Charles Musser

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Charles Musser (born 16 January 1951) is Professor of Film and American Studies at Yale University. He is a prominent film historian and documentary film maker who has "added a great deal to our knowledge of early cinema with his writings and his filmmaking."^[1]

He won several awards for his book The Emergence of Cinema: The American Screen to 1907, including the Theatre Library Association Award.^[2] His research has focused on such topics as Edwin S. Porter, Oscar Micheaux, and the Edison Studios, and his films include An American Potter and Before the Nickelodeon: The Early Cinema of Edwin S. Porter.^[3]

References

↑ Gomery, Douglas (Summer 1983). "Historical Method and Data Acquisition". Cinema Journal 22 (4): 58.
↑ "Theatre Library Association Award - Winners". TLA. Retrieved 25 September 2010.
↑ "Charles Musser". Yale Film Studies Faculty. Retrieved 25 September 2010.

External links

Charles Musser at the Internet Movie Database

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Date of birth	16 January 1951
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