CURRICULUM VITAE CHUCK BERG Revised March 2006 Office Address: Dept. of Theatre & Film 202 Oldfather Studios University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66044 Phone: (785) 864-1344; FAX (785) 331-2671 E-mail: [email protected] EDUCATION: Ph.D., University of Iowa, Film-Media-Music, 1973. Dissertation, An Investigation of the Motives for and Realization of Music to Accompany the American Silent Film, 1896-1927. B.S., University of Kansas, Radio-Television-Film, 1967. ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS: Professor, Theatre and Film, University of Kansas (1989-present). Chair, Theatre and Film, University of Kansas (2004-2006). Associate Professor, Theatre and Film, University of Kansas (1979-1989). Assistant Professor, Theatre and Film, University of Kansas (1977-1979). Visiting Professor (Short Course, “Film Music: History, Theory, Practice”), Southern Illinois University (May 1979) Assistant Professor, Communication Arts and Sciences, Queens College, City University of New York (1972-1977). Visiting Professor (Short Course, “Dada and Surrealism in Film: the Continental Avant-Garde”), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, January 1975. RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: *Film and Media Production Techniques. *Musician (Saxophones, Flute, Clarinet). *Arts and Entertainment Journalism. HONORS: *“W.T. Kemper Fellowship for Teaching Excellence, University of Kansas, 2000. *“Mortar Board Outstanding Educator, 1999.” Torch Chapter of Mortar Board, University of Kansas. 1999. *“Outstanding Service to Jazz Education at the Twenty-Eighth IAJE International Conference,” International Association of Jazz Educators, 2001. *Invited Voter, Critics Poll, Jazz Times Magazine (since 1988). *Invited Voter, International Critics Poll, Down Beat (since 1977). *Invited Member, National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS) COURSES TAUGHT (University of Kansas): *HNRS 190, Freshman Honors Tutorial: Improvisation *TH&F 283, Introduction to the Film Medium *TH&F 302, Undergraduate Seminar in Hollywood and the Contemporary Global Marketplace *TH&F 302/702, Undergraduate/Graduate Seminars (in Alfred Hitchcock; Music Videos; Screenwriting; The Contemporary Documentary Film; Film Music) *TH&F 307, Undergraduate Internship in Theatre and Film *TH&F 380/880/AMS 696, American Popular Culture of (1920's; 1930's; 1940's; 1950's; 1960's; 1970's; 1980's; Jazz and Film; The American Cine-Century; The Musical) *TH&F 381/881/AMS 696, History of the Silent Film *TH&F 382/882/AMS 696, History of the American Sound Film *TH&F 383/883/AMS 696, History of the International Sound Film *TH&F 375, Basic Film Production *TH&F 499, Directed Study in Theatre and Film *TH&F 583, Film Theory *TH&F 593, Experimental Film and Video *TH&F 684, Documentary Film and Video *TH&F 686, American Film Criticism *AM S 694, Directed Readings *TH&F 881, Colloquium in Theatre and Film *TH&F 888, Special Problems in Film Criticism *TH&F 895, Intensive Film Project *TH&F 899, Master’s Thesis *TH&F 902, Doctoral Seminar: Film and Video Historiography *TH&F 902, Television and Media Criticism *TH&F 998, Investigation and Conference *TH&F 999, Doctoral Dissertation PUBLICATIONS: Books: Film 07/08: Annual Editions. Contemporary Learning Series. Dubuque, IA: McGraw-Hill, 2007 (co-edited with Heather Addison). The Encyclopedia of Orson Welles. New York: Facts on File, 2003. (With Thomas Erskine) Lookout Farm: A Case Study of Improvisation for Small Jazz Group. Hollywood, CA: Almo Publications, 1978. (With David Liebman and Richard Beirach) An Investigation of the Motives for and Realization of Music to Accompany the American Silent Film, 1896-1927. New York: New York Times/Arno Press, 1976. Invited Chapters in Books: “Jazz in Film and Television.” The Oxford Companion to Jazz. Ed. Bill Kirchner. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000, 706-721. (Paperback Reprint, 2005) “Fade-Out in the West: The Western’s Last Stand?” In Film Genre: New Critical Essays, Ed., Wheeler Winston Dixon. Cultural Studies in Cinema/Video Series. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2000, 211-25. “Philip Glass on Composing for Film and Other Forms: The Case of Koyaanisqatsi.” Writings on Glass: Essays, Interviews, Criticism. Ed. Richard Kostenlanetz. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1999, 131-151. (Paperback Reprint of 1997 Hardcover Edition, Schirmer Books, 1997; First Published in the Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism. V:1 [Fall 1990].) “Theater and Musical Theater.” Encyclopedia of American Social History. Vol. III. Ed. Mary Kupiec Cayton, Elliott J. Gorn and Peter W. Williams. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1993, 1859-79. “Film and Photography.” Film and the Arts in Symbiosis. Ed. Gary Edgerton. Westport, CT: Articles in Referred Journals: “Music on the Silent Set.” Literature/Film Quarterly. 