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{{Infobox person
| name = Steve Eisman
| birth_name = Steven Eisman
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1962|07|08}}
|education = [[University of Pennsylvania]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[Harvard Law School]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]])<ref>https://annual.cfainstitute.org/speakers/steven-eisman/</ref>{{dl|date=July 2019}}
| occupation = Managing Director and Portfolio Manager at [[Neuberger Berman]]
| known_for = Betting against subprime mortgages during the [[subprime mortgage crisis]]
| spouse = Valerie Feigen (m. 1989)
}}

'''Steven Eisman''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|aɪ|s|m|ə|n}}; born July 8, 1962) is an American businessman and investor known for having [[shorting|shorted]] [[collateralized debt obligation]]s (CDOs), thereby profiting from the collapse of the US housing bubble in 2007–2008.

==Early life, education, and family==
Eisman grew up in New York City, where he attended [[Yeshiva]] schools. He attended the [[University of Pennsylvania]], graduating [[magna cum laude]] in 1984. <ref>{{cite journal|title=All of the Above: Education|journal=The Pennsylvania Gazette |date=January-February 2011 |page=35|url=http://www.upenn.edu/gazette/0111/PennGaz0111_feature1.pdf|accessdate=12 February 2016}}</ref> He then graduated from [[Harvard Law School]] with honors. His parents also worked in finance. They were brokers for [[Oppenheimer Holdings | Oppenheimer]]. Eisman was unhappy with his work in law. His parents arranged a position for him at Oppenheimer working as an equity analyst. Oppenheimer's anti-nepotism rules required his parents to pay the first year of his salary.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Lewis|first1=Michael|title=Excerpt from The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine|url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ef62b4ae-ca26-11df-87b8-00144feab49a.html|accessdate=February 12, 2016|work=[[Financial Times]]|date=September 27, 2010}}</ref><ref name="TheBigBook">{{cite book |last1=Lewis |first1=Michael |title=The Big Short |date=1 February 2011 |publisher=W.W. Norton and Company |isbn=978-0393338829}}</ref>

==FrontPoint Partners==
Eisman rose to fame betting against [[collateralized debt obligations]] at Greenwich, Connecticut-based [[FrontPoint Partners]] LLC, a unit of [[Morgan Stanley]]. By 2010, he managed more than $1 billion for FrontPoint, and gained prominence after being profiled by [[Michael Lewis]] in his book ''[[The Big Short|The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine]]''. In the movie adaptation of Lewis' book, ''[[The Big Short (film)|The Big Short]]'', Eisman's name was changed to Mark Baum, and was portrayed by actor [[Steve Carell]]. He left FrontPoint Partners in 2011 amid investor withdrawals following an investigation of illegal insider trading by portfolio manager [[Chip Skowron]].<ref name="AzamBook">{{cite news |last1=Ahmed |first1=Azam |title=Eisman to Leave FrontPoint Partners |url=https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/06/08/steve-eisman-to-leave-frontpoint/ |accessdate=7 November 2019 |work=The New York Times DealBook |publisher=The New York Times Company |date=8 June 2011}}</ref>

==Emrys Partners==
In 2012, Eisman founded [[Emrys Partners]] with $23 million in seed capital. The fund performed poorly in 2012, returning 3.6% and underperforming the market. It did better in 2013, returning 10.8% but still underperforming the market.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/emrys-partners-hedge-fund-shuts-down-1404413851|title=Emrys Partners Hedge Fund Shuts Down|date=July 3, 2014|work=Wall Street Journal|author=Juliet Chung}}</ref> In July 2014, he announced that he was shutting down the fund, explaining his decision by stating that "making investment decisions by looking solely at the fundamentals of individual companies is no longer a viable investment philosophy." The fund controlled an estimated $185 million in assets at the time of its dissolution.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |last=Solin |first=Daniel |title=The Shocking Admission of This Shuttered Hedge Fund Manager |publisher=U.S. News & World Report |date=17 September 2014 |url=http://money.usnews.com/money/blogs/the-smarter-mutual-fund-investor/2014/09/17/the-shocking-admission-of-this-shuttered-hedge-fund-manager |accessdate=20 November 2014}}</ref> Emrys Partners stopped operating in mid-2014.<ref name="Svea">{{cite news |last1=Herbst-Bayliss |first1=Svea |title=Hedge fund manager Steve Eisman shuts down Emrys Partners |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hedgefunds-eisman/hedge-fund-manager-steve-eisman-shuts-down-emrys-partners-idUSKBN0F82K520140703 |accessdate=7 November 2019 |agency=REUTERS |publisher=The Thomson Reuters Trust |date=4 July 2014}}</ref>

