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Walter Metz
Walter Metz, Professor
Cinema
Walter Metz is a Professor of Film Studies who teaches film, television, theatre, and photography history, theory and criticism. As a researcher, Walter is interested in the relationship between popular media forms, such as the television sitcom and the Hollywood blockbuster film, and high, canonical literature. His book on Gilligan's Island was published by Wayne State University Press in March 2012. He is currently writing a manuscript about Dr. Seuss and the animated films made at Pixar Studios.
Courses
- Film Criticism
- Photography Theory in Light of the Cinema
- Theater and Mass Media
- Non-Narrative Film and Television
- Short Cinema Studies
- The Television Sitcom
Education
Ph.D. at University of Texas, Austin, 1996
Interests
Contemporary film and television criticism and theory, literature and film, science and film, post-war American culture.
Recent Publications
Refereed Journal Articles
Metz, Walter C. "Down Kerouac's Road to Pixar's Up." Film Criticism 35, No. 1 (Fall 2010): 60-81.