Martin Torgoff

Martin Torgoff has been at the forefront of major media trends and cultural currents for more than thirty years, documenting and telling the story of America through the evolution of its popular culture as an award-winning journalist, award-winning and bestselling author, documentary filmmaker, and Emmy-nominated television writer, director, and producer. His book American Fool: The Roots and Improbable Rise of John “Cougar” Mellencamp was the recipient of the ASCAP Foundation Deems Taylor Award. He is also the author of Can’t Find My Way Home: America in the Great Stoned Age, 1945-2000. Today Torgoff applies his understanding of American pop culture to projects that include articles, books, film, television, lectures, multimedia events, and advertising/promotion.