==Neuberger Berman==
In September 2014, Eisman joined [[Neuberger Berman]] as a managing director and a portfolio manager for the Eisman Group within Neuberger Berman’s Private Asset Management division. The group, run by partners including Steve's parents, Elliott and Lillian Eisman, manages portfolios of stocks for wealthy clients.

==Campaign against for-profit colleges==
Eisman is a strong opponent against for-profit institutions of higher education. During a speech entitled "Subprime Goes to College" during the [[Sohn Conference Foundation#Sohn Investment Conference|Ira Sohn Conference]] in May 2010 Eisman attacked companies that run private colleges such as [[ITT Technical Institute|Think ITT Educational Services]], [[Corinthian Colleges]], and [[Education Management Corporation]].<ref name="Hibah1" /><ref name="nymag">{{Cite news|url=http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2010/08/no_more_free_lunch_for_morgan.html|title=Steve Eisman’s Outspokenness, Orchid Habit May Have Caused Rift With Morgan Stanley|author=[[Jessica Pressler]]|publisher=[[New York (magazine)|New York Magazine]]|date= 5 August 2010}}</ref> Eisman likened such companies to seedy mortgage brokers. From his presentation:

: "Until recently, I thought that there would never again be an opportunity to be involved with an industry as socially destructive and morally bankrupt as the subprime mortgage industry. I was wrong. The [[for-profit education]] industry has proven equal to the task."<ref name="mojo">{{Cite news|url=http://motherjones.com/mojo/2010/05/steve-eisman-big-short-michael-lewis|title=Steve Eisman's Next Big Short: For-Profit Colleges|first= Andy|last= Kroll|publisher=[[Mother Jones (magazine)|Mother Jones]]|date=27 May 2010}}</ref>

After the [[United States Department of Education|Department of Education]] took action against for-profit colleges in 2010, the industry retaliated by accusing Eisman of attempting to illegally influence the government and calling for an investigation by the Secretary of Education. The allegations stem from a meeting that Eisman had with Department of Education officials David Bergeron and [[Robert Shireman]], two weeks before delivering his speech at the Ira Sohn Conference. Shireman was in charge of the department's efforts to toughen regulations on for-profit colleges.<ref name="fortune">Did Steve Eisman unduly influence the Education Dept.?, by David A. Kaplan, Fortune, 2 November 2010</ref><ref name="Hibah1" />

After offering testimony to [[United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions|Senate Health, Education and Labor Committee]] on problems with for-profit higher education, Eisman was criticized by progressive groups such as [[Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington]] on the grounds that he stood to profit from proposed regulations due to his short positions against private colleges.<ref name="american">Why Are Progressives Fighting Student-Loan Reform?, by Mike Elk, The American Prospect, 6 October 2010</ref> Harris Miller, president and chief executive of the Association of Private Sector Colleges and Universities said of him, "Eisman is a self-serving nutcase who got lucky. He's in the business of ruining the reputation of companies so he can make money when their stock prices drop."<ref name="Hibah1">{{cite news |last1=Yousuf |first1=Hibah |title=For-profit colleges fighting back hard |url=https://money.cnn.com/2011/04/21/markets/profit_education_eisman/index.htm |accessdate=7 November 2019 |work=CNN Money |publisher=WarnerMedia Company |date=21 April 2011}}</ref>

