Film Studies

Faculty and Staff Directory

William Taylor

Associate Professor
Asian Studies Program, English, Film Studies

Curriculum Vitae

Contact Information

Phone

(206) 296-5418

Email

btaylor@seattleu.edu

Office

Casey 506

Teaching and Research Interests

Interests: Shakespeare; Japanese Drama and Culture; Modern Drama; Modernism in Art and Literature; Film; Romantic poetry.

Current and Recent Courses: Honors Seminar: Renaissance Lit; Japanese Drama; Poetry of G.M. Hopkins; Shakespeare in Performance; Composition: Language and the Arts (MRC). 

Film Courses: Art of the Film, Film Directors, Japanese Film, Film Adaptations.

Dream or Future Courses: Tragic Failure and Redemption: King Lear and the Winter's Tale; Japan and the West; Clashing Cultures in Film.

Biography

BS in chemistry, SU, 1956;
MA in English, Univ. of Washington, 1966

 

Film Studies News

 MohaiLogo Students take home awards from MOHAI's "History Is" Competition

NWCFF

More awards from 2013 Northwest College Film Festival

Professor's Doc Gaining Attention

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Student Spotlight

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Film Making Courses
New and Revised 

 Filmmaking I
 Filmmakng II
 Filmmaking III
Documentary Filmmaking
Narrative Filmmaking
Film Studies Honors    

Critical Studies
Courses
2013-2015

History of Film
Horror Films
International Women Directors
Cult Films
Political Cinema
Intl. Cinemas of Otherness
Director: Anderson
Disney
Gangster Films
Classical Hollywood
Russian/Soviet Cinema
Director: Kubrick
Westerns
Story Development
Greater Middle East
Story Development
Documentary Filmmaking
Women in Cinema
Film Noir
Screen Adaptations
Italian Cinema
Narrative Filmmaking
Films of the 1960s
Art of Film
Screenwriting
Latin America Cinema
Producing
The Festival

Declaring a Major or Minor in Film Studies

Nothing could be easier! Come to the English Department (Casey 5th) and complete a form declaring your major or minor in Film Studies. You will be assigned a faculty advisor right away. And you will be encouraged to introduce yourself to Dr. Edwin Weihe, director of Film Studies, and other Film Studies faculty.