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David Bordwell (1947-2024) Historian. David Bordwell was born in Penn Yan, New York, and died in Madison, Wisconsin.

Full Name

David Bordwell

Locations

AlbanyYates

Author's Timeline


1947

Birth

Yates County: David Jay Bordwell was born in Penn Yan, New York, on July 23, 1947.

1969

Other Life Event

Albany County: Mr. Bordwell received a bachelor’s degree in English from the State University of New York at Albany in 1969.

1979

Literary Work

Film Art: An Introduction
McGraw Hill; 12th edition (2019)
1260056082 / 978-1260056082
Nonfiction written with Kristin Thompson and Jeff Smith.

1985

Literary Work

The Classical Hollywood Cinema: Film Style & Mode of Production to 1960
New York: Columbia University Press
0231060556 / 978-0231060554
Nonfiction co-written with Janet Staiger and Kristin Thompson.

1985

Literary Work

Narration in the Fiction Film
Madison: University of Wisconsin Press
0299101703 / 978-0299101701
Nonfiction.

1997

Literary Work

On the History of Film Style
Cambridge: Harvard University Press
0674634292 / 978-0674634299
Nonfiction.

2005

Literary Work

Figures Traced in Light: On Cinematic Staging
Berkeley: University of California Press
0520232267 978-0520232266
Nonfiction.

2006

Literary Work

The Way Hollywood Tells It: Story and Style in Modern Movies
Berkeley: University of California Press
978-0520246225
Nonfiction.

2007

Literary Work

Poetics of Cinema
Berkeley: Routledge
0415977789 / 978-0415977784
Nonfiction.

2011

Literary Work

Minding Movies: Observations on the Art, Craft, and Business of Filmmaking
Chicago: University of Chicago Press
0226066983 / 978-0226066981
Nonfiction co-written with Kristin Thompson.

2017

Literary Work

Reinventing Hollywood: How 1940s Filmmakers Changed Movie Storytelling
Chicago: University of Chicago Press
022648775X / 978-0226487755
Nonfiction.

2023

Literary Work

Perplexing Plots: Popular Storytelling and the Poetics of Murder
New York: Columbia University Press
978-0-231-55655-2
Nonfiction.

2024

Death

David Bordwell died at his home in Madison, Wisconsin, on February 29, 2024.

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