==Personal life==
He has been married to Valerie Feigen since 1989.<ref name="nytimes">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/09/08/style/valerie-feigen-a-lawyer-weds.html|title=Valerie Feigen, A Lawyer, Weds|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=8 September 1989}}</ref> Valerie was also portrayed in ''[[The Big Short (film)|The Big Short]]'' under the name Cynthia, by [[Marisa Tomei]]. Feigen, who worked for J.P. Morgan, said of her husband, "Even on Wall Street people think he's rude and obnoxious and aggressive." While Eisman seems aware of his tendency to be rude he does not seem to be concerned by it. He once said to an interviewer on this topic, "I forget myself sometimes."<ref name="TheBigBook" />

Eisman's first-born son, Max, died after his night nurse rolled on top of him in her sleep. Eisman and his intimates describe the death of his son as a hugely influential event that affected him in many ways.<ref name="TheBigBook" />

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Mike Birbiglia

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{{Infobox comedian
| image = Mike_Birbiglia.jpg
| name = Mike Birbiglia
| imagesize =
| caption =
| birth_name = Michael Birbiglia
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1978|6|20}}<ref name=allmusic>{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=mike-birbiglia-p706542/biography|pure_url=yes}} |author=Jeffries, David |publisher=[[Rovi Corporation]]|title=Mike Birbiglia: Biography|work=[[allmusic]]|accessdate=2010-10-25}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Shrewsbury, Massachusetts]], [[United States]]<ref name=allmusic />
| medium = [[Stand-up comedy]], [[Theatre]], [[Radio]], [[Television]]
| nationality = [[United States|American]]
| active =
| website = [http://www.birbigs.com birbigs.com]}}

'''Mike Birbiglia''' (born June 20, 1978) is an American [[comedian]], writer, actor, and director.

==Early life==
Birbiglia was born in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, the son of Mary Jean (née McKenzie) and Vincent Paul Birbiglia.<ref>http://www.monocinema.com/comedian-mike-birbiglia-on-his-new-movie-sleepwalk-with-me.html</ref><ref>http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/p/a/t/Edward-J-Patton-NY/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0733.html</ref> He is of part Italian descent.<ref>http://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/movies/reviews/comedian-birbiglia-invites-us-to-sleepwalk/article_8ccc2dd8-fc7f-11e1-8e1c-0019bb30f31a.html</ref> Birbiglia attended [[St. John's High School (Massachusetts)|St. John's High School, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts]] for one year, and graduated from [[St. Mark's School (Massachusetts)|St. Mark's School, Southborough, Massachusetts]] in 1996<ref>[[Lisa Birnbach|Birnbach, Lisa]]; [[Chip Kidd|Kidd, Chip]], [http://books.google.com/books?id=pVxlaG0AysIC&printsec=frontcover ''True Prep: It's a Whole New Old World''], Random House Digital, Inc., 2010. Cf. [http://books.google.com/books?id=pVxlaG0AysIC&pg=PA68&lpg=PA68&dq=Mike+Birbiglia+st.+mark%27s+school&source=bl&ots=x9UiuIY0X7&sig=Srd8HhJvpgncXZDANefZ1_Z989E&hl=en&ei=-Rw2TuGIDYHcgQfs7uXOBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CGIQ6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=Mike%20Birbiglia%20st.%20mark%27s%20school&f=false p.68]</ref><ref>[http://www.stmarksschool.org/calendars/detail.aspx?pageaction=VSIPublicBlock2&LinkID=22830&ModuleID=232:260:302&StartDate=5/5/2011 "Mike Birbiglia '96 Comedy Show"], ''St. Mark's School website, Thursday, May 5, 2011</ref> and subsequently graduated from [[Georgetown University]] in 2000.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://georgetownvoice.com/2010/10/07/considerate-comedy-with-mike-birbiglia|work=Georgetown Voice|title=Considerate comedy from Mike Birbiglia|first=Heather|last=Regen|date=October 7, 2010}}</ref> During college Birbiglia performed as a member of the Georgetown Players Improv Troupe.

