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David Bordwell

Overview

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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Acting
2019 The Gift to Be Simple: Satire and Sympathy in 'The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice' Actor Self N/A
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2019 Powerful Patterns: David Bordwell on Notorious Actor Self N/A
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2017 Ozuland: David Bordwell on Good Morning Actor Self N/A
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2017 Lighting Up with Hildy Johnson Actor Self N/A
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2016 Cinema Futures Actor Self 58
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Writing
2019 The Gift to Be Simple: Satire and Sympathy in 'The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice' Writing Writer N/A
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2013 Functions of Film Sound Writing Writer N/A
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