Stephen Galloway

Stephen Galloway

Stephen Galloway is a renowned editor, writer, and media leader whose career spans journalism, education, and film culture. In addition to his work in entertainment reporting and magazines, he has also established himself as a fiction writer.

Galloway spent many years at The Hollywood Reporter, where he served as a senior editor and later as executive features editor. In this role, he played a key part in shaping how major stories about television, film, and the people behind them were told. During his tenure, he covered major industry shifts, Hollywood’s award seasons, and conducted interviews with producers, directors, and actors. He also created The Hollywood Reporter’s celebrated Oscar roundtables, bringing filmmakers together for in?depth conversations.

Beyond journalism, Steven Galloway has worked extensively in television and film?related projects. He has hosted and produced long?form interviews exploring the creative process and the art of storytelling in film and TV. These projects reflect his deep interest in how stories are made, remembered, and discussed.

Galloway has also been active in education and mentorship. He has developed programs aimed at helping young people from underserved backgrounds gain access to opportunities in media and entertainment. Later, he moved into leadership roles in media education and film, collaborating with industry professionals, faculty, and students to build programs that connect real?world media work with creative skill development.

In his first book, Leading Lady, Stephen Galloway writes the biography of Sherry Lansing, the philanthropist and groundbreaking movie executive. He chronicles her journey to becoming the first female executive of a major Hollywood studio, offering behind?the?scenes insights from boardrooms and film sets. Lansing’s appointment as the first-ever female president of a major studio sent shockwaves through the industry and marked the beginning of an extraordinary career in which she produced classic films, oversaw hundreds of projects, and led two major studios. For twenty?five years, she was the most powerful woman in Hollywood.

Galloway’s next work, Truly, Madly, tells the story of the passionate and turbulent love affair between Larry and Vivien, the first truly international celebrities. Their fame rose alongside the explosive growth of television and tabloids, which both elevated and tormented them. Though they appeared to have everything, their lives were overshadowed by Vivien’s long?undiagnosed mental illness, which ultimately turned their relationship into a nightmare.

Drawing on exclusive access to unpublished interviews and correspondence, as well as new research, Galloway examines the couple’s rollercoaster relationship against the backdrop of the upheavals of the 1960s, the Golden Age of Hollywood, and the two world wars.

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