==Professional work==
Birbiglia has starred in three [[Comedy Central]] specials and has released three albums with Comedy Central Records: ''Two Drink Mike'' (2006), ''My Secret Public Journal Live'' (2007), and ''Sleepwalk With Me Live'' (2011). ''My Secret Public Journal Live'' was named one of the best comedy albums of the decade by [[the Onion]] AV Club<ref>{{cite web|author=The A.V. Club Staff November 16, 2009|url=http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-best-comedy-albums-of-the-decade,35403|title=The best comedy albums of the decade | Music | Best of|publisher=The Onion|accessdate=2010-09-13}}</ref> and ''Sleepwalk With Me Live'' debuted at #1 on the Billboard Magazine Comedy Charts.<ref>{{cite web|title=Comedy Albums, Week of May 7, 2011|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/comedy-albums#/charts/comedy-albums?chartDate=2011-05-09|publisher=Billboard Magazine|accessdate=April 2, 2012}}</ref>

In 2008, Birbiglia opened ''Sleepwalk With Me,'' a one-man show that straddled standup comedy and theater, [[off-Broadway]] at the Bleecker Street Theatre.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Scheck|first=Frank|url=http://www.nypost.com/seven/11172008/entertainment/theater/for_cryin__laughin_out_loud_139094.htm |title=For Cryin' & Laughin' Out Loud|newspaper=[[New York Post]]|date=2008-11-17|accessdate=2010-09-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|url=http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117938986.html?categoryid=33&cs=1&query=sleepwalk+with+me|title=Theater Review: Sleepwalk With Me – Theater and Musical Production Reviews|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|accessdate=2010-09-13}}</ref> The show was presented by [[Nathan Lane]] and the ''[[New York Times]]'' called it "simply perfect."<ref>{{Cite news|last=Genzlinger |first=Neil |url=http://theater2.nytimes.com/2008/11/14/theater/reviews/14Slee.html |title=Theater Review – 'Sleepwalk With Me' – Mike Birbiglia in a One-Man Show at the Bleecker Street Theater|newspaper=[[New York Times]]|date=2008-11-14 |accessdate=2010-09-13}}</ref> ''[[Time Out New York]]'' named it their "Show of the Year" in 2009.<ref>{{cite news|last=Borden|first=Jane|title=Best (and Worst) of 2009|url=http://www.timeout.com/newyork/comedy/best-and-worst-of-2009|accessdate=April 2, 2012|newspaper=Time Out New York|date=December 18, 2009}}</ref>

Birbiglia followed up his theatrical debut with ''Sleepwalk With Me & Other Painfully True Stories'',<ref>{{cite book|ISBN=978-1-4391-5799-2|title=Sleepwalk With Me and Other Painfully True Stories|author=Birbiglia, Mike|publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]]|year=2010}}</ref> a book which debuted at #29 on the hardcover nonfiction ''[[New York Times Bestseller List]]''<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/SLEEPWALK_WITH_ME_And_Other_Painfully_True_Stories_Hits_NY_Times_Bestseller_List_20101021|title=''Sleepwalk With Me and Other Painfully True Stories'' Hits NY Times Bestseller List|newspaper=BroadwayWorld.com|date=October 21, 2010|accessdate=2010-10-24}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/31/books/bestseller/besthardnonfiction.html|title=Best Sellers: Hardcover Nonfiction|newspaper=New York Times|date=October 22, 2010|accessdate=2010-10-23|first=Jennifer|last=Schuessler}}</ref> and number four on the hardcover nonfiction section of the ''[[Washington Post]]'' Political Bookworm Best Sellers.<ref name=WaPoB>{{cite news|url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/political-bookworm/2010/10/post_7.html|newspaper=Washington Post|title=Political Bookworm: Book World: Best Sellers|author=Levingston, Steven|date=October 24, 2010|accessdate=2010-10-29}}</ref> Birbiglia was also a finalist for the 2011 Thurber Prize for American Humor for ''Sleepwalk With Me & Other Painfully True Stories''.<ref>{{cite news|last=McCarthy|first=Sean|title=2011 Thurber Prize Finalists: Mike Birbiglia, David Rakoff, and Rick Reilly|url=http://thecomicscomic.com/2011/08/22/2011-thurber-prize-finalists-mike-birbiglia-david-rakoff-and-rick-reilly|accessdate=April 2, 2012|newspaper=The Comic's Comic|date=August 22, 2011}}</ref>

