Joel Siegel

JOEL SIEGEL was a film critic and television personality who served as entertainment editor and film critic for ABC’s Good Morning America from 1981 until shortly before his death, reviewing films for WABC-TV in New York for 31 years. He was the author of Lessons for Dylan: From Father to Son.

Siegel won five New York Emmy Awards and received a Tony Award nomination. He graduated cum laude from the University of California, Los Angeles.

When not writing, Siegel co-founded Gilda’s Club in 1991 alongside actor Gene Wilder, a nonprofit support organization for cancer patients. His book Lessons for Dylan: From Father to Son was written following his 1997 colon cancer diagnosis.

Joel Siegel was born and raised in Los Angeles and died in New York City at age 63.

Joel Siegel’s books are published by Jewish Lights, an imprint of Turner Publishing.

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