Daisuke Miyao

The Aesthetics of Shadow: Lighting and Japanese Cinema A Lecture and Interview by Prof. Dr. Daisuke Miyao; Chair, Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures Associate Professor of Japanese Film and Cinema Studies, University of Oregon (Berlin; February 13th, 2014)

Daisuke Miyao is the chair of the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures and the Associate Professor of Japanese Film and Cinema Studies at the University of Oregon. His research and teaching interests include film history and film theory.

Notable Works

Daisuke Miyao has published and edited a number of book, articles and essays. His published books include: ‘Sessue Hayakawa: Silent Cinema and Transnational Stardom’ (Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 2007) which was awarded the 2007 Book Award in History from the Association of Asian American Studies; ‘Eiga wa neko dearu: Hajimete no cinema sutadizu’ [Cinema Is a Cat: Introduction to Cinema Studies] (Tokyo: Heibon sha, 2011) and ‘The Aesthetics of Shadow: Lighting and Japanese Cinema’ (Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2013). The latter was invited by the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) and Die Deutsche Kinemathek/Museum für Film und Fernsehen to the 64th Berlin International Film Festival in 2014.

External Links and References

The Berlin Language of Art & Music Conference 2014