Professor Brian Brems teaches film studies in the English Department at College of DuPage. He is the author of "The Films of Walter Hill: Another Time, Another Place" (2002, Lexington Books) and coeditor of "ReFocus: The Films of Paul Schrader" (EUP, 2020), both projects that focus on directors of the New Hollywood period who have built legacies as singular artists with definable visions. He writes about film in online publications and has contributed to numerous edited volumes as an essayist on subjects ranging from Westerns to horror films.
Education
- M.A. in English (Film & Literature) Northern Illinois University, 2010
- B.A. in English Northern Illinois University, 2008
Contact Brems at bremsb@cod.edu or (630) 942-2521.
Areas of Expertise
- The films of Martin Scorsese, The Coen Brothers, Spike Lee, David Cronenberg, Paul Schrader and Walter Hill
- Japanese Cinema
- Film Noir
- Narrative
- Genre Studies
- Classic Hollywood
- Film Style
- Westerns
- Action Films