Quinn Bradlee

Quinn Bradlee
Born Josiah Quinn Crowninshield Bradlee
(1982-04-29) April 29, 1982
Georgetown (Washington, D.C.)
Education The Lab School of Washington
The Gow School
Landmark College
American University
New York Film Academy
Spouse(s) Pary Anbaz-Williamson (m. 2010–14)
Parent(s) Ben Bradlee (1921–2014)
Sally Quinn

Josiah Quinn Crowninshield Bradlee FRSA,[1] FSA Scot, MStJ[2] (born April 29, 1982) is an American filmmaker, author and advocate for improving the lives of disabled individuals.[3][4][5][6][7]

Biography

Bradlee is the son of the late author and Washington Post executive editor Ben Bradlee, and author and journalist Sally Quinn.[8][9][10]

He was diagnosed in 1996 with Velo-Cardio-Facial Syndrome (VCFS).[3][6][11][12] He attended The Lab School of Washington,[3][13] and graduated from the college-preparatory Gow School in 2002.[14][15] He attended special programs at Landmark College and American University, and studied at the New York Film Academy.[3]

He is the producer of several documentary films including the 2007 film Life with VCFS about the syndrome and the VCFS International Center at Upstate Medical University,[16][17] and is the associate producer of the 2010 HBO Family documentary film I Can't Do This But I CAN Do That: A Film for Families About Learning Differences.[3][8][18] He is the author of the 2009 memoir A Different Life: Growing Up Learning Disabled and Other Adventures, documenting his efforts to overcome VCFS,[3][6][8][12][17] and, with his father, he co-authored the 2012 book A Life's Work: Fathers and Sons.[3][12]

He is the webmaster of Friends of Quinn, a website which he created in 2008 as part of the HealthCentral Network for learning disabled individuals.[3][6] It offers "resources and support for young adults with learning differences,"[19][20] and uses the dyslexic-friendly Dyslexie font to mitigate some of the issues that dyslexics experience when reading. As part of a series of website-video interviews with notable individuals, he interviewed filmmaker Steven Spielberg. In the interview, Spielberg described his own lifelong dyslexia and 2007 diagnosis of the developmental reading disorder.[3][21] Bradlee is also the youth engagement associate for the National Center for Learning Disabilities.[3]

He married yoga instructor Pary Anbaz-Williamson in 2010.[8][22][23] The couple divorced in 2014.[24]

Ancestry

Bradlee's paternal grandfather, Frederick Josiah Bradlee Jr., "could trace his American ancestry back through 10 generations" of the family.[25] This early collection of family history was further developed in his father's ancestry, and encouraged his own extensive interest in ancestry.[17] He is a patrilineal descendant of several of the Boston Brahmin families including the Bradlee, Choate, Crowninshield and Sargent families among others. He is also a descendant of the old colonial American and Puritan Putnam family founded by John and Priscilla Gould Putnam in 17th century Salem, Mass.[12][25][26][27][28] He is also a matrilineal descendant of several Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic families including the McDougald, Quinn, Williams and Wilson families among others.[12][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36]

