Andrew J. Douglas, Ph.D., Director of Education (click to email)

Andrew J. Douglas earned his B.A. from Brandeis University, where he majored in American Studies and completed the Film Studies and Journalism Programs. He spent the next year in New York City, working as a film critic, before heading to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he earned his M.A. in Communication Studies.

Following a position there as a visiting lecturer, Andrew went to Northwestern University, where he received a Ph.D. from the Department of Radio/Television/Film. His areas of focus were American film history, film theory and genre theory.

In addition to teaching at UNC and Northwestern, Andrew has been a visiting assistant professor at Whitman College in Washington and a member of the adjunct faculty at Dominican University outside of Chicago. Some of the subjects he has taught include Film Criticism, Film History, Screenwriting, Media Criticism, Film and Popular Culture, Television Culture and Gender and Media.

Andrew has presented papers at the annual conferences of the Society for Cinema and Media Studies and the International Association of Media and History and has written for The Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television and The Business History Review , published by Harvard Business School.

Andrew has been interested in the cinema since childhood and has been committed to film education since he first arrived at Brandeis and learned that one could take (and teach) classes in film studies. “While growing up in a small town, I was not aware that there was more to film appreciation than going to the movies. I certainly didn’t know it was possible to receive an education in film studies. One of the great things about the BMFI is that it will provide area school children, high school students and interested people of all ages and backgrounds the opportunity to pursue their interests in the cinema in ways that go beyond, but certainly include, viewing. It will be very rewarding to contribute to this process.”