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Richard Koszarski Associate Professor Tel: 732-932-7564 Department of English Email Address: [email protected] School of Arts and Sciences - Homepage Address: English http://english.rutgers.edu/faculty/profiles/koszarski.html 510 George Street New Brunswick , NJ 08901 Education Highest Earned Degree: Ph.D., New York University, Cinema Studies, 1977. Dissertation: "The Unknown Cinema of Erich von Stroheim: Reconstruction and Analysis of The Devil's Pass Key, Queen Kelly and Walking Down Broadway" (1977). William K. Everson. Other Earned Degrees, Graduate and Undergraduate: M.A., New York University, Cinema Studies, 1974. B.A., Hofstra University, English, 1969. Honors and Awards Fellowships: National Endowment for the Humanities "Research Fellowship" (2003), Release time. American Council of Learned Societies "Grant in Aid" (1978), $1000. American Film Institute "Research Associateship" (1972-73), $9000. American Film Institute "Research Associateship" (1971-72), $4500. Professional Awards and Honors: 2005: Historic Preservation Award, State of New Jersey, for "Fort Lee, The Film Town," May 5, 2005. 2003: "Film Heritage Award," National Society of Film Critics, presented to KINO Video DVD release of Erich von Stroheim's films, for which I was historical consultant and provided full audio commentary tracks. 1991: Prix Jean Mitry, Giornate del Cinema Muto [for lifetime contribution to silent film scholarship] 1991: Katherine Singer Kovacs Prize, Society for Cinema Studies [for An Evening's Entertainment] 1984: National Film Book Award, National Film Society [for The Man You Loved to Hate] 1984: Theatre Library Association [for The Man You Loved to Hate] 1991: Katherine Singer Kovacs Prize, Society for Cinema Studies [for An Evening's Entertainment] 1984: National Film Book Award, National Film Society [for The Man You Loved to Hate] 1984: Theatre Library Association [for The Man You Loved to Hate] Industry Relevance Commercial or Industrial Relevance: Expert legal representation involving the marketing of pre-existing film or television material on home video formats: Prima v. Walt Disney Co. (2000) Williams v. Walt Disney Co. (1998) Boosey & Hawkes v. Walt Disney Co. (1995) Philadelphia Orchestra v. Walt Disney Co. (1994) Bourne Music Co. v. Walt Disney Co. (1992) Employment History Positions Held: 2003-ongoing: Rutgers University, Associate Professor 1998-2003: Rutgers University, Assistant Professor 1997-1997: New York University, Visiting Lecturer 1977-1997: American Museum of the Moving Image, NY. Positions included Curator of Film, Chief Curator, and Head of Collections and Exhibitions 1980-1986: Columbia University, Adjunct Assistant Professor 1971-1985: School of Visual Arts, Instructor in film history 1976-1976: New York University, Visiting Lecturer 1972-1972: Hofstra University, Visiting Lecturer 1980-ongoing: Since 1980 I have served as consultant, for various projects, to the AFI/NEA Film Preservation Advisory Panel; American Federation of the Arts; Chicago Historical Society; City Entertainment Corporation; George Eastman House/International Museum of Photography; Kino Film and Video; Museum of Modern Art (NY); Museum of the Moving Image (NY); Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art (Australia); Turner Entertainment Corporation; United States Information Agency; Walt Disney Corp. Publications Books, Other than Textbooks, Including Scholarly Monographs: 2008: "Hollywood on the Hudson: Film and Television in New York from Griffith to Sarnoff" (Rutgers University Press, 2008). 2004: "Fort Lee, The Film Town" (John Libbey/Indiana University Press, 2004). 2001: "Von: The Life and Films of Erich von Stroheim" (Limelight, 2001). 1990: "An Evening's Entertainment: The Age of the Silent Feature Picture" (Scribner's, 1990). Paperbound edition published by University of California Press (1994). Translated excerpt in Orio Clderon (ed.), "Cineamerica 1919-1929. Alle Fonti del Mito" (Rome: La Meridiana Editori, 1991), 75- 85.. 1989: "Masterpieces of Moving Image Technology" (Exhibition Catalog, American Museum of the Moving Image, 1989). 1984: "Great American Film Directors in Photographs" (New York: Dover, 1984). 1984: "The Man You Loved to Hate: Erich von Stroheim and Hollywood (Oxford University Press, 1984). Spanish translation published by Verdoux (Madrid, 1993). 1983: "The Astoria Studio and Its Fabulous Films" (New York: Dover, 1983). 1977: "Universal Pictures: 65 Years" (New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1977). Edited Books, Anthologies, Collections, Bibliographies: 1979: "Mystery of the Wax Museum: A Screenplay" (University of Wisconsin Press, 1979). 1977: "Hollywood Directors, 1941-1976" (Oxford University Press, 1977). 1976: "The Rivals of D.W. Griffith" (Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, 1976). 