Lawrence Schiller. Marilyn & Me

Lawrence Schiller began his career as a photojournalist for Life , Time , and Paris Match , photographing some of the most iconic figures of the 1960s, from Marilyn Monroe to Barbra Streisand , from Ali and Patterson to Redford and Newman. His book projects include five New York Times best sellers, Marilyn & Me , Barbra , and the Pulitzer Prize–winning book, The Executioner’s Song , by Norman Mailer. He has directed or produced 20 motion pictures, including the documentaries The American Dreamer and the Oscar–winning The Man Who Skied Down Everest . Among his films for television, The Executioner’s Song and Peter the Great won five Emmys.