Wheeler Winston Dixon
American filmmaker and scholar / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Wheeler Winston Dixon (born March 12, 1950) is an American filmmaker and scholar. He is an expert on film history,[4] theory and criticism.[5] His scholarship has particular emphasis on François Truffaut, Jean-Luc Godard, American experimental cinema and horror films. He has written extensively on numerous aspects of film, including his books A Short History of Film (co-authored with Gwendolyn Audrey Foster) and A History of Horror. From 1999 through the end of 2014, he was co-editor, along with Gwendolyn Audrey Foster, of the Quarterly Review of Film and Video.[6] He is regarded as a top reviewer of films.[6] In addition, he is notable as an experimental American filmmaker with films made over several decades,[7] and the Museum of Modern Art exhibited his works in 2003.[2] He taught at Rutgers University, The New School in New York, the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands, and as of May 2020, is the James E. Ryan professor emeritus of film studies at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln.[8]
Wheeler Winston Dixon | |
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Born | (1950-03-12) March 12, 1950 (age 74) New Brunswick, New Jersey, U.S. |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Rutgers University (B.A., Ph.D.) |
Occupation(s) | Film critic, film historian, filmmaker, scholar |
Notable work | A Short History of Film, A History of Horror[1] Experimental films[2] |
Partner | Gwendolyn Audrey Foster[3] |
Website | wheelerwinstondixon |