Faculty Profile

PhD, New York University
MA, New York University
BA, Hofstra University

Professor Koszarski is editor-in-chief of Film History: an International Journal. He is the author of Fort Lee, The Film Town (2004); Von: The Life and Films of Erich Von Stroheim (2001); An Evening's Entertainment: The Age of the Silent Feature Picture (1994); and The Man You Loved to Hate: Erich von Stroheim and Hollywood (1983). In 1991, he was awarded the Prix Jean Mitry by the Giornate del cinema Muto "for safeguarding and apprising the cinematographic patrimony." Professor Koszarski's research interests include the history of the American film industry, cinema and museology, and the development of television. He is currently writing a history of filmmaking in New York and New Jersey.

Introduction to Film

World Cinema

Major Filmmakers

Film Genres

American Cinema

27th Pordenone Slient Film Festival -
Hollywood on the Hudson

Dryden Theatre
James Card Memorial Lecture 2008:
Dr. Richard Koszarski presents “Hollywood on the Hudson"

The Museum of Modern Art
Hollywood on the Hudson: Filmmaking in New York, 1920–39