Wesley Morris — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner for Criticism (2012, 2021)
Critic at Large for The New York Times
Host of The New York Times podcast Cannonball
Formerly co-host of The New York Times podcast Still Processing
Graduated from Yale University (1997)
Graduated from Girard College (1993)

Biography

Wesley Morris is an American film critic and podcast host, currently serving as critic at large for The New York Times. He is the only writer to have won the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism more than once, receiving the award in 2012 for his work with The Boston Globe and again in 2021 for his New York Times coverage of race relations in the United States.

Morris began his career writing film reviews and essays for the San Francisco Examiner and the San Francisco Chronicle.