Craig B. Highberger

Craig B. Highberger grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Andy Warhol's hometown. As a teenager Craig was very aware of the Warhol scene in New York City, pop art, and underground film. At the age of 15 he secretly began collecting copies of the New York entertainment magazine After Dark that featured photographs by Jack Mitchell of Andy Warhol and superstars Joe Dallesandro, Jackie Curtis, Candy Darling, Holly Woodlawn, and Jane Forth.

More than anything he wanted to go to film school at New York University and meet Warhol and the superstars, and that is exactly what happened. Highberger became close friends with Warhol superstar Jackie Curtis and began filming his plays and performances in 1973. In 1978 he escaped the dizzying whirl of the Warhol subculture, moved to Minnesota, and began his career in film and television production.

Craig Highberger's first feature-length documentary "Superstar in a Housedress" the life and legend of Warhol Superstar Jackie Curtis was released theatrically in the United States and Canada in 2004-2005, garnering such praise as "Bright and entertaining" - Stephen Holden, New York Times and "Bitchy, Catty, Moving and Hilarious" - New York Magazine. The film, which is narrated by Lily Tomlin, won Best Documentary at the 2004 Toronto GLBT Film Festival, and was selected for the Smithsonian "Film as Art" 2004 showcase at the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington DC. It has been broadcast internationally. In 2005 Penguin published his oral biography, "Superstar in a Housedress", in hardback.

His 2006 documentary "Jack Mitchell: My Life is Black and White" about the life and work of the master photographer Jack Mitchell (1925-2013) has screened and broadcast internationally. It was 2006 Best Documentary Film winner at the Daytona Beach Film Festival.

Highberger has more than 30 years experience in broadcast, industrial and corporate communications. He has written, produced and directed many programs marketed nationally to the corporate and scholastic markets. He is currently Executive Director of the Jack Mitchell Archives and lives on Lake Martin in Eclectic, Alabama.