Birbiglia made his feature film debut with ''[[Sleepwalk with Me]]'', a film based on his one-man show of the same name which he wrote, directed, and starred in. The film premiered at the 2012 [[Sundance Film Festival]] and won the NEXT Audience Award.<ref>{{cite web|last=Rich|first=Katey|title=Top Sundance Prizes Go To Beasts Of the Southern Wild, The House I Live In, And More|url=http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Top-Sundance-Prizes-Go-Beasts-Southern-Wild-House-I-Live-More-29107.html|publisher=Cinemablend.com|accessdate=16 February 2012}}</ref> It was selected in the "Festival Favorites" category at the [[South By Southwest]] Film Festival in Austin, TX <ref>{{cite news|last=Odam|first=Matthew|title=SXSW adds Seth MacFarlane, ‘Blue Like Jazz’, ‘Sleepwalk With Me’ and more|url=http://www.austin360.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/austinmovies/entries/2012/02/15/sxsw_adds_seth_macfarlane_blue.html?cxntfid=blogs_austin_movie_blog|accessdate=February 16, 2012|newspaper=Austin360.com|date=15 February 2012}}</ref> and also appeared in the [[Nantucket Film Festival]] where it won the award for best writer/director.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mike Birbiglia's Sleepwalk With Me Wins Nantucket Film Festival Award|url=http://www.theatermania.com/all-cities/news/06-2012/mike-birbiglias-sleepwalk-with-me-wins-nantucket-f_58754.html|publisher=theater mania|accessdate=25 June 2012}}</ref> The film was produced by Jacob Jaffke and ''[[This American Life]]'''s [[Ira Glass]] and stars Birbiglia, [[Lauren Ambrose]], [[Carol Kane]], [[James Rebhorn]], and [[Cristin Milioti]] and has cameos by Glass, [[Kristen Schaal]], [[Wyatt Cenac]], [[David Wain]], [[Jessi Klein]], [[John Lutz (television writer)|John Lutz]] and [[Marc Maron]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Sleepwalk With Me (2011)|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2077851/|publisher=imdb|accessdate=2 April 2012}}</ref>

In addition to starring in [[Sleepwalk with Me|''Sleepwalk With Me'']], Birbiglia has acted in the films ''[[Going the Distance (2010 film)|Going the Distance]]'', ''[[Cedar Rapids (film)|Cedar Rapids]]'', ''[[Your Sister's Sister]]'', in the HBO series, ''[[Girls (TV series)|Girls]]''.,<ref>{{cite web|title=Mike Birbiglia|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1898126/|publisher=imdb.com|accessdate=2 April 2012}}</ref> and in the forthcoming films Annie and The Fault in Our Stars.

