Timothy Corrigan

Timothy Corrigan is a Professor of English, Cinema Studies, and History of Art at Penn. His work in Cinema Studies has focused on modern American and international cinema, as well as pedagogy and film. He received a B.A. from the University of Notre Dame, and completed graduate work at the University of Leeds, Emory University, and the University of Paris III. His books include New German Film: The Displaced Image, The Films of Werner Herzog: Between Mirage and History, Writing about Film, A Cinema without Walls: Movies and Culture after Vietnam, Film and Literature: An Introduction and Reader, and The Film Experience (co-authored with Patricia White). In addition, his research and teaching interests include work on Shakespeare and film, reception theory, auteurism, film and theater, and new wave cinemas. Currently he is completing a book-length study, “The Essay Film from Montaigne to Marker” and, with Patricia White and Meta Mazaj, an anthology of film theory, “Critical Visions: Readings in Classical and Contemporary Film and Media Theory.” He is also an editor of the journal Adaptation, an editorial board member of Cinema Journal, and a founding director of the Association of Adaptation Studies. He is a member of graduate groups and an affiliated faculty member in the departments of English, History of Art, German, Women’s Studies, and Comparative Literature.