- Teaches a very popular course called "Sex and Gender on Film: Screwballs, Devil Dames, and Closet Cases" at Haverford College in Pennsylvania
- Has recorded audio commentary for the DVDs of several films, including Billy Wilder's 'Sunset Boulevard' (1950).
- Sikov's literary agents are Edward Hibbert (I) and Neil Olson at Donadio & Olsen Inc. In addition to his work as an authors' representative, Hibbert is a stage, screen, and television actor with several famous roles to his credit, including "Gil Chesterton" on "Frasier" (1993) [TV-Series 1993-2004].
- He has a Bachelor's Degree from Haverford College in Haverford, Pennsylvania and a Doctorate in film from Columbia University in New York City.
- Son of the late Betty Cohen Sikov and the late Irving Sikov of Natrona Heights, Pennsylvania.
- Sikov's contributions as an author and teacher have been curtailed by the onset of Parkinson's disease. He continues to write the Media Circus column in the New York-based Gay City News.
- Critical reception to Sikov's books has been appreciative: film historian Jeanine Basinger finds him "a caring biographer" who is exhaustive in his research; his writing has been noted for its unsentimental tone and detailed scholarship. While taking issue with his style, film critic Rex Reed has acknowledged Sikov's accuracy and refusal to "whitewash" facts.
- He earned a Ph.D. in film studies in 1986.
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