climate, applying his understanding of American pop culture to projects that include articles, books, film, television, lectures, multimedia events, and advertising/promotion.