James Greer (writer)

Greer was senior editor and senior writer at Spin{{cite web |first=Adrienne |last=Crew |url=http://laist.com/2006/08/08/laist_interview_james_greer.php |title=Interview in LAist discussing Greer's "influence on a generation of music journalists" |publisher=Laist.com |date=August 8, 2006 |access-date=January 16, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160131105430/http://laist.com/2006/08/08/laist_interview_james_greer.php |archive-date=January 31, 2016 |df=mdy-all }} magazine in New York City in the early 1990s, during which time he helped define the generational cohort that became later widely-known as Generation X.{{Cite web|date=March 20, 2018 |access-date=July 20, 2023 |url=https://rolfpotts.com/podcast/james-greer/ |title=Unsane writer James Greer on the death of Kurt Cobain and birth of Generation X}}

He wrote and performed all instruments/vocals on the song "Trendspotter Acrobat" on the EP Sunfish Holy Breakfast by Guided By Voices. He was the bassist in the band from 1994 to 1996.{{Cite web|title=James Greer: Making the World His Bitch (and Elephants)|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/mvp9m3/james-greer-making-the-world-his-bitch-and-elephants|access-date=2020-12-09|website=www.vice.com|language=en}}{{Cite web|date=2013-04-02|title=Steven Soderbergh's 12-hour John Barth adaptation, via James Greer|url=https://www.latimes.com/books/jacketcopy/la-et-jc-steven-soderbergh-12-hour-john-barth-adaptation-james-greer-20130402-story.html|access-date=2020-12-09|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US}}

Greer started a band in 2012 with musician Lola G. called DTCV.{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/dtcv-mn0003185314/biography |title=DTCV AllMusic Biography |publisher=AllMusic.com |date=July 10, 2016 |access-date=July 10, 2016}} Pronounced "detective", it was an indie rock duo from Joshua Tree, California. The band released a double album called Hilarious Heaven in 2013 on Xemu Records, followed by a compilation of their early singles and EPs, The Early Year. The duo released their second studio album, Uptime!, in 2015.{{Cite web|title=DTCV {{!}} Biography & History|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/dtcv-mn0003185314/biography|access-date=2020-12-09|website=AllMusic|language=en-us}} In April 2016 the band released its third and final studio album, entitled Confusion Moderne, on Xemu Records.{{cite web|url=https://consequence.net/2016/04/stream-dtcvs-international-psych-rock-album-confusion-moderne/ |title=Consequence of Sound Advance Stream of Confusion Moderne |publisher=consequence.net |date=April 1, 2016 |access-date=July 10, 2016}}

Greer has published three novels: Artificial Light (Little House on the Bowery/Akashic, 2006),{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-oct-08-bk-jayme8-story.html |title=Los Angeles Times review of Artificial Light |publisher=Articles.latimes.com |date=October 8, 2006 |access-date=January 16, 2012 |first=Michael |last=Jaime-Becerra}} The Failure (Akashic, 2010).{{cite web|first=Zach|last=Baron |url=http://www.villagevoice.com/2010-03-24/books/loser-lit-john-mcnally-s-after-the-workshop-peter-bognanni-s-the-house-of-tomorrow-and-james-greer-s-the-failure/2/ |title=Review of The Failure in the Village Voice |publisher=Villagevoice.com |date=March 24, 2010 |access-date=January 16, 2012}} Artificial Light won a California Book Award Silver Medal for First Fiction.[http://www.commonwealthclub.org/bookawards/76/ Official California Book Awards Site] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100620180943/http://www.commonwealthclub.org/bookawards/76/ |date=June 20, 2010 }} and Bad Eminence (And Other Stories, 2022), which Andrew Gallix in The Irish Times called "this year's cult classic," writing that the novel was "hilarious, exhilarating and mind-blowing".{{cite web|url = https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2022/07/16/james-greers-bad-eminence-a-wicked-thrill-opened-at-your-peril/|title = James Greer's Bad Eminence: A wicked thrill opened at your peril}}

