Aaron Gerow

Asst. Professor of Film Studies and East Asian Languages and Literatures
aaron.gerow@yale.edu

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Aaron Gerow arrived at Yale in January 2004 and teaches undergraduate courses in introduction to film, Japanese cinema, and close analysis of film, as well as a graduate seminar on Japanese film and cultural theory. He received a MFA in film studies from Columbia University in 1987, a MA in Asian Civilizations from the University of Iowa in 1992, and a PhD in Communication Studies from Iowa in 1996. He spent nearly 12 years in Japan working for the Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival and teaching at Yokohama National University and Meiji Gakuin University. He has published numerous articles in English, Japanese and other languages on such topics as Japanese early cinema, contemporary directors, film genre, censorship, Japanese manga, and cinematic representations of minorities. His book on Kitano Takeshi was published by the BFI in 2007 and his monograph on A Page of Madness came out from the Center for Japanese Studies at the University of Michigan, which is also publishing his forthcoming Research Guide to Japanese Film Studies (co-authored with Abe Mark Nornes). His book on early Japanese film culture and discourse will be published by the University of California Press, the Japanese version of which will be coming out from the University of Tokyo Press.