Cookie Lommel | |
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Born | 1970 (age 53–54)
Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. |
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Spouse | Ulli Lommel |
Cookie Lommel (born 1970) is an American author, biographer, film producer, and activist.
Cookie Lommel was born in Cleveland, Ohio. [1] She began her career in the entertainment industry in 1981. [2] Early on she worked as a journalist for Cashbox magazine and Radio & Records magazine. [3] She has also worked as an entertainment industry reporter at CNN [4] and as entertainment editor at Teen Magazine. [5]
In 2003, she was named the executive director of the Jewish Labor Committee's Western region. [1] Prior to this, in 1992 Lommel founded Operation Unity, [6] a non-profit organization that funded the travel of inner city minority students to live on an Israeli Kibbutz. [1]
Cookie Lommel authored the 2001 [7] book The History of Rap Music, [8] and Black Filmmakers in 2002. [9] She is also the author of unauthorized biographies for Russell Simmons, [10] Arnold Schwarzenegger, [11] James Oglethorpe, [12] Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr., Arthur Miller, [1] Robert Church, [13] Madame C.J. Walker, [14] Michelle Pfeiffer, [15] and Mary Church Terrell. [16]
She was married to actor and film director Ulli Lommel between 1988 and his death in 2017. [17]
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Cookie Lommel | |
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Born | 1970 (age 53–54)
Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. |
Occupations |
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Spouse | Ulli Lommel |
Cookie Lommel (born 1970) is an American author, biographer, film producer, and activist.
Cookie Lommel was born in Cleveland, Ohio. [1] She began her career in the entertainment industry in 1981. [2] Early on she worked as a journalist for Cashbox magazine and Radio & Records magazine. [3] She has also worked as an entertainment industry reporter at CNN [4] and as entertainment editor at Teen Magazine. [5]
In 2003, she was named the executive director of the Jewish Labor Committee's Western region. [1] Prior to this, in 1992 Lommel founded Operation Unity, [6] a non-profit organization that funded the travel of inner city minority students to live on an Israeli Kibbutz. [1]
Cookie Lommel authored the 2001 [7] book The History of Rap Music, [8] and Black Filmmakers in 2002. [9] She is also the author of unauthorized biographies for Russell Simmons, [10] Arnold Schwarzenegger, [11] James Oglethorpe, [12] Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr., Arthur Miller, [1] Robert Church, [13] Madame C.J. Walker, [14] Michelle Pfeiffer, [15] and Mary Church Terrell. [16]
She was married to actor and film director Ulli Lommel between 1988 and his death in 2017. [17]
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