Stephen Galloway

In March 2020, Stephen Galloway became only the second dean in the history of Chapman University’s Dodge College of Film and Media Arts, after many years as executive editor of The Hollywood Reporter (THR).

An Emmy Award-winning writer and producer, Galloway created THR’s celebrated Oscar Roundtables, along with the Netflix series The Hollywood Masters, which he hosted and executive produced. Over three decades, he has written about a who’s who of Hollywood and the media, from Steven Spielberg to Meryl Streep, from Ted Turner to Tom Cruise.

He is also the author of the Amazon bestseller Leading Lady: Sherry Lansing and the Making of a Hollywood Groundbreaker and The New York Times bestseller Truly Madly: Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, and the Romance of the Century.

Much of his recent work has been focused on bridging the gap between Hollywood and young people who have been unable to access it.

In 2009 he created the award-winning Women in Entertainment Mentorship Program, which pairs high school juniors from schools in South Central Los Angeles with top-level women in film and TV. More than 250 teenagers from disadvantaged backgrounds have participated in the program and gone on to college, helped by the $10 million-plus Galloway has raised in scholarship money.

In 2019, Galloway spearheaded a leadership program for young men and women of color, the Young Executives Fellowship, in association with Oprah Winfrey. The program was overseen by an advisory board including former L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti and WME CEO Ari Emanuel.

Galloway has an M.A. from Cambridge University, where he graduated with First Class Honors before coming to America on a Harkness Fellowship (the British version of a Rhodes Scholarship). After earning his diploma at the American Film Institute, he worked in film and television in France and the U.S. before joining THR.

Scholarly Work and Publications

Galloway, Stephen, 2017. Leading Lady: Sherry Lansing and the Making of a Hollywood Groundbreaker. Crown Archetype, New York.

Galloway, Stephen, 2022. Truly Madly: Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, and the Romance of the Century. Grand Central Publishing, New York.