Jerry Carlson

Jerry Carlson has two intertwined careers, that of an academic and that of a maker of documentary films and television shows.

Academic career

Carlson is a specialist in narrative theory, global independent film, and the cinemas of the Americas. He is Director of the Cinema Studies program at the City University of New York and is a member of the doctoral faculties of French, Film Studies, and Comparative Literature at the CUNY Graduate Center, where he is also a Senior Fellow of the Bildner Center for Western Hemispheric Studies. His current research is focused on how slavery and its legacy in the New World have been represented in film, literature, and music.^[1] In addition to his work at CUNY, Carlson has lectured at Escuela Internacional de Cine y TV (Cuba), the University of Paris, the University of Sao Paulo, Stanford University, and Columbia University.^[2]

Film and television

Carlson is also a producer, director, and writer for television and documentary films.^[3]^[4] Carlson created, produces, and hosts CUNY TV’s weekly movie showcase, City Cinematheque. He created and produced Charlando con Cervantes, a 40 part series of interviews with artists from Spain and Spanish America. He also created, produced, and hosted Canape about French-American cultural relations, and Nueva York (in Spanish) about the Latino cultures of New York City. He has produced more than 50 episodes of television dedicated to Latin American cinema and has been involved in the enhanced recognition of Cuban film.^[5] His work has won him a total of 9 New York Emmy Awards.^[6]^[7]^[8] Carlson is also a judge for the New York Indian Film Festival

In regards to his own films, Carlson produced the Showtime Networks' Dirt (2003), which was directed by Nancy Savoca^[9] and Looking for Palladin (2008), which was directed by Andrzej Krakowski.^[10]^[11]

He was inducted by the government of France as a Chevalier in the Ordre des Palmes Académiques in 1998.^[6]

Personal life and education

Carlson was raised in Dallas, Texas, where he graduated from St. Mark's School of Texas in 1968. He received his undergraduate degree from Williams College in 1972 and then earned his A.M. and Ph.D. at the University of Chicago. He is married to Deborah Navins.^[12]^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "Jerry Carlson | The City College of New York". Ccny.cuny.edu. 13 July 2015. Retrieved 2016-08-02.
^ Carlson, Jerry (13 July 2015). "Jerry Carlson".
^ Carlson, Jerry (2015-07-13). "Jerry Carlson". www.ccny.cuny.edu. Retrieved 2019-08-19.
^ "Prof. Jerry Carlson". CUNY TV. Retrieved 2019-08-19.
^ Tuesday August 2, 2016 (2014-06-05). "The "New" Cuban Cinema Turns 55". Cubanartnews.org. Retrieved 2016-08-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ ^a ^b "Prof. Jerry Carlson » CUNY TV » City University Television". Cuny Tv. Retrieved 2016-08-02.
^ "Film Professor Jerry Carlson's "Nueva York" Wins Two Emmys | The City College of New York". Ccny.cuny.edu. 2014-04-03. Retrieved 2016-08-02.
^ "Theater Talk: Film Historian Jerry Carlson, and author Ethan Mordden - YouTube". YouTube.
^ Ronnie Scheib (2004-09-06). "Dirt". Variety. Retrieved 2016-08-02.
^ "Jerry Carlson". IMDb.
^ Ronnie Scheib (2009-11-02). "Looking for Palladin". Variety. Retrieved 2016-08-02.
^ "The Pride | Winter 2011 by St. Mark's School of Texas". issuu. 24 July 2013. Retrieved 2016-08-02.

[autogenerated1-1] "Jerry Carlson | The City College of New York". Ccny.cuny.edu. 13 July 2015. Retrieved 2016-08-02.

[2] Carlson, Jerry (13 July 2015). "Jerry Carlson".

[3] Carlson, Jerry (2015-07-13). "Jerry Carlson". www.ccny.cuny.edu. Retrieved 2019-08-19.

[4] "Prof. Jerry Carlson". CUNY TV. Retrieved 2019-08-19.

[5] Tuesday August 2, 2016 (2014-06-05). "The "New" Cuban Cinema Turns 55". Cubanartnews.org. Retrieved 2016-08-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[auto-6] "Prof. Jerry Carlson » CUNY TV » City University Television". Cuny Tv. Retrieved 2016-08-02.

[7] "Film Professor Jerry Carlson's "Nueva York" Wins Two Emmys | The City College of New York". Ccny.cuny.edu. 2014-04-03. Retrieved 2016-08-02.

[8] "Theater Talk: Film Historian Jerry Carlson, and author Ethan Mordden - YouTube". YouTube.

[9] Ronnie Scheib (2004-09-06). "Dirt". Variety. Retrieved 2016-08-02.

[10] "Jerry Carlson". IMDb.

[11] Ronnie Scheib (2009-11-02). "Looking for Palladin". Variety. Retrieved 2016-08-02.

[12] "The Pride | Winter 2011 by St. Mark's School of Texas". issuu. 24 July 2013. Retrieved 2016-08-02.

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Jerry Carlson

Academic career

Film and television

Personal life and education

References

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