Wheatley Professor of the Arts Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor Richard Neupert is the Charles H. Wheatley Professor of the Arts and a Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor. He teaches film history and theory. His special areas of interest are French cinema, narrative theory, and animation. His books include French Film History, 1895-1946 (U of Wisconsin Press, 2022), John Lasseter (U of Illinois Press, 2016), French Animation History (WileyBlackwell 2011), A History of the French New Wave Cinema (Wisconsin UP, 2003, 2007) and The End: Narration and Closure in Cinema (Wayne State UP, 1995). He also translated two books from French: Aesthetics of Film(Texas UP, 1997) and The French New Wave: An Artistic School (Blackwell, 2002). Professor Neupert is coordinator of UGA's Film Studies major and Film Studies minor, and is co-president of the Board of Directors for the non-profit Ciné movie theater. See select guest lectures here: Deep Focus seminar on TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE (2024): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eN3nnLMLq9o On MELIES TRIP TO THE MOON: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97e6rhz2CYY&list=PLiYPGc0YdGYhrj2nfxiturJZXbffa65lF&index=3 EBERTFEST talk on the Lumières and Birth of Cinema: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaNKZkKw5yI Frankfurt Film Museum's Agnès Varda series, on LA POINTE COURTE https://www.dff.film/video/agnes-varda-lecture-von-richard-neupert-zu-la-pointe-courte/ Education Education: Ph.D., University of Wisconsin Research Research Interests: Selected Publications Selected Publications: FRENCH FILM HISTORY, 1895-1946. University of Wisconsin Press, 2022. JOHN LASSETER AND THE RISE OF PIXAR STYLE. University of Illinois Press, 2016 FRENCH ANIMATION HISTORY. Wiley-Blackwell, 2011. A HISTORY OF THE FRENCH NEW WAVE CINEMA. University of Wisconsin Press, 2007. THE END: NARRATION AND CLOSURE IN THE CINEMA. Wayne State University Press, 1995. Courses Regularly Taught Courses Regularly Taught: FILM 2120 FILM 4650/6650 FILM 4660/6660
