Liz Cane
Email: ecane@uci.edu
M.F.A. University of California, Los Angeles
Teaches beginning, intermediate and advanced courses in film and video production. She has produced award-winning shorts that have screened in festivals around the world. Her documentary “Libido,” about the continuing pleasures of romance and sex among older people, aired nationally on PBS. “Eager For Your Kisses,” which continues her exploration of love and sex among seniors, is distributed by New Day Films and has screened in festivals and conferences throughout North America. She has written several screenplays and recently finished a television pilot, “451 PPM,” about the catastrophic effects of global warming.
Email: ecane@uci.edu
M.F.A. University of California, Los Angeles
Teaches beginning, intermediate and advanced courses in film and video production. She has produced award-winning shorts that have screened in festivals around the world. Her documentary “Libido,” about the continuing pleasures of romance and sex among older people, aired nationally on PBS. “Eager For Your Kisses,” which continues her exploration of love and sex among seniors, is distributed by New Day Films and has screened in festivals and conferences throughout North America. She has written several screenplays and recently finished a television pilot, “451 PPM,” about the catastrophic effects of global warming.
Marie Cartier
Email: mcartier@uci.edu
Ph.D. Claremont Graduate University
Teaches beginning and advanced courses on screenwriting. Through the University Extension program she also teaches Acting for Film. Every year she curates and administers the Annual Festival of Staged Reading of Student Screenplays. Her poetry book I Am Your Daughter, Not Your Lover was published in 1994 by Clothespin Fever Press. She has had five plays published by Dialogus Press. She currently completed her Ph.D. in Religion at Claremont Graduate University, specializing in Women and Religion and religion and Art, and the MFA program in Visual Art. She also holds two additional MFA's from UCLA - one in Film, and one in Theater, and an MA in English from Colorado State University, and a BA in Communications, from University of New Hampshire. She is a performance artist and recently toured the West Coast with her poplar show, *Ballistic Femme.*
Email: mcartier@uci.edu
Ph.D. Claremont Graduate University
Teaches beginning and advanced courses on screenwriting. Through the University Extension program she also teaches Acting for Film. Every year she curates and administers the Annual Festival of Staged Reading of Student Screenplays. Her poetry book I Am Your Daughter, Not Your Lover was published in 1994 by Clothespin Fever Press. She has had five plays published by Dialogus Press. She currently completed her Ph.D. in Religion at Claremont Graduate University, specializing in Women and Religion and religion and Art, and the MFA program in Visual Art. She also holds two additional MFA's from UCLA - one in Film, and one in Theater, and an MA in English from Colorado State University, and a BA in Communications, from University of New Hampshire. She is a performance artist and recently toured the West Coast with her poplar show, *Ballistic Femme.*
Julie Cho
Email: jgcho@uci.edu
M.F.A. University of California, Los Angeles
Lecturer of Film and Media Studies; Asian American Studies
Email: jgcho@uci.edu
M.F.A. University of California, Los Angeles
Lecturer of Film and Media Studies; Asian American Studies
Benjamin Kruger-Robbins
Email: bkrugerr@uci.edu
Ph.D. in Visual Studies from University of California, Irvine
Specializes in television studies and queer media. He teaches classes on broadcast history, sexuality in American television, camp and horror genre studies, marketing & branding of youth TV, and queer cable programming at UCI. His research focuses on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) involvement/perspectives within both the American television industry and TV audience cultures/communities, and his work has appeared in Flow, Sexualities, and the edited anthology The Politics of Twin Peaks (Lexington, 2019). He holds a Ph.D. in Visual Studies from UCI
Email: bkrugerr@uci.edu
Ph.D. in Visual Studies from University of California, Irvine
Specializes in television studies and queer media. He teaches classes on broadcast history, sexuality in American television, camp and horror genre studies, marketing & branding of youth TV, and queer cable programming at UCI. His research focuses on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) involvement/perspectives within both the American television industry and TV audience cultures/communities, and his work has appeared in Flow, Sexualities, and the edited anthology The Politics of Twin Peaks (Lexington, 2019). He holds a Ph.D. in Visual Studies from UCI
Luci Marzola
Email: lmarzola@uci.edu
Ph.D. USC School of Cinematic Arts
Teaches courses in film and media history and theory. She has taught classes on silent and studio-era cinema, the histories of cinematography and color, and media industries at UCI, USC, Chapman University, and UCSD. She is a historian whose research focuses on media industries and technology, particularly in early Hollywood. Her work has been published in Film History, The Historical Journal of Film, Radio, and Television, The Velvet Light Trap, and American Cinematographer. Her book Engineering Hollywood: Technology, Technicians, and the Science of Building the Studio System will be published by Oxford University Press in mid-2021. She holds a PhD and MA in Cinema and Media Studies from USC’s School of Cinematic Arts.
Email: lmarzola@uci.edu
Ph.D. USC School of Cinematic Arts
Teaches courses in film and media history and theory. She has taught classes on silent and studio-era cinema, the histories of cinematography and color, and media industries at UCI, USC, Chapman University, and UCSD. She is a historian whose research focuses on media industries and technology, particularly in early Hollywood. Her work has been published in Film History, The Historical Journal of Film, Radio, and Television, The Velvet Light Trap, and American Cinematographer. Her book Engineering Hollywood: Technology, Technicians, and the Science of Building the Studio System will be published by Oxford University Press in mid-2021. She holds a PhD and MA in Cinema and Media Studies from USC’s School of Cinematic Arts.
Ken Provencher
Email: kmproven@uci.edu
Ph.D. in Cinema Studies from the University of Southern California
Teaches courses on film and media history and analysis, including classes on world cinema, Japanese cinema, the Hollywood industry, and the video essay. He has taught courses at UCI, Loyola Marymount University, Cal State Fullerton, and Josai International University in Japan. His co-edited volume Exploiting East Asian Cinemas: Genre, Circulation, Reception, was published by Bloomsbury in 2018. Other research and analytical essays have appeared in The Companion to Wong Kar-wai, The Velvet Light Trap, The Quarterly Review of Film and Video, and [in]Transition. He holds a Ph.D. in Cinema Studies from the University of Southern California.
Email: kmproven@uci.edu
Ph.D. in Cinema Studies from the University of Southern California
Teaches courses on film and media history and analysis, including classes on world cinema, Japanese cinema, the Hollywood industry, and the video essay. He has taught courses at UCI, Loyola Marymount University, Cal State Fullerton, and Josai International University in Japan. His co-edited volume Exploiting East Asian Cinemas: Genre, Circulation, Reception, was published by Bloomsbury in 2018. Other research and analytical essays have appeared in The Companion to Wong Kar-wai, The Velvet Light Trap, The Quarterly Review of Film and Video, and [in]Transition. He holds a Ph.D. in Cinema Studies from the University of Southern California.