Drew Casper
Film expert specializing in genres including science fiction
Holder of the Alma and Alfred Hitchcock Chair in Cinema-Television
Professor of critical studies, USC School of Cinematic Arts
Contact at: (213) 740-7514 (office), (818) 763-4272 or dcasper@cinema.usc.edu
Expertise:
- American film, especially 1946-present
- film genres (musical, film noir, horror, science fiction, fantasy, comedy)
- MGM studio system
- Alfred Hitchcock
- John Ford
- Vincente Minnelli
- Doris Day
- Stanley Donen
- censorship
- postmodern auteurs -- Steven Spielberg, Barry Levinson, Martin Scorsese, Brian de Palma
- Star Wars phenomenon and George Lucas
- business and technology in postmodern Hollywood
- Co-author of A History of the Sound Film in America (forthcoming)
More:
For stories about Drew Casper, see Cyberspace meets 'Scarface'
For biographical information go to:
http://www-cntv.usc.edu/academic_programs/critical_studies/academic-critical-professors.php
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