23:2 (1995), 131-6. “Phillip Glass on Composing for Film and Other Forms: The Case of Koyaanisqatsi.” Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism. V:1 (Fall 1990), 301-22. (Reprinted in Writings on Glass: Essays, Interviews, Criticism. Ed. Richard Kostenlanetz. New York: Schirmer Books, 1997; Paperback Reprint, University of California Press, 1999) “Visualizing Music: The Archaeology of Music-Videos.” ONETWOTHREEFOUR: A Rock ‘n’ Roll Quarterly (Special Issue: Music Video). No. 5 (Spring 1987), 94-103. “Fact and Fantasy in the Films of World War One.” Film and History. September 1984, 50-60. (With David H. Mould) “The American Film Institute Film and Humanities Summer Institute.” Quarterly Review of Film Studies. Summer 1980, 407-12. “The Impact of Music Modality on the Perception of Communication Situated in Video Sequences.” Communication Monographs. June 1979, 135-41. (With Dominic A. Infante) “‘Music Composed by Charles Chaplin’: Auteur or Collaborateur?” Journal of the University Film Association. XXXI:1 (Winter 1979), 47-50. (A Letter from Film Composer David Raksin with Annotations) “Cinema Sings the Blues.” Cinema Journal. XVII:2 (1978), 1-12. “The Human Voice and the Silent Cinema.” Journal of Popular Film. IV:2 (1975), 165-77. Greenwood Press, 47-64. Invited Articles/Entries for Reference Books: “Emmy Awards” (318-9); “I’ve Got a Secret” (506); “Television in the United States” (904-9). The Fifties in America. Ed. John C. Super, Pasadena CA: Salmen Press, 2005. “Ornette Coleman.” Encyclopedia of the Great Plains. Ed. David J. Wishart. Lincoln & London: University of Nebraska Press, 2004, 13-4. “Henry Fonda.” Encyclopedia of the Great Plains. Ed. David J. Wishart. Lincoln & London: University of Nebraska Press, 2004, 267. “Territory Bands.” Encyclopedia of the Great Plains. Ed. David J. Wishart. Lincoln & London: University of Nebraska Press, 2004, 548. “Virgil Thomson.” Encyclopedia of the Great Plains. Ed. David. J. Wishart. Lincoln & London: University of Nebraska Press, 2004, 548. “The Connection.” In Video Versions: Film Adaptations of Plays on Video. Ed. Thomas L. Erskine and James M. Welsh. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2000, 62-4. (Shirley Clark’s 1962 Film Adaptation of Jack Gelber’s 1959 Play.) “The Seven Year Itch.” In Video Versions: Film Adaptations of Plays on Video. Ed. Thomas L. Erskine and James M. Welsh. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2000, 307-8. (Billy Wilder’s 1955 Film Adaptation of George Axelrod’s 1953 Play) “Sunrise at Campobello.” In Video Versions: Film Adaptations of Plays on Video. Ed. Thomas L. Erskine and James M. Welsh. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2000, 334-5. (Vincent J. Donehue’s 1960 Film Adaptation of Dore Schary’s 1958 Play) “The Threepenny Opera.” In Video Versions: Film Adaptations of Plays on Video. Ed. Thomas L. Erskine and James M. Welsh. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2000, 355-6. (G.W. Pabst’s 1931 Film Adaptation of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill’s 1928 Play) “The Maltese Falcon (1930).” Novels into Film: The Encyclopedia of Movies Adapted from Books. Ed. John C. Tibbetts and James M. Welsh. A Checkmark Book. New York: Facts on File, 1999, 139-41. “The Virginian, A Horseman of the Plains (1902).” Novels into Film: The Encyclopedia of Movies Adapted from Books. Ed. John C. Tibbetts and James M. Welsh. A Checkmark Book. New York: Facts on File, 1999, 255-7. “The First Moderns: Profiles in the Origins of Twentieth-Century Thought,’ in Magill’s Literary Annual, 1998. Ed. Frank N. Magill. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 1998, 312-16. (Review of Historian William R. Everdell’s 1997 Book, The First Moderns.) Gramophone Jazz CD Guide. Ed, Keith Shadwick. Second Ed. Middlesex, Great Britain: Gramophone Publications Ltd., 1997. (93 reviews of Classic Jazz Compact Discs by Cannonball Adderley; Karrin Allyson; Louis Armstrong; Charlie Barnet; Count Basie; Jane Ira Bloom; Alan Broadbent; Gary Burton; Charlie Christian; Ornette Coleman; Graham Collier; John Coltrane; Harry Connick, Jr.; Miles Davis; Jack DeJohnette; Eric Dolphy; Paquito D’Rivera; Mark Egan; Roy Eldridge; Duke Ellington; Jon Faddis; Joe Farrell; Johnny Frigo; Ricky Ford; Red Garland; Stan Getz; Benny Goodman; Dexter Gordon; Don Grolnick; George Gruntz; Dave Grusin; Charlie Haden; Jim Hall; Chico Hamilton; Herbie Hancock; Craig Handy; Fletcher Henderson; Joe Henderson; Terumasa Hino; Dave Holland; Bobby Hutcherson; Irakere; Al Jarreau; Philly Joe Jones; Geoff Keezer; Stan Kenton; John Klemmer; Bireli Lagrene; Bobby Lamb; Steve LaSpina; Hubert Laws; Lou Levy; David Liebman; Charles Lloyd; Howard McGhee; Jimmy McGriff; John McLaughlin; Marian McPartland/Bill Evans; Herbie Mann; Branford Marsalis; Lyle Mays; James Moody; Bob Moses; Mark Murphy; Charlie Parker; Art Pepper; Rich Perry; Houston