In 2013 Greer released his first book of short fiction, titled Everything Flows, via Curbside Splendor. Publishers Weekly said of the book "Halfway between the mind of God and a vivid dream, Everything Flows is proof that there remain new places to go, both on paper and in the known universe."{{Cite news|url = http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-9834228-8-4|title = Fiction Book Review: Everything Flows by James Greer}}

FICTION

• Artificial Light (2006)
• The Failure (2010)
• The Speed Chronicles (2011)
• Everything Flows (2013)
• Bad Eminence (2023)

NON-FICTION

• R.E.M.: Behind the Mask (1992)
• Guided by Voices: A Brief History: Twenty-One Years of Hunting Accidents in the Forests of Rock and Roll (2005)

Greer has written or co-written several movies, including Max Keeble's Big Move[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0273799/combined Max Keeble's Big Move IMDB page] (Disney, 2001), Just My Luck[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0397078/combined Just My Luck IMDB page] (20th Century Fox, 2006) starring Lindsay Lohan, the Jackie Chan vehicle The Spy Next Door[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1273678/combined The Spy Next Door IMDB page] (Lions Gate, 2010) and Unsane,{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/juno-temple-claire-foy-in-steven-soderbergh-pic-exclusive-1202499189/|title=Juno Temple to Co-Star With Claire Foy in Steven Soderbergh's Next Movie (EXCLUSIVE)|website=Variety|first=Justin|last=Kroll|date=July 18, 2017|access-date=July 18, 2017}} directed by Steven Soderbergh, and starring Claire Foy and Juno Temple (Fingerprint Releasing, Bleecker Street, Regency, 2018). In February 2018, Deadline Hollywood reported that Greer was set to write a script called Planet Kill for Soderbergh to produce.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2018/02/steven-soderbergh-planet-kill-studio-8-unsane-1202276533/|title=Studio 8 Acquires 'Planet Kill' For Steven Soderbergh To Produce, May Direct|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Anita|last=Busch|date=February 1, 2018|access-date=February 20, 2018}} He also has adapted the John Barth novel The Sot-Weed Factor (novel) for a projected series from Soderbergh.{{Cite web|date=2013-04-02|title=Steven Soderbergh's 12-hour John Barth adaptation, via James Greer|url=https://www.latimes.com/books/jacketcopy/la-et-jc-steven-soderbergh-12-hour-john-barth-adaptation-james-greer-20130402-story.html|access-date=2020-12-09|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US}}

Guided By Voices

• Alien Lanes (1995)
• Sunfish Holy Breakfast (1996)
• Under The Bushes, Under The Stars (1996)

DTCV

• Hilarious Heaven (2013)
• Uptime! (2015)
• Confusion Moderne (2016)

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FILM

• 2023 - Mirror Moves (director/writer)
• 2018 - Unsane
• 2010 - The Spy Next Door (screenplay) / (story)
• 2008 - La femme qui n'était rien (Short)
• 2008 - Bait Shop (Video) (teleplay)
• 2008 - Diegesis (Short)
• 2006 - Love Is Stronger Than Witchcraft (Video short)
• 2006/II - Mimesis (Short)
• 2006 - Just My Luck (story)
• 2006 - Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector
• 2001 - Max Keeble's Big Move (screenplay) / (story)

TV

• The Horse's Mouth (writer/co-creator)

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• 2023 - Mirror Moves (feature film)
• 2017 - A Walk Across the Human Bridge (Video short)
• 2016 - Bourgeois Pop (Video short)
• 2015 - Miley Cyrus Wins the Race (Video short)
• 2008 - La femme qui n'était rien (Short)
• 2008 - Diegesis (Short)
• 2006 - Love Is Stronger Than Witchcraft (Video short)
• 2006/II - Mimesis (Short)

{{Reflist}}

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20101212005007/http://akashicbooks.com/artificiallight.htm Akashic Books page for Greer's novel Artificial Light]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20120118115514/http://www.akashicbooks.com/failure.htm Akashic Books page for Greer's novel The Failure]
• [https://www.andotherstories.org/bad-eminence/ And Other Stories page for Greer's novel "Bad Eminence]
• [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7153766/combined IMDB page for Unsane]

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