Peter Brunette is a film critic for The Hollywood Reporter and Reynolds Professor of Film Studies at Wake Forest University, where he directs the program in film studies. He has written or edited seven books on film, including Roberto Rossellini, the definitive study in English of this director's films, a book on François Truffaut's film Shoot the Piano Player, and several books on film theory. In 1998, Cambridge University Press published his book The Films of Michelangelo Antonioni and, in 1999, Martin Scorsese: Interviews, was published by the University of Mississippi Press. His most recent book is a study of Wong Kar Wai, published by the University of Illinois Press in 2005. He is also general editor of the Mississippi Interview series -nearly sixty books have already been appeared in this series- and has done voiceover commentary for the dvds of Blowup, Shoot the Piano Player, and Amarcord. He is currently writing books on Michael Haneke and Luchino Visconti. Brunette has also written frequently for The New York Times Arts & Leisure section, The Boston Globe, and many other newspapers. He is artistic director of the Key Sunday Cinema Club, which has branches in ten us cities.
Peter Brunette is a film critic for The Hollywood Reporter and Reynolds Professor of Film Studies at Wake Forest University, where he directs the program in film studies. He has written or edited seven books on film, including Roberto Rossellini, the definitive study in English of this director's films, a book on François Truffaut's film Shoot the Piano Player, and several books on film theory. In 1998, Cambridge University Press published his book The Films of Michelangelo Antonioni and, in 1999, Martin Scorsese: Interviews, was published by the University of Mississippi Press. His most recent book is a study of Wong Kar Wai, published by the University of Illinois Press in 2005. He is also general editor of the Mississippi Interview series -nearly sixty books have already been appeared in this series- and has done voiceover commentary for the dvds of Blowup, Shoot the Piano Player, and Amarcord. He is currently writing books on Michael Haneke and Luchino Visconti. Brunette has also written frequently for The New York Times Arts & Leisure section, The Boston Globe, and many other newspapers. He is artistic director of the Key Sunday Cinema Club, which has branches in ten us cities.
