STEPHEN VERONA

STEPHEN VERONA ....Class of 1958


Let me introduce you to Stephen Verona Graduate of James Madison ..class of 1958.....Needless to say what you read, and what you will see on his web site will surely amaze you as it did me, Here is a man who has such an amazing career..his love and energy he put into his work shows in all the awards he has won.

Read on and then go to his web site, many of you will remember the work he has done, I certainly do.

Stephens extensive resume can be found on this website: www.stephenverona.com - He has had success in many fields, most notably in the motion picture and video and more recently art worlds. You may know that he made (produced, co-wrote and directed), a movie about his youth titled: "The Lords of Flatbush." This is the film that gave Sylvester Stallone, Henry Winkler, Richard Gere and many others their start. He also made (Directed & Co-wrote) "Boardwalk" with Ruth Gordon, Lee Strasberg and Janet Leigh about his grandparents and the "old" neighborhood. I personally remember these very well, as I am sure many of you do as well.



He is also credited by People magazine as having been the grandfather of Music Video as he did the first two for the Beatles and then Streisand and about 250 other well known recording artists. All during this he always painted and photographed. The Getty Museum recently acquired his photography for their permanent collection.



His book on the Making of the Lords of Flatbush will be out in the Spring. Barnes & Noble just bought a slew so watch for it. He was nominated for an Academy Award as well as a hundred other awards. I could go on and on about Stephen, but I think you will enjoy his web site, It will give you an amazing insight of his talent that brought him such success.



Another Madison to make us proud.



Best to All and enjoy



Sherry alagorf2@aol.com