Ken serves on the board of directors of whose mission is “to mobilize the global yoga community to empower women in India to build sustainable livelihoods,” which is awesome. His documentary The Kennedy Detail (2011) was nominated for a daytime Emmy. He’s also produced TV and feature films, one starring Angelina Jolie, and indie films, including Hysteria the hit of the Toronto Film Festival in 2011. He has developed a flock of writers, at first shepherding them to book publishers, now guiding their entry into the wild world of e-books. Ken left academia to create a series of hybrid ventures that on the one hand develop inexperienced talent and on the other make deals for major projects in the boardrooms of studios and networks. He edited the Classical Roman Reader and Classical Greek Reader for Oxford University Press. He’s published over a dozen books, everything from academic studies of Homeric literature to essential self help for writers. His long list of academic achievements and awards include a Fulbright Professorship of American Literature at the University of Bologna, the Faculty Achievement Award at Occidental College, grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Mellon Awards, and he was consultant on classical drama for the Mark Taper Forum. A dreamer who realizes his dreams and helps others do the same, Ken Atchity has impressive credits in the worlds of film, television and publishing.
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