1976: "Hollywood Directors, 1914-1940" (Oxford University Press, 1976). Chapters in Books or Monographs: 2009: "Nancy Naumburg" in The Women Film Pioneers Project edited by Jane Gaines (U. of Illinois Press) 2008: "Out on Location: DW Griffith and Fort Lee" in The Griffith Project, Volume XII, edited by Paolo Cherchi Usai (London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008), 48-68. 2005: "Carl Laemmle" in The Encyclopedia of Early Cinema edited by Richard Abel (Routledge, 2005) 2005: "Erich von Stroheim" in Dizionario dei Registi, edited by Gian Piero Brunetta (Torino: Einaudi, 2005). 2004: "Dollars und Hausverstand" in Paul Fejos: die Welt macht Film, edited by Elisabeth Buttner (Verlag Filmarchiv Austria, 2004), 36-47. 2001: "The Motion Picture Industry," in The Encyclopedia of New Jersey, edited by Maxine Lurie and Marc Mappen (Rutgers University Press, 2001), 544-545. 2000: "New York, New York: Il Centro Di Produzione Della Costa Orientale," in Storia Del Cinema Mondiale, Tomo Secondo, edited by Gian-Piero Brunetta (Torino: Einaudi, 2000), 1377-1396. 2000: "Il Cinema Degli Anni Venti," in Storia Del Cinema Mondiale, Tomo Primo, edited by Gian-Piero Brunetta (Torino: Einaudi, 2000), 393-430. 1999: "The Griffith Project Volume II: Films Produced in January-June 1909" (London: British Film Institute, 1999). Three entries. Pp. 9-10, 13-14, 43-44. 1999: "The Griffith Project, Volume I: Films Produced in 1907-1908" (London: British Film Institute, 1999). Seven entries. Pp. 152-53, 183-84, 190, 195-204. 1995: "Karl Struss: The Cinematographer" in Karl Struss: New York to Hollywood (Fort Worth: Amon Carter Museum, 1995), 167-205. 1994: "Nachrichten aus einer bosen Zeit" in Erich von Stroheim (Berlin: Stiftung Deutsche Kinemathek, 1994), 201-219. Institute, 1999). Three entries. Pp. 9-10, 13-14, 43-44. 1999: "The Griffith Project, Volume I: Films Produced in 1907-1908" (London: British Film Institute, 1999). Seven entries. Pp. 152-53, 183-84, 190, 195-204. 1995: "Karl Struss: The Cinematographer" in Karl Struss: New York to Hollywood (Fort Worth: Amon Carter Museum, 1995), 167-205. 1994: "Nachrichten aus einer bosen Zeit" in Erich von Stroheim (Berlin: Stiftung Deutsche Kinemathek, 1994), 201-219. 1989: "On the Record: Seeing and Hearing the Vitaphone" in The Dawn of Sound (New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1989), 15-21. Reprinted as "Voir et entendre le Vitaphone," in Revue de la Cinematheque #12 (Aug-Sept 1991): 7-9. 1987: "Erich von Stroheim" in World Film Directors (New York: H.W. Wilson, 1987), 1069-1079. 1986: "Off-Screen Spaces: Images of Early Cinema Exhibition and Production" in Before Hollywood (New York: American Federation of the Arts, 1986), 13-37. 1980: "A Critical Dictionary of the Cinema" edited by Richard Roud (New York: Viking, 1980). Five entries. Pp. 155-156, 310-311, 609-610, 1009. 1978: "Harold Lloyd: High Flying Genius" in Close-Ups (New York: Workman, 1978), 11-14. Articles in Non-refereed or General Journals: 2008: "'The Girl and Her Trust': Film to Fiction," Film History 20, 2 (2008): 198-201. 2006: "Nancy Naumburg, Vassar Revolutionary," Film History 18, 4 (2006): 374-375. 2005: "'It's No Use Having an Unhappy Man': Paul Fejos at Universal," Film History 17, 2/3 (2005): 234-240. 2005: "Flu Season: Moving Picture World reports on Pandemic Influenza," Film History 17, 4 (2005): 466-468. 2003: "'The Greatest Film Paramount Ever Made'," Film History 15, 4 (2003): 436-443. 2003: "William K. Everson and British Cinema," Film History 15, 3 (2003): 273-278. Introduction to special journal issue. 2002: "Subway Commandos: Hollywood Filmmakers at the Signal Corps Photographic Center," Film History 14, 2/3 (2002): 296-315. 2002: "Laughter, Music and Tragedy at the New York Pathe Studio," Film History 14, 1 (2002): 32-39. 2001: "'So Long, Master....' Stroheim, Griffith, and the Griffith Studio," Griffithiana 71 (2001): 45-81. 2000: "'Foolish Wives': The Color Restoration That Never Happened," Film History 12, 4 (2000): 345- 350. 2000: "Oral History," Film History 12, 1 (2000): 3-4. Introduction to special journal issue. 2000: "'A Lion in Your Lap, a Lover in Your Arms': Arch Oboler and Bwana Devil," Film History 12, 1 (2000): 17-28. 1999: "Reconstructing 'Greed': How Long and What Color," Griffithiana 65 (1999): 4-27. Shorter version published in Film Comment, Nov-Dec 1999: 10-15. 1998: "Pordenone Silent Film Festival," Film Comment, Jan-Feb 1998: 40-43. 1998: "Nueva York, Nueva York: Centro de produccion de la costa este americana," Archivos de la Filmoteca: Revista de Estudios Historios Sobre le Imagen (February 1998) 28: 409-55, 142-149. 1998: "Film Literature/Literature and Film," Film History, 10, 4 (1998): 427-428. Introduction to special issue. 1998: "Coming Next Week: Images of Television in Pre-War Motion Pictures," Film