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David Bordwell(1947-2024)

  • Writer
  • Actor
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David Bordwell was born on 23 July 1947 in Penn Yan, New York, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for A expedicao Brasileira de 1916 (2006), Observations on Film Art 14 - GIRL SHY: Harold Lloyd Meets Classical Hollywood (2021) and The Perfect Team: The Making of 'On the Bowery' (2009). He was married to Barbara Weinstein and Kristin Thompson. He died on 29 February 2024 in Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
BornJuly 23, 1947
DiedFebruary 29, 2024(76)
BornJuly 23, 1947
DiedFebruary 29, 2024(76)
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A expedicao Brasileira de 1916
Short
  • Rubem Ney de Souza
  • 2006
Observations on Film Art 14 - GIRL SHY: Harold Lloyd Meets Classical Hollywood (2021)
Observations on Film Art 14 - GIRL SHY: Harold Lloyd Meets Classical Hollywood
Short
  • Writer
  • 2021
The Perfect Team: The Making of 'On the Bowery' (2009)
The Perfect Team: The Making of 'On the Bowery'
6.1
  • Self
  • 2009
The Cinema Within (2024)
The Cinema Within
7.9
  • Self
  • 2024

Credits

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Writer

  • Observations On Film Art 45 - Cinemascope in Contempt
    Short
    • Writer
    • 2021
  • Observations on Film Art 14 - GIRL SHY: Harold Lloyd Meets Classical Hollywood (2021)
    Observations on Film Art 14 - GIRL SHY: Harold Lloyd Meets Classical Hollywood
    Short
    • Writer
    • 2021
  • Observations On Film Art 2 - Quicker Than the Eye: Editing in Sanshiro Sugata
    Short
    • Writer
    • 2020
  • Observations On Film Art 4 - the Restraint of Lavventura
    Short
    • Writer
    • 2020

Actor

  • A expedicao Brasileira de 1916
    Short
    • Rubem Ney de Souza
    • 2006

Personal details

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    • Author's
    • France's national library catalogue .
  • Born
    • July 23, 1947
    • Penn Yan, New York, USA
  • Died
    • February 29, 2024
    • Madison, Wisconsin, USA(interstitial pulmonary fibrosis)
  • Spouses
      Barbara Weinstein1970 - ? (divorced)

Did you know

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    With his wife Kristin Thompson he wrote the textbooks "Film Art" (1979) and "Film History" (1994).

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