Films

Books

See also

References

  1. ↑ Bradlee, Quinn (2015-10-30). "Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts". Twitter.com. Twitter.com. Retrieved 2016-03-16.
  2. ↑ "Order of St John". The London Gazette. TSO (The Stationery Office). 2013-07-03.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Quinn Bradlee: Youth Engagement Associate". National Center for Learning Disabilities (New York). Retrieved 2015-10-12.
  4. ↑ Bradlee, Quinn (2009-05-30). "The Ups and Downs of Living with Learning Disabilities". The Huffington Post (New York). Retrieved 2015-10-12.
  5. ↑ Bradlee, Quinn (2009-04-18). "Money Doesn't Buy (True) Friends". The Huffington Post (New York). Retrieved 2015-10-12.
  6. 1 2 3 4 Wilson, Craig (2009-03-30). "Quinn Bradlee, son of 'Post' power duo, writes of disabilities". USA Today (Tysons Corner, Va.). Retrieved 2015-10-12.
  7. ↑ Holeywell, Ryan (2007-06-06). "'Post' son brings little-known syndrome into focus". USA Today (Tysons Corner, Va.). Retrieved 2015-10-12.
  8. 1 2 3 4 Mallozzi, Vincent M. (2010-10-08). "Pary Anbaz-Williamson, Quinn Bradlee". The New York Times (New York). Retrieved 2015-10-12.
  9. ↑ Joynt, Carol (2010-02-22). "Washington Social Diary -- Sally!". New York Social Diary (New York). Retrieved 2015-10-12.
  10. ↑ Mullins, Anne Schroeder (2010-02-22). "Quinn Bradlee may change wedding date". Politico (Arlington County, Va.). Retrieved 2015-10-12.
  11. ↑ Bradlee, Quinn (2012-06-06). "'Independence' Is The Scariest Word: My Life With Learning Disabilities". The Huffington Post (New York). Retrieved 2015-10-12.
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 "Something About Sally". Vanity Fair (New York). July 2010. Retrieved 2015-10-12.
  13. ↑ "Quinn Bradley" (PDF). Learning Disabilities Association of America (Pittsburgh, Pa.). April 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2013. Retrieved 2015-10-12.
  14. ↑ Woodruff, Judy (2009-05-06). "Quinn Bradlee Talks About Life with Learning Disability". PBS NewsHour (Arlington County, Va.). Archived from the original on March 27, 2010. Retrieved 2015-10-12.
  15. ↑ Meyer, Daniel (2003-07-14). "Worldwide reputation: The Gow School's method of teaching dyslexics gains international acclaim". BizJournals (Charlotte, N.C.). Retrieved 2015-10-12.
  16. ↑ Johnson, Timothy (2007-06-14). "Newspaper Editor's Son Tackles His Own Disease in Film". ABC News (New York). Retrieved 2015-10-12.
  17. 1 2 3 Bradlee, Quinn; Himmelman, Jeff (2010-03-02). A Different Life: Growing Up Learning Disabled and Other Adventures. Retrieved 2015-10-15.
  18. ↑ "I Can't Do This But I CAN Do That: A Film for Families About Learning Differences". HBO.com. HBO Family. 2010-10-26. Retrieved 2015-10-15.
  19. ↑ Wills, Cheryl (2012-07-03). "Friends of Quinn website provides community for people with dyslexia". Time Warner Cable News (New York). Retrieved 2015-10-12.
  20. ↑ Bailey, Eileen (2008-12-26). "New HealthCentral Site for LD: Friends of Quinn". HealthCentral.com (New York). Retrieved 2015-10-12.
  21. ↑ "Steven Spielberg Escaped His Dyslexia Through Filmmaking". ABC News (New York). 2012-09-27. Retrieved 2015-10-15.
  22. ↑ "Reliable Source -- Love, etc.: Ben Harper and Laura Dern; Quinn Bradlee and Pary Williamson". The Washington Post (Washington). 2010-10-11. Retrieved 2015-10-12.
  23. ↑ Quinn, Sally (2010-02-19). "The kids are all right. It's mom who's to blame.". The Washington Post (Washington). Retrieved 2015-10-12.
  24. ↑ Mullins, Luke; Joynt, Carol Ross (2014-07-23). "Quinn Bradlee, Son of Ben Bradlee and Sally Quinn, Is Getting Divorced". Washingtonian (Washington). Retrieved 2015-10-13.
  25. 1 2 Kaiser, Robert G. (2014-10-21). "Ben Bradlee, legendary Washington Post editor, dies at 93". The Washington Post (Washington). Retrieved 2015-10-15.
  26. ↑ Tapley, Harriet Silvester (1922). The Historical Collections of the Danvers Historical Society 10. Danvers Historical Society. p. 42.
  27. ↑ Welch, Charles Alfred (1902). Welch Genealogy. Retrieved 2015-10-15.
  28. ↑ Jameson, E.O. (Ephraim Orcutt) (1896). The Choates in America, 1643-1896. p. 214.
  29. ↑ "Rebecca A Olliff Williams, 1899". FamilySearch.org. Intellectual Reserve Inc. 2015-10-15. Retrieved 2015-10-15.
  30. ↑ "John Alexander McDougald, 1926". FamilySearch.org. Intellectual Reserve Inc. 2015-10-15. Retrieved 2015-10-15.
  31. ↑ "Pamella Clapp McDougald, 1941". FamilySearch.org. Intellectual Reserve Inc. 2015-10-15. Retrieved 2015-10-15.
  32. ↑ "Sara McDougald Williams, 1920". FamilySearch.org. Intellectual Reserve Inc. 2015-10-15. Retrieved 2015-10-15.
  33. ↑ "William W. Quinn, 92, General and Former Intelligence Officer". The New York Times (New York). 2000-09-12. Retrieved 2015-10-15.
  34. ↑ "Lehman W Williams, 28 Jan 1959". FamilySearch.org. Intellectual Reserve Inc. 2015-10-15. Retrieved 2015-10-15.
  35. ↑ "Alice W Wilson in household of John N M Wilson". FamilySearch.org. Intellectual Reserve Inc. 2015-10-15. Retrieved 2015-10-15.
  36. ↑ "William S Quinn in household of William Quinn". FamilySearch.org. Intellectual Reserve Inc. 2015-10-15. Retrieved 2015-10-15.

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