JEAN SHEPHERD

Jean Shepherd spent his formative years in Hammond, Indiana during the 1920’s and 1930’s. He attended Indiana University before becoming a Cincinnati radio show host. While in Cincinnati he initiated a television show called Rear Bumper. During the 1950’s and 1960’s, Mr. Shepherd hosted a late night show on radio station WOR in New York City and other east coast radio stations. Anecdotes from his younger days in the Calumet Region, related on these radio shows provided material for magazine stories and for several books. He has also produced a television movie, The Phantom of the Open Hearth, and a television series titled Jean Shepherd’s America, which aired on public television nationwide. However, his most noteworthy accomplishment is writing the screenplay for the popular movie A Christmas Story.

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