Jeanine Basinger

Jeanine Basinger is 'one of the most acclaimed film historians of her generation' ( New York Times ). She is the Corwin-Fuller Professor of Film Studies, founder and curator of the Wesleyan Cinema Archives, founding Chair of the Film Studies Department, and a recipient of Wesleyan's Binswanger Prize for Excellence in Teaching. She is the author of Silent Stars , which won the National Board of Review's William K. Everson Award, and The Star Machine , which won the Theatre Library Association...See more

Jeanine Basinger is 'one of the most acclaimed film historians of her generation' ( New York Times ). She is the Corwin-Fuller Professor of Film Studies, founder and curator of the Wesleyan Cinema Archives, founding Chair of the Film Studies Department, and a recipient of Wesleyan's Binswanger Prize for Excellence in Teaching. She is the author of Silent Stars , which won the National Board of Review's William K. Everson Award, and The Star Machine , which won the Theatre Library Association Award. She is a trustee of the National Board of Review and the American Film Institute, a member of Warner Brothers Theatre Advisory Committee at the Smithsonian Institute, and a former member of the Board of Advisors of the Association of Independent Video and Filmmakers. She also served as advisor to Martin Scorsese's film foundation project, The Story of Movies . She lives in Middletown, Connecticut. See less