Jeanine Basinger

Jeanine Basinger (born 3 February 1936) is Corwin-Fuller Professor of Film Studies and Founder and Curator of the Cinema Archives at Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut. The Cinema Archives, which she founded, includes the papers of Frank Capra, Ingrid Bergman, Elia Kazan, Gene Tierney, Martin Scorsese, and Federico Fellini.

She is also a Trustee of the American Film Institute (which awarded her a Doctorate of Humane Letters June 7, 2006), a member of the Steering Committee of the National Center for Film and Video Preservation, and one of the Board of Advisors for the Association of Independent Video and Filmmakers. She has appeared in numerous documentaries, and also in a dramatic role in "A Better Way to Die" (2000).

Basinger is credited with having built Wesleyan into one of the top film schools in the country. A disproportionate amount of notable Hollywood figures have been taught by Basinger. Former students include, but are not limited to [http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117983035.html?categoryId=2870&cs=1] : Joss Whedon, Michael Bay, Paul Weitz, Laurence Mark, Paul Schiff, Alex Kurtzman, Bruce Eric Kaplan, Toby Emmerich, Nick Meyer, Marc Shmuger, Rick Nicita, Brad Fuller, Dana Delany, Stephen Schiff, Rodger Grossman, Toni Ross, Bradley Whitford, Domenica Cameron-Scorsese, Liz Garcia, Marc Longenecker, Jon Turteltaub, Jeffrey Lane, Zak Penn, Jeremy Arnold and Miguel Arteta.

Works

*"The World War II Combat Film: Anatomy of a Genre" (1985, 2003)
*"Anthony Mann: A Critical Study"
*"The It's a Wonderful Life Book"
*"Shirley Temple" (1975)
*"Lana Turner" (1976)
*"Gene Kelly" (1976)
*"A Woman's View: How Hollywood Spoke to Women 1930-1960" (1993)
*"American Cinema: 100 Years of Filmmaking" (companion book for a PBS series).
*"Silent Stars" (1999)
*"The Star Machine" (Knopf, 2007)

References

* [http://www.wesleyan.edu/wesmaps/course9900/faculty/basinger588.htm Official Wesleyan faculty page] (accessed 16 June 2006)
* [http://www.poemhunter.com/quotations/famous.asp?people=Jeanine%20Basinger Quotations from Jeanine Basinger] (accessed 16 June 2006)
* [http://www.ctvisit.com/industry_news/industry_news.asp?page=gc_awards_05 Winners of 2005 Governor's Arts and Tourism Awards, New Connecticut History Awards Announced] , Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism (accessed 16 June 2006)
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