This bio is for archival purposes only and may be out of date.
See the In Memoriam
Biography
Stephen Prince is Professor of Theatre and Cinema at Virginia Tech. He received his Ph.D from the Annenberg School of Communication at the University of Pennsylvania. Stephen has published fifteen books and numerous articles
and essays focusing on film history, theory and criticism. He was the book review editor for Film Quarterly for eleven years, and he has recorded numerous audio commentaries on DVDs of films by directors Akira Kurosawa (Red Beard, Ikiru, Stray
Dog, Ran, Kagemusha) and Sam Peckinpah (Straw Dogs, Cross of Iron). His new book project is entitled Digital Visual Effects in Cinema: The Seduction of Reality.
Contact
Dept. of Theatre and Cinema
242 Henderson Hall
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA 24061
Phone: 540-231-6014
Email: sprince[at]vt[dot]edu
Selected Publications
Books
Digital Visual Effects in Cinema: The Seduction of Reality (in progress)
Firestorm: American Film in the Age of Terrorism (Columbia UP, 2009)
Movies and Meaning: An Introduction to Film (Fifth Edition, Allyn & Bacon, 2009)
American Cinema of the 1980s: Themes and Variations (Rutgers University Press, 2007)
Classical Film Violence: Designing and Regulating Brutality in Hollywood Cinema, 1930-1968 (Rutgers, 2003)
A New Pot of Gold: Hollywood Under the Electronic Rainbow (Scribner's, 2000)
Numerous essays and reviews have been published in Film Quarterly, Journal of Film and Video, Cinema Journal, Wide Angle, Chronicle of Higher Education,
etc.
DVD Commentaries:
High and Low (Criterion DVD, 2008)
The Naked Prey (Criterion DVD, 2007)
Yojimbo (Criterion DVD, 2007)
Sanjuro
(Criterion DVD, 2007)
Seven Samurai (Criterion DVD, 2006)
Cross of Iron (Hens Tooth DVD, 2006)
Ran (Criterion
DVD, 2006)
Kagemusha (Criterion DVD, 2005)
Stray Dog (Criterion DVD, 2004)
Ikiru Criterion DVD, 2004)
Straw Dogs (Criterion DVD, 2003)
Ran (Wellspring
DVD, 2003)
Red Beard (Criterion DVD, 2002)
