Tag: Film and Digital Media

Irene Gustafson

Irene Gustafson Irene Gustafson’s research interests are located very broadly within visual culture studies with an emphasis on film/video theory and production. Her specific areas of research are: non-fiction film/video, experimental film/video, and queer and sexuality studies. ARI Supported Project: ‘Conversations’ is a collaborative endeavor between myself, several San Francisco/Tenderloin community groups, and members of…
Irene Lusztig

Irene Lusztig Irene Lusztig is a filmmaker, visual artist, and archival researcher. Her film and video work mines old images, technologies, and objects for new meanings in order to reanimate forgotten and neglected histories. Often beginning with rigorous research in archives, her work brings historical materials into conversation with the present day, inviting viewers to…
Jennifer Maytorena Taylor

Jennifer Maytorena Taylor Jennifer Maytorena Taylor’s research interests include long-form and short form filmmaking for emerging platforms, collaborative production practices, and the intersection of point-of-view storytelling and journalism. She has over two decades of experience as an award-winning filmmaker of feature and short documentary films, exploring diverse topics such as gentrification battles, Latin American Dirty…
Soraya Murray

Soraya Murray Professor Soraya Murray is an interdisciplinary scholar who focuses on technology, science and visual culture, with particular interest in contemporary art, film and video games. Murray holds a Ph.D. in art history and visual studies from Cornell University. An Associate Professor in the Film & Digital Media Department at the University of California, Santa…
Martin Rizzo Martinez

Martin Rizzo Martinez ARI Supported Project: Indigenous Testimonies at Mission Santa Cruz Film ProjectThis short film project features tribal members from the Ramaytush, Mutsun, and Amah Mutsun communities speaking about what they would like visitors to Mission Santa Cruz to understand about their tribal communities and the missions. By centering Indigenous Californian voices in the…
Yiman Wang

Yiman Wang Transnational/trans-regional Chinese cinemas of all periods, Intra-Asian and cross-Pacific film remakes, Pan-East Asian celebrity culture, East Asian cultural studies, and Asian American cinema. Research Interests: Transnational connections of Chinese cinema.Border-crossing film remakes.Ethnic star studies, gender studies and critical race theory. Anna May Wong DV documentary and filmmaking in China.Early cinema.Postcolonialism.Translation studies.
John Jota Leaños

John Jota Leaños John Jota Leaños is a Mestizo (Xicano-Italian-Chumash) interdisciplinary artist and animator concerned with the embattled terrains of history and memory as they relate to nation, power, and decolonization. A Professor of Film and Digital Media at UCSC, Leaños teaches courses on Chicanx and Indigenous cinema/media, sci-fi & speculative fictions, documentary animation, documentary…
John Ortiz Vargas

John Ortiz Vargas John Ortiz is a filmmaker, editor, and photographer from Moravia, San José, Costa Rica. His work touches upon themes of language and communication, Indigenous land recovery movements in Central America, Latin American history, and political activism.
Lior Shamriz

Lior Shamriz Lior Shamriz creates films, installations, and music. Their work was presented at the Berlinale, Locarno IFF, Sarajevo IFF, MoMA’s ND/NF, BAFICI, Frameline, MixNYC, Torino IFF, Outfest, Walker Art Center, and the Lincoln Center in New York City, among other venues and festivals, and won awards at Oberhausen Kurzfilmtage. It received special showcases by the…
Ruebi Jimenez

Ruebi Jimenez Ruebi Jimenez is a researcher, poet, writer, and artist who has worked in the field of anthropology, feminist archaeology, and film production. Her research interests are ethnography, ethnopoetics, aging and technology, Sephardic Jewish Diaspora, and queer anthropology.