Visiting Professors
Summer 2009 and Summer 2008
Professor Gunning’s research focuses on problems of film style and interpretation, film history and film culture. His groundbreaking book on silent cinema, D.W. Griffith and the Origins of American Narrative Film traces the ways in which film style interacted with new economic structures in the early American film industry and with new tasks of storytelling. In addition to two other books, Professor Gunning has published over one-hundred articles. In addition to being an outstanding scholar, Professor Gunning is an excellent teacher. Tom Gunning is a Visiting Professor within Film Studies and a contributor to the intellectual life of our Program. He will be offering classes during the summer terms.