In 2011, Birbiglia mounted his second one-man show, ''My Girlfriend's Boyfriend'', which ran for four months off-Broadway and won the [[Lucille Lortel Award]] for Outstanding Solo Show.<ref>{{cite web|last=Jones|first=Kenneth|title=Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, Chad Deity, Angels, Christian Borle, Laurie Metcalf Are Lortel Winners|url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/150396-Bloody-Bloody-Andrew-Jackson-Chad-Deity-Angels-Christian-Borle-Laurie-Metcalf-Are-Lortel-Winners|publisher=Playbill.com|accessdate=April 2, 2012}}</ref> He toured ''My Girlfriend's Boyfriend'' around the world with tour dates in the US, Australia, Canada, and the UK. The show is described as Mike sharing a lifetime of romantic blunders. He is also turning it into a film, like ''Sleepwalk With Me'', and although the show is autobiographical, the film will not be, nor will the main character be a comedian, rather a journalist. On June 2, 2013, Mike performed it for the last time at [[Carnegie Hall]].<ref name=playbill>{{cite web|last=Gans|first=Andrew|title=Mike Birbiglia's My Girlfriend's Boyfriend Plays Carnegie Hall June 2|url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/178559-Mike-Birbiglias-My-Girlfriends-Boyfriend-Plays-Carnegie-Hall-June-2|work=playbill|publisher=playbill.com|accessdate=27 July 2013}}</ref><ref name=splitsider>{{cite web|last=Fox|first=Jesse David|title=Birbiglia Is Already Working on His Second Feature, 'My Girlfriend's Boyfriend'|url=http://splitsider.com/2012/08/birbiglia-is-already-working-on-his-second-feature-my-girlfriends-boyfriend/|work=splitsider|publisher=splitsider.com|accessdate=27 July 2013}}</ref> My Girlfriend's Boyfriend was featured as the number one stand-up special of 2013 by [[New York Magazine|Vulture]],<ref>{{cite web|last=Fox|first=Jesse|title=The Top Ten Stand-up Specials of 2013|url=http://www.vulture.com/2013/12/top-ten-stand-up-specials-of-2013.html|accessdate=February 6, 2014}}</ref> [[Paste (magazine)]],<ref>{{cite web|last=Staff|first=Paste|title=The 10 Best Stand-Up Specials of 2013|url=http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2013/12/the-10-best-stand-up-specials-of-2013.html|accessdate=February 6, 2014}}</ref> The Laugh Button,<ref>{{cite web|last=Button|first=Laugh|title=The Laugh Button's Best Comedy Albums of 2013|url=http://thelaughbutton.com/features/laugh-buttons-comedy-albums-2013|accessdate=February 6, 2014}}</ref> and Laughspin.<ref>{{cite web|last=Gadino|first=Dylan|title=The 10 Best Comedy Albums of 2013|url=http://www.laughspin.com/2013/12/18/laughspin-presents-the-10-best-comedy-albums-of-2013/|accessdate=February 6, 2014}}</ref> Flavorwire listed the special as one of the top 20 funniest stand-up specials of all time.<ref>{{cite web|last=Bailey|first=Jason|title=The 50 Funniest Stand-Up Specials of All Time|url=http://flavorwire.com/425677/the-50-funniest-stand-up-specials-of-all-time|accessdate=February 6, 2014}}</ref>

In March 2014, Birbiglia became a panelist for the [[National Public Radio|NPR]] news quiz ''[[Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!]]''.

==On ''This American Life''==
Birbiglia is a regular contributor to the [[Public Radio International]]-distributed program, ''[[This American Life]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thisamericanlife.org/contributors/mike-birbiglia|title=Contributors List: Mike Birbiglia|work=[[This American Life]]|publisher=[[Chicago Public Radio]]|accessdate=2010-09-27}}</ref>

*"Stranger in the Night", [http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/361/fear-of-sleep?act=1 Episode 361: The Fear of Sleep]
*"Tragedy Minus Comedy Equals Time", [http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/370/ruining-it-for-the-rest-of-us?act=2 Episode 370: Ruining it for the Rest of Us]
*"My Girlfriend's Boyfriend", [http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/374/somewhere-out-there?act=3 Episode 374: Somewhere Out There]
*"D-u-why?!", [http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/379/return-to-the-scene-of-the-crime?act=1 Episode 379: Return To The Scene Of The Crime]
*"Beat It", [http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/384/fall-guy?act=1 384: Fall Guy]
*"Error at First Base", [http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/411/first-contact?act=1 Episode 411: First Contact]
*"Little Altar Boy", [http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/422/comedians-of-christmas-comedy-special?act=3 Episode 422: Comedians of Christmas Comedy Special]
*"My Girlfriend's Boyfriend", [http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/486/valentines-day?act=4 Episode 486: Valentine's Day]
*"Heels on the Bus", [http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/515/good-guys?act=2 Episode 515: Good Guys]

