Roy Grundmann
Director, Film and Television Studies Program Associate Professor, Film Studies at Boston University

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Boston University
Before earning his graduate degrees in the United States, Roy Grundmann studied film and literature in Germany and England. Focusing on film in its modernist and postmodernist context, he publishes on American and European narrative cinema, international avant-garde film, film theory and cultural theory, and gay and lesbian film history and queer theory. He is the author of Andy Warhol’s Blow Job (Temple University Press), the editor of A Companion to Michael Haneke (Wiley-Blackwell), and a co-editor of the 4-volume The Wiley-Blackwell History of American Film. Grundmann is the curator of several landmark film series, including the first comprehensive retrospective of the films of Michael Haneke. Grundmann’s publications have appeared in numerous journals and anthologies. He is a contributing editor of CineasteM magazine.
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Cannes Film Festival Spurs Controversy And Disruptive Protest In Light Of A Lack Of Female Nominees
May 23, 2012
The Frisky Roy Grundmann, College of Communication While we’ve been covering all of the fashion at Cannes, there seems to be a more unsavory undercurrent on the scene: in the 64 years of the festival, just one woman has claimed the most esteemed Palme d’Or award, and this year’s total lack of female directors in […]
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Cannes’ Female Director Problem Highlighted By 2012 Selections
April 19, 2012
Huffington Post Roy Grundmann, College of Communication With the international media assembled in Paris Thursday to find out which movies made the cut for this year’s prestigious Festival du Cannes, festival president Gilles Jacob began with a heartfelt ode to the glorious history of Cannes and the film industry… View article
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