教育背景

2007, University of Sheffield, Doctor of Philosophy

2002, University of Sheffield, MA in Creative Writing for Films and Television

2000, University of York, BA in Philosophy

工作经历

2015-2022, Lecturer, School of Foreign Languages, Renmin University of China

2013-2015, Lecturer, Department of Foreign Languages, Tsinghua University

2010-2013, Lecturer, School of Liberal Arts, Nanjing University

2008-2009, Associate Lecturer, Department of Film and Television, Sheffield Hallam University

讲授课程

Reading and Writing for Argumentative Essays; Selected Readings in English Literature; Argumentation and Debate; Hollywood and Genre; Introduction to Documentary; Introduction to Film Analysis; Listening and Speaking; Public Speaking

研究方向

I currently research East Asian Cinema with an emphasis on China. My particular focus is on China’s commercial cinema and how it engages with audiences both domestically and overseas.

主要成果

Book

Declarations of Independence: American Cinema and the Partiality of Independent Production, Intellect & University of Chicago Press, 2008.

Edited Collections

American Independent Film, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Press, 2017.

Directory of World Cinema: American Independent 3, Intellect & University of Chicago Press, 2016.

World Film Locations: Shanghai, Intellect & University of Chicago Press, 2014.

Directory of World Cinema: American Independent 2, Intellect & University of Chicago Press, 2013.

World Film Locations: Beijing, Intellect & University of Chicago Press, 2012.

Directory of World Cinema: American Independent, Intellect & University of Chicago Press, 2010.

Book Chapters

“Hidden in Plain Sight: The False Leads and True Mysteries of Vengeance is Mine,” Clients, Killers and Kindred Spirits: The Taboo Cinema of Shohei Imamura, Edinburgh University Press, 2018.

“Rural Crime Wave: Reconfiguring Rural Spaces Through Genre,” A Companion to Indie Film, Wiley-Blackwell, 2016.

“Tokyo is a Nice Place: The Urban, the Suburban, and the Spaces In-Between,” Ozu and Evolution: Reassessing an Icon of Japanese Cinema, Bloomsbury, 2015.

“Chinese Popcorn: China’s Multiplex Cinema of the 2000s,” Electric Shadows: A Century of Chinese Cinema, BFI, 2014.

“Film Noir and Post-Studio Production Practices,” A Companion to Film Noir, Wiley Blackwell, 2013.

Journal Articles

“Yuppie Dot-Con: Running on Empty with the E-Entrepreneur of August,” Film

International, Vol. 14. Issue 3-4.

“Out of the Past: The Hard Boiled Histories of Zhang Yimou’s Ju Dou and A Simple Noodle Story,” Journal of Literature and Film, Vol. 16. Issue 1.

“Urban China on Screen: Mapping the Postsocialist Cinematic City,” Geography Compass, Vol. 7. Issue 8.

“The Science Fiction Cinema of Mainland China: Politics, Production and Market Potential,” Science Fiction Film and Television, Vol. 6. Issue 2.

“Lady Blue Shanghai: The Strange Case of David Lynch and Dior,” Film, Fashion & Consumption, Vol. 1. Issue 3.

联系方式

john.berra@gmail.com