==Personal life==

Birbiglia has [[rapid eye movement behavior disorder]], which once caused him to run out of a second-story window of a motel he was staying in [[Walla Walla, Washington]], while on tour. As a result of the accident, Birbiglia received 33 stitches in his leg.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130644070|title=Spending The Night With Sleepwalker Mike Birbiglia|date=18 October 2010|work=[[Fresh Air]]|publisher=[[WHYY-FM|WHYY]]|accessdate=27 October 2010}}</ref><ref name="acp">{{cite web|work=[[The Adam Carolla Show (podcast)|The Adam Carolla Show]]|format=[[podcast]]|url=http://www.adamcarolla.com/ACPBlog/2010/10/14/mike-birbiglia|date=October 14, 2010|title=Mike Birbiglia|accessdate=2010-10-27}}</ref><ref name=WE>{{cite news| url=http://washingtonexaminer.com/comedian-mike-birbiglia-returns-to-the-scene-of-the-crime/article/22126| archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20131123004921/http://washingtonexaminer.com/comedian-mike-birbiglia-returns-to-the-scene-of-the-crime/article/22126| archivedate=2013-11-23| title=Comedian Mike Birbiglia returns to the scene of the crime| last=Klimek|first=Chris| date=October 9, 2009| work=[[Washington Examiner]]| deadurl=no| accessdate=2013-11-23}}</ref>

==Discography==
*2004: ''[[Dog Years (album)|Dog Years]]'' (out of print) (self-produced, winner of the "Just Plain Folks" comedy album of the year)
*2005: ''Invite Them Up'' (Comedy Central Records compilation CD of NYC indie comics)
*2005: ''My Secret Public Album, Volume 1a'' (weekly guest spots on ''[[The Bob & Tom Show|The Bob and Tom Show]]'')
*2006: ''[[Two Drink Mike]]''
*2007: ''My Secret Public Journal Live''
*2008: ''What I Should Have Said Was Nothing'' (DVD)
*2011: ''Sleepwalk with Me Live''
* 2013: ''My Girlfriend's Boyfriend'' (CD, DVD, Instant streaming on Netflix)

==Awards and nominations==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Award
! Title
! Category
! Result
|-
| 2003 || [[ECNY Awards|ECNY Award]] || [[Stand-up comedy]] || Best Male Stand-up || {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="4"|2009 || Nightlife Awards || rowspan="4"|''Sleepwalk With Me'' || Outstanding Comedian in a Major Engagement || {{won}}
|-
| [[Outer Critics Circle Award|Outer Critics Circle]] || Outstanding Solo Show || {{Nom}}
|-
| [[Lucille Lortel Awards|Lucille Lortel]] || Outstanding Solo Show || {{Nom}}
|-
| [[Drama Desk]] || Outstanding Solo Performance || {{Nom}}
|-
| rowspan="4"|2011 || [[Outer Critics Circle Award|Outer Critics Circle]] || rowspan="3"|''My Girlfriend's Boyfriend'' || Outstanding Solo Show || {{Nom}}
|-
| [[Drama Desk]] || Outstanding Solo Performance || {{Nom}}
|-
| [[Lucille Lortel Awards|Lucille Lortel]] || Outstanding Solo Show || {{won}}
|-
| [[Thurber Prize for American Humor]] || ''Sleepwalk With Me & Other Painfully True Stories'' || N/A || {{okay|Finalist}}
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| rowspan="2"|2012 || [[Sundance Film Festival]] Audience Award || rowspan="2"|''Sleepwalk With Me'' (Film) || Best of NEXT || {{won}}
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| [[Gotham Awards]] || Breakthrough Actor || {{Nom}}
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M. Ward

2012-07-28T22:21:33Z

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[[Datei:Matt ward tonight.jpg|right|thumb|M. Ward im März 2005]]

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|A Wasteland Companion
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'''M. Ward''' (* [[1974]] in [[Ventura County]], [[Kalifornien]]; eigentlich ''Matt Ward'') ist ein in US-amerikanischer [[Gitarrist]] und [[Singer-Songwriter]], der in [[Portland (Oregon)|Portland]], [[Oregon]] lebt. Seine Musik wird dem Genre des [[Alternative Country]] zugerechnet.

