Film Scholar
David Bordwell is one of the world's leading scholars of film. Bordwell's many interests are reflected by his variety of books, ranging from historical studies of contemporary Hollywood (The Way Hollywood Tells It), and Hong Kong cinema (Planet Hong Kong), to the analysis of staging and style in film (Figures Traced in Light). Along with his wife, Kristin Thompson, he wrote the two major textbooks for the field of film studies: Film Art and Film History. As an internationally renowned researcher, professor, and leader of the film program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Bordwell has inspired generations of film students to pursue cinema scholarship.