Amanpour, Christiane 1958–

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Amanpour, Christiane 1958–

PERSONAL

Name is pronounced Kris–chee–ahn Ah–mahn–poor; born January 12, 1958, in London, England; raised in Iran; daughter of Mohammad (an airline executive) and Patricia Amanpour; married James Philip "Jamie" Rubin (in politics and television personality), August 8, 1998; children: Darius John. Education: University of Rhode Island, B.A. (summa cum laude), journalism, 1983; studied journalism in London.

Career:

Broadcast journalist. WBRU (radio station), Providence, RI, reporter, anchor, and producer, 1981–82; WJAR–TV, Providence, RI, electronic graphics designer, intern, and member of the investigative reporting team, beginning c. 1983; Cable News Network, began as an assistant on the international assignment desk in Atlanta, GA, worked in various bureaus, became chief international correspondent, beginning 1983, based in London. Committee to Protect Journalists, board member. Affiliated with the awards ceremonies for a number of journalism awards. Worked in a department store.

Member:

Phi Beta Kappa, Society of Professional Journalists (fellow), Sigma Delta Chi (fellow).

Awards, Honors:

Alfred I. duPont Award (with others), Columbia University, c. 1985, for the series "Iran: In the Name of God"; Breakthrough Award, Women, Men, and Media, 1991, CableACE Award (with others), c. 1991, and Alfred I. duPont Award (with others), c. 1991, all for reporting on the first Gulf War; George Foster Peabody Broadcasting Award, personal award, Henry W. Grady School of Journalism and Mass Communications, University of Georgia, 1994; Alfred I. duPont Award Baton, 1994; named 1994 Woman of the Year, Women in Cable and Telecommunications, New York Chapter; named one of the most fascinating people on television, People Weekly, 1996; two George Polk Memorial awards, Long Island University, Department of Journalism, including one for work on Battle for Afghanistan, 1997; named nymphe d'honneur, Monte Carlo Television Festival, 1997; Emmy Award, outstanding investigative journalism, 1998, for "Arkan: Wanted and the Hitman"; George Foster Peabody Broadcasting Award, international reporting category, 1998; Emmy Award, outstanding background or analysis of a single current story segment, 1999, for "Thou Shalt Kill," 60 Minutes; Emmy Award, outstanding investigative journalism segment, 1999, for "Massacre in Algeria," 60 Minutes; Edward R. Murrow Award for Distinguished Achievement in Broadcast Journalism, 2002; several honorary degrees, including doctor of humane letters, University of Michigan, 2006; other Emmy awards, including one for "Struggle for Islam"; Sigma Delta Chi award for reporting from Zaire; Courage in Journalism Award; Gold Award, Worldfest–Houston International Festival; Livingston Award for Young Journalists.

CREDITS

Television Appearances; Series:

Correspondent, 60 Minutes (also known as 60 Minutes II and 60 Minutes Wednesday), CBS, beginning 1999, series also broadcast as TV Land Legends: The 60 Minutes Interviews, TV Land.

Chief international correspondent, NewsNight with Aaron Brown, Cable News Network, 2001–2005.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Narrator, Landmines: Hidden Assassins, Cable News Network, 1997.

Herself, Dying to Tell the Story, TBS, 1998.

Host, Revenge of the Microbes, Cable News Network, 1998.

Host, Virus Hunters, Cable News Network, 1998.

Host, A World out of Balance, Cable News Network, 1998.

Narrator, Somalia: Blackhawk Down, Cable News Network, 1998.

Leaders and Revolutionaries: People of the Century; CBS News/Time 100, CBS, 1998.

Correspondent, Revolutionary Journey, Cable News Network, 2000.

Herself, Breaking the News, CBS, 2001.

Herself, Feeding the Beast: The 24–Hour News Revolution, Trio, 2004.

Narrator, The Journalist and the Jihadi: The Murder of Daniel Pearl, HBO, 2006.

Television Appearances; Awards Presentations:

Host, The Alfred I. duPont/Columbia University Awards in Television and Radio Journalism, PBS, 1998.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Narrator, "Pax Americana," Yugoslavia: Death of a Nation, The Discovery Channel, 1995.

Correspondent, "The Case against Milosevic," CNN Presents, Cable News Network, 2001.

Herself, Intimate Portrait: Christiane Amanpour, Lifetime, 2003.

Appeared in various programs, including American Morning, CNN Live Today (also known as Live Today), CNN Newsroom, and Your World Today, all Cable News Network.

Television Guest Appearances; Episodic:

Real Time with Bill Maher, HBO, 2004, 2006.

"Renee Zellweger and Christiane Amanpour," Iconoclasts, Sundance Channel, 2005.

The Charlie Rose Show (also known as Charlie Rose), PBS, 2005.

The Daily Show (also known as The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Global Edition), Comedy Central, 2005.

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, NBC, 2005.

The Colbert Report, Comedy Central, 2006.

This Week, BBC, 2006.

Television Executive Producer; Specials:

Revolutionary Journey, Cable News Network, 2000.

Film Appearances; Documentaries:

Herself, Veillees d'armes (also known as The Troubles We've Seen: A History of Journalism in Wartime, The Troubles We've Seen—Die Geschichte der Kriegsberichterstattung, and Veillees d'armes: Histoire du journalisme en temps de guerre), 1994, Milestone Film and Video, 2005.

Chief international correspondent for Cable News Network, War Photographer, First Run Features, 2001.

(In archive footage) Herself, Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism, MoveOn.org, 2004.

WRITINGS

Teleplays; Series:

60 Minutes (also known as 60 Minutes II and 60 Minutes Wednesday), CBS, beginning 1999, series also broadcast as TV Land Legends: The 60 Minutes Interviews, TV Land.

NewsNight with Aaron Brown, Cable News Network, 2001–2005.

Wrote material as a correspondent that appeared in various programs.

Teleplays; Specials:

(With others) Battle for Afghanistan, Cable News Network International, 1997.

Revolutionary Journey, Cable News Network, 2000.

Teleplays; Episodic:

"The Case against Milosevic," CNN Presents, Cable News Network, 2001.

Contributed to various programs, including American Morning, CNN Live Today (also known as Live Today), CNN Newsroom, and Your World Today, all Cable News Network.