== Musik ==
M. Ward sieht sich in erster Linie als Gitarrist. Seine Stimme stellt für ihn nur eine "Begleitung" zur Gitarre dar. Auf seinen Alben sind häufig reine Instrumentalstücke zu hören. Auf ''Transistor Radio'' sind dies u. a. Interpretationen so unterschiedlicher Stücken wie von ''You Still Believe in Me'' ([[Beach Boys]]) und vom [[Wohltemperiertes Klavier|Wohltemperierten Klavier]] [[Johann Sebastian Bach|J.S. Bachs]].
Die Folksongs Wards werden beeinflusst durch Stile wie [[Blues]], [[Rock (Musik)|Rock]] und [[Jazz]], was die Vielzahl musikalischer Vorbilder des Künstlers repräsentiert. Durchaus beabsichtigt ist der [[LoFi (Musik)|LoFi]]-Klang seiner Alben, der den Eindruck erwecken kann, Wards Musik sei bereits mehrere Jahrzehnte alt.

== Geschichte ==
Zunächst gehörte M. Ward zur dreiköpfigen kalifornischen Band ''Rodriguez'', die ein Album veröffentlichte, das vom [[Grandaddy]]-Sänger Jason Lytle produziert wurde. Nach der Auflösung von Rodriguez begann Ward seine Solokarriere, unterstützt durch ''Howe Gelb'' von [[Giant Sand]]. Gelb war begeistert von einem Demo-Tape M. Wards und ermöglichte ihm 2000 die Veröffentlichung seines Debuts ''Duet for Guitars #2'' auf seinem ''Ow Om''-Label. Dieses Album war, begünstigt durch die Popularität Gelbs, bereits auch in Europa zu erhalten. In Europa erschien außerdem die [[Extended Play|EP]] ''Scene from #12''.

Sein zweites Album, ''End of Amnesia'', ein [[Konzeptalbum]] mit dem Thema ''Erinnerungen und Träume'', inspiriert u.a. durch [[David Lynch]]s Filme, erschien im darauffolgenden Jahr, hatte jedoch wie sein Vorgänger nur mäßigen Erfolg beim Publikum. Eine bedeutende Steigerung seiner Popularität bedeutete es für Ward, im Vorprogramm bei der Tour von [[Conor Oberst]] ([[Bright Eyes]]) aufzutreten.

Im April 2003 erschien Wards drittes Album, ''Transfiguration of Vincent'' bei [[Merge Records]] und damit erstmals auf einem etwas größeren Label (in Europa bei [[Matador (Label)|Matador]]). Besondere Aufmerksamkeit erhielt die kaum wiederzuerkennende Coverversion von [[David Bowie]]s Hit ''Let's Dance''.

In der Folgezeit gab Ward viele Liveauftritte, neben seinen Solokonzerten war er auf Tour mit [[Bright Eyes]], der englischen Songwriterin [[Beth Orton]] und der Band [[My Morning Jacket]]. Außerdem arbeitete er an seinem nächsten Album, ''Transistor Radio'', das Anfang 2005 erschien und eine Hommage an die Anfangszeit des Radios darstellt.
Zu diesem Album steuerten viele befreundete Künstler wie [[Vic Chesnutt]], ''Howe Gelb'' sowie Bandmitglieder von [[PJ Harvey]] und [[Rilo Kiley]] als Gäste bei.

2007 trat er in mehreren Städten (u.a. auch in Deutschland) als Support von [[Norah Jones]] auf.

Sein neuestes Projekt ist eine Kooperation mit Schauspielerin [[Zooey Deschanel]]. Unter dem Namen She & Him erschien im März 2008 das Album ''Volume One'' und im April 2010 das Album ''Volume Two''.

== Diskografie ==
* ''Duet for Guitars #2'' (2000)
* ''Scene from #12 ep'' (EP, 2000)
* ''End of Amnesia'' (2001)
* ''Transfiguration of Vincent'' (2003)
* ''Transistor Radio'' (2005)
* ''Post-War'' (2006)
* ''Hold Time'' (2009)
* ''A Wasteland Companion'' (2012) <ref> [{{Allmusic|Rubrik=artist|ID=mn0000217641|NurURL=ja}}], allmusic.com</ref>

== Weblinks ==
* [http://www.mwardmusic.com/ Offizielle Homepage]
* [http://www.laut.de/wortlaut/artists/w/ward_m/biographie/index.htm Biografie bei laut.de]

== Einzelnachweise ==
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