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Annette Insdorf: A Passion for Cinema

Annette Insdorf: A Passion for Cinema

 

 




Introduction to Annette Insdorf.  2:14 min.  Interview:  Raymond Elman.  Post-Production:  Sidney Peralta.  Recorded via Zoom,  12/1/2021.

 

ANNETTE INSDORF is an internationally renowned educator, lecturer, and author who has written numerous cinema-related books, including Francois Truffaut, Indelible Shadows: Film and Holocaust; Double Lives, Second Chances: The Cinema of Krzysztof Kieslowski; Philip Kaufman; Intimations: The Cinema of Wojciech Has; and Cinematic Overtures: How to Read Opening Scenes.

Dr. Insdorf is a Professor in the Graduate Film Program of Columbia’s School of the Arts, and served as Director of Undergraduate Film Studies for 27 years.  She is also Moderator of 92Y’s Reel Pieces series.

Among the recent honors she has received are 92Y’s “Exceptional Women Award” (2020), the Silver Medallion from the 2021 Telluride Film Festival, and Moment Magazine’s Creativity Award (2021).

 

The videos below were recorded via Zoom, are organized by Success Factor, and run between 30 seconds and 6 minutes. Click on any video. You must be connected to the Internet to view the videos.

 

 

EXPOSURE TO BROAD INFLUENCES: 2:23 min.




Where did you grow up, and what’s your earliest awareness of film or art of any discipline?

 

CRITICAL THINKING:   3:09 min.




When did you realize that film scholarship would be the focus of your career? How did you decide between working in filmmaking vs. making cinema an academic pursuit?

 

COLLABORATION:  0:38 sec.




Are you friends with Bruce Goldstein? (I first met him in Provincetown in the early 1970s).

 

INSIGHT & INSPIRATION:  5:05 min.




After graduating from Yale, what are some of the milestones of your career?

 

CRITICAL THINKING:  2:06 min.




What type of films interest you the most, and what are the most important elements of a great film?

 

OVERCOMES CHALLENGES TO SUCCEED:  3:22 min.




Describe a typical day in your life when you are multi-tasking.

 

CREATES A UNIQUE PERSONAL BRAND:  1:15 min.




What are you doing at the 92nd Street Y during the pandemic?

 

INSIGHT & INSPIRATION:   2:58 min.




What are your experiences with Miami film festivals?

 

CREATES A UNIQUE PERSONAL BRAND:  3:43 min.




What are your criteria for taking on projects?

 

UNDERSTANDS THE BUSINESS OF ART:  4:35 min.




What advice do you have for students seeking a career in making films or film scholarship?