Education
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 B.A. , Swarthmore College, 1963
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M.A. , Yale University, 1965
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Ph.D. , Yale University, 1967
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Academic Appointment, Affiliation, and Employment History
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University Professor, University of Southern California, 07/01/1997-
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Leo S. Bing Professor of English, University of Southern California, 07/01/1985-
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Professor, University of Southern California, 07/01/1983-06/30/1985
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Professor, Johns Hopkins University, 07/01/1976-06/30/1983
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Professor of Cinema Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1974-1980
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Professor, Columbia University, 07/01/1973-06/30/1976
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Visiting Professor of English, Yale University,
Spring
1975
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Associate Professor, Columbia University, 07/01/1970-06/30/1973
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Assistant Professor, Columbia University, 07/01/1968-06/30/1970
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Instructor, Yale University, 08/31/1966-06/30/1968
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Description of Research
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Summary Statement of Research Interests
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He is among America's leading film critics. Braudy, a frequent finalist for national book awards, teaches Restoration literature and history, American culture after World War Two, popular culture and critical theory, including the histories of visual style and film genres. His work appears in journals such as American Film, Film Quarterly, Genre, Novel, Partisan Review, and Prose Studies- to name a few. His book Jean Renoir: The World of His Films was a finalist for the National Book Award. The Frenzy of Renown: Fame and Its History was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. He has written for the New York Times, the Washington Post, and Harper's. His most recent book, From Chivalry to Terrorism, was named Best of the Best by the Los Angeles Times and a Notable Book of the Year by the New York Times.
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Publications
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Book
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Braudy, L.
(2005).
On The Waterfront. London, Berkeley: British Film Institute/University of California Press.
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Braudy, Leo; Cohen, Marshall (Ed.).
(2004).
Film Theory and Criticism: Introductory Readings, 6th edition. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
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Braudy, L.
(2003).
From Chivalry to Terrorism: War and the Changing Nature of Masculinity. New York: Alfred Knopf.
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Braudy, L.
(2003).
The Plot of Time. Los Angeles, CA: Figueroa Press.
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Braudy, L.
(2002).
The World in a Frame: What We See in Films, 25th Anniversary edition. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.
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Braudy, L., Cohen, M.
(1998).
Film Theory and Criticism: Introductory Readings, 5th edition. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
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Braudy, L.
(1997).
The Frenzy of Renown: Fame and Its History. New York, NY: Vintage.
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Braudy, Leo; Cohen, Marshall (Ed.).
(1992).
Film Theory and Criticism: Introductory Readings, 4th edition. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
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Braudy, L.
(1989).
Jean Renoir: The World of his Films, 2nd edition. New York, NY: Columbia University Press.
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Braudy, L.
(1986).
The Frenzy of Renown: Fame and Its History. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
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Braudy, L.
(1984).
The World in a Frame: What We See in Films, 2d edition. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.
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Braudy, Leo; Dickstein, Morris (Ed.).
(1979).
Great Film Directors. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
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Braudy, L.
(1976).
The World in a Frame: What We See in Films. New York, NY: Doubleday.
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Braudy, L.
(1972).
Truffaut's Shoot the Piano Player: A Collection of Critical Essays. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Truffaut's Shoot the Piano Player: A Collection of Critical Essays/Prentice-Hall.
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Braudy, L.
(1972).
Norman Mailer: A Collection of Critical Essays. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Norman Mailer: A Collection of Critical Essays/Prentice-Hall.
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Braudy, L.
(1972).
Jean Renoir: The World of His Films. New York, NY: Doubleday.
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Braudy, L.
(1970).
Narrative Form in History and Fiction: Hume, Fielding, and Gibbon (1970). Princeton, New Jersey: Narrative Form in History and Fiction: Hume, Fielding, and Gibbon (1970)/Princeton University Press.
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Other
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Braudy, L.
(1992).
Native Informant: Essays on Film, Fiction and Popular Culture (1992). Oxford University Press.
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Honors and Awards
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USC University Professor, 2001-
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Endowed Chair, Leo S. Bing Chair in English and American Literature, 1986-
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Phi Kappa Phi Faculty Recognition Award for From Chivalry to Terrorism, 2004
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'War and Masculinity' listed as one of ten "Best of the Best" by Los Angeles Times Book Review, 2003
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'War and Masculinity' listed under Notable Books by the New York Times Book Review, 2003
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USC Presidential Medallion, 1994
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Visiting Writer, American Academy, Rome,
Spring
1991
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Phi Kappa Phi Faculty Reognition Award for the Frenzy of Renown,
Spring
1987
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Guggenheim Fellowship, 1974-1975
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