David Bordwell
Known for Acting · 5 credits
- Place of birth
- Penn Yan, New York, USA
Biography
David Bordwell was an American film theorist and film historian. After receiving his PhD from the University of Iowa in 1973, he wrote more than fifteen volumes on the subject of cinema including Narration in the Fiction Film (1985), Ozu and the Poetics of Cinema (1988), Making Meaning (1989), and On the History of Film Style (1997).
With his wife Kristin Thompson, Bordwell wrote the textbooks Film Art (1979) and Film History (1994). Film Art, in its 12th edition as of 2019, is still used as a text in introductory film courses. His largest work was The Classical Hollywood Cinema: Film Style and Mode of Production to 1960 (1985), written in collaboration with Thompson and Janet Staiger.
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About David Bordwell
David Bordwell was an American film theorist and film historian. After receiving his PhD from the University of Iowa in 1973, he wrote more than fifteen volumes on the subject of cinema including Narration in the Fiction Film (1985), Ozu and the Poetics of Cinema (1988), Making Meaning (1989), and On the History of Film Style (1997). With his wife Kristin Thompson, Bordwell wrote the textbooks Film Art (1979) and Film History (1994). Film Art, in its 12th edition as of 2019, is still used as a text in introductory film courses. His largest wor… With 5 credits spanning from 2016 to 2019, David Bordwell has appeared in 5 films and 0 TV shows.
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Most Popular David Bordwell Movies
- Cinema Futures (2016) — as Self
- Powerful Patterns: David Bordwell on Notorious (2019) — as Self
- Lighting Up with Hildy Johnson (2017) — as Self
- The Gift to Be Simple: Satire and Sympathy in 'The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice' (2019) — as Self
- Ozuland: David Bordwell on Good Morning (2017) — as Self
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