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A specialist in women's literature and
French cinema, Nathalie Debroise earned her PhD in
Comparative Literature from the University of New York, SUNY-Binghamton.
From 1991 to 1997, she served as co-chair of the Department
of French Studies and Foreign Languages at AUP. She is the
current director of AUP's undergraduate program in Film
Studies. A professional photographer (www.nathaliedebroise.com)
and a specialist in the history of French cinema, she
approaches film from the perspective of several other
humanistic arts (literature, music, painting, photography).
She teaches courses in both French Studies and Film Studies,
some of which include Marguerite Duras/Nathalie Sarraute,
The French New Wave, Paris Cinema, Set Design in Cinema, and
Prostitution and Cinema.
Her
intimate knowledge of the French film industry allows her to
incorporate a practical approach into her courses. In order
to merge the artistic and economic/financial dimensions of
cinema, she recently created a business oriented course
called "The Pragmatics of Producing." Focused on the
principles of film production, marketing and distribution,
the course revolves around the participation of film
professionals such as Jean Labadie (renown distributor BAC
FILMS), Michel Reilhac (director, ARTE CINEMA), Serge Laloux
(LES FILMS d’ICI, "Etre et avoir"), Emmanuel Priou (BONNE
PIOCHE, "March of the Penguins," 2005 Oscar for Best
Documentary), Marie Masmonteil (ELZEVIR, "Va, Vis, deviens"),
Bertrand Gore (Sunday Morning production, "Delice Paloma"),
and Jean-Louis Langlois (lawyer specializing in copyright
legalities). Through the various workshops and debates she
organizes with leading film professionals (Cédric Klapisch,
Patrice Leconte, Nadir Moknèche, Coline Serreau…), she is
creating a bridge between AUP's film students and the real
world of professional film in France. |
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