HeathCliff Rothman

HeathCliff Rothman is a national journalist and social entrepreneur. He is co-founder of Global Vision for Peace/ Artists for the U.N., now a United Nations NGO, using media and artists as a powerful vehicle to support peace, and the mission and vision of the United Nations. Three years ago, he launched FYI - Film Your Issue, a national youth-oriented "issue film" competition, now in partnership with Microsoft, USA Today, Entertainment Weekly, the United Nations, The Humane Society of the U.S., ASCAP, MTV and leading higher education organizations. The FYI vision is to engage young Americans in contemporary domestic and global issues, empower them to add their voice to the public dialogue, and become engaged citizens, via short "issue films." As a national journalist and cultural chronicler, Mr. Rothman has profiled such legends as pulp fiction author Mickey Spillane and big bandleader Artie Shaw for Vanity Fair, and leading American icons Meryl Streep, Kirk Douglas, Walter Matthau, Jack Lemmon, Michael Douglas, Sigourney Weaver and others for The New York Times, USA Today, The Los Angeles Times, GQ, AARP and other national publications. Mr. Rothman lives in Los Angeles.