Great Summative Project Topics

The following filmmakers, film theorists and film critics would make ideal topics for you to choose for your summative project. I do expect you to do some initial research about a number of these options so you can come to class prepared to collaborate with peers in choosing a group and choosing a project. You may (of course) choose to complete this project individually if you would like.

FILMMAKERS:

Hitchcock

Truffaut

D.W. Griffith

Akira Kurosowa

John Ford

Ingmar Bergman

Frank Capra

Charlie Chaplin

Stanley Kubric

Fellini

Howard Hawks

Jean Renoir

John Cassavetes

Woody Allen

Luis Bunuel

Jean-Luc Godard

Ozu

Speilberg

Wong Kar Wai

Tarkovsky

Ang Lee

Lars Von Trier

Pedro Almodovar

Wim Wenders

Jim Jarmusch

Errol Morris

Ken Burns


FILM THEORISTS

Laura Mulvey

Siegfried Kracauer

Mary Ann Doane

Thomas Schatz

Laura Marks

Gilles Deleuze

Andre Bazin

Tom Gunning

Andrew Sarris

Bela Belazs

Christian Metz

Slavoj Žižek


FILM CRITICS

Pauline Kael

Andrew Sarris

Roger Ebert

Armond White

Judy Gerstel

Carrie Rickey

Jonathon Rosenbaum

Todd McCarthy

Robert Sklar

Kevin Thomas

Rob Nelson