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No part of this publication may be reproduced, The moral rights of the author have been assertedĭatabase right Oxford University Press (maker)Īll rights reserved. Oxford is a registered trade mark of Oxford University Pressīy Oxford University Press Inc., New York Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Mumbai Nairobi It furthers the University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship,Īuckland Bangkok Buenos Aires Cape Town Chennaiĭar es Salaam Delhi Hong Kong Istanbul Karachi Kolkata (Early guests included John Landis, William Friedkin, Martha Coolidge, and John Frankenheimer.)įilm and television history and criticism media industry studies (history, economics, etc.Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. In April 2000, Schatz began hosting 'Final Cut,' a weekly live Webcast featuring interviews with leading Hollywood directors, which appears on.

In media production, Schatz has provided his expertise (and on-screen interviews) for many film and television documentaries - including the recent PBS "American Cinema" series and the "American Masters" documentary on David O. He has lectured for the Motion Picture Academy and the Directors Guild he has taught for the American Film Institute and he currently lectures and serves on the Advisory Board of the Los Angeles Film School. Schatz also lectures widely both in the US and abroad on American film and television, and he has conducted seminars for academics and industry professionals in over a half-dozen European countries. His writing on film has appeared in numerous magazines, newspapers, and academic journals, including the New York Times, Premiere, The Nation, and Film Comment.

These include HOLLYWOOD GENRES, now widely considered the standard academic text on that subject THE GENIUS OF THE SYSTEM, a highly acclaimed book about the "studio system" during Hollywood's so-called classical era and most recently BOOM AND BUST: AMERICAN CINEMA IN THE 1940s. Schatz has written four books about Hollywood films and filmmaking.
