Sheri Chinen Biesen
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| Industry | Communications or Media |
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| Occupation | Cinema Professor, Film Historian, Author, Writer |
| Links | Audio Clip, Wishlist |
| Introduction | Dr. Sheri Chinen Biesen is Professor of Film History, author of Through a Noir Lens: Adapting Film Noir Visual Style (Columbia University Press, 2024), Blackout: World War II and the Origins of Film Noir (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005), Music in the Shadows: Noir Musical Films (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014), and Film Censorship: Regulating America’s Screen (Columbia University Press, 2018). She received her Ph.D. at the University of Texas at Austin, M.A. and B.A. at the University of Southern California School of Cinema and has taught at USC, University of California, University of Texas, and in England. She has contributed to BBC documentary The Rules of Film Noir, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Film and History, Film Noir: The Directors, Turner Classic Movies’ Public Enemies Warner Bros. Gangster Collection, Film Noir Reader 4, served as Secretary of Literature/Film Association, Founding Chair of Stars & Screen Film & Media History Conference, serves on the editorial board of Film Criticism, and edited The Velvet Light Trap. |
| Interests | Cinema History, Film Noir, Jazz, Film Censorship, Noir Musicals, Classical Hollywood, Studio System, Cinema, Music, Stars, Film, Media, Netflix |