Pursuits
Producer David Simon, Director David Cromer Win $500,000 Grants
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David Simon, the Emmy Award-winning producer of the Home Box Office’s series “The Wire,” and New York theater actor and director David Cromer are among the 23 winners of the 2010 John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation’s “genius” grants.
“They are explorers and risk takers, contributing to their fields and to society in innovative, impactful ways,” MacArthur Foundation President Robert Gallucci said in a statement. “They provide us all with inspiration and hope for the future.”