Edward Graydon Carter, CM (born July 14, 1949) is a Canadian journalist who served as the editor of Vanity Fair from 1992 until 2017.

His often idiosyncratic personal style[5] was depicted in How to Lose Friends & Alienate People, a book by former Vanity Fair contributing editor Toby Young.

[6] Carter was a producer of I'll Eat You Last, a one-woman play starring Bette Midler, about legendary Hollywood talent agent Sue Mengers.

The show, directed by Tony Award-winner Joe Mantello, opened at the Booth Theatre in New York City in April 2013,[7] and at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles on December 3.

[8] Carter has co-produced two documentaries for HBO, Public Speaking (2010), directed by Martin Scorsese, which spotlights writer Fran Lebowitz,[9] and His Way (2011),[10] about Hollywood producer Jerry Weintraub, which was nominated for a Primetime Emmy.

He was also a producer of Surfwise, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2007, and Gonzo, a biographical documentary of Hunter S. Thompson directed by Alex Gibney.

In 2017, he was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada by Governor General David Johnston for "contributions to popular culture and current affairs as a skilled editor and publisher".

In 2003, Carter assigned Vanity Fair journalist Vicky Ward to write a profile of financier Jeffrey Epstein.

[18] President of the United States Donald Trump has criticized him on Twitter, attacking his restaurant and tenure at Vanity Fair.

[20] Carter splits his time between Greenwich Village and Roxbury, Connecticut, where he works "from a sun-drenched studio that occupies the top floor of the detached barn and looks onto a garden and the serene hills beyond.