Kennet Dancyger (born 1945 in Germany) is a
scriptwriting
Screenwriting or scriptwriting is the art and craft of writing scripts for mass media such as feature films, television productions or video games. It is often a freelance profession.
Screenwriters are responsible for researching the story, devel ...
theoretician,
film historian
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The advent of film as an artistic medium is not clearly defined. However, the commercial, public scree ...
and expert on
film editing and
film production.
[Writing the short film, second edition, backcover] He is professor of film and TV at
Maurice Kanbar Institute of Film, Television, & New Media, Undergraduate. He has been the president of
University Film and Video Association
The University Film and Video Association (UFVA) is an organization of professors, scholars, and film and video makers. Although it is based in the U.S., it has members throughout the world.
Its stated description is:
The UFVA is an international ...
.
He has taught film in the U.S. and Canada since 1968.
[the point of returns]
article on director Ed Hunt published in ''Cinema Canada'', December 1976/ January 1977 Number 33
His 2002 book contains a detailed comparison of
screwball comedy
Screwball comedy is a subgenre of the romantic comedy genre that became popular during the Great Depression, beginning in the early 1930s and thriving until the early 1940s, that satirizes the traditional love story. It has secondary characteristi ...
and
film noir.(p. 68) He has collaborated as historical consultant for the 2004 documentary ''The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing'', about the art of
film editing.
Books
*1991, with
Jeff Rush, ''Alternative Scriptwriting: Writing Beyond the Rules''. Editions: 2nd 1995 (new subtitle: ''Successfully Breaking the Rules''), 3rd 2002, 4th 2006. Boston and Oxford: Focal Press
*1991, ''Broadcast Writing: Drama, Comedies, and Documentaries''
*1993, ''The Technique of Film and Video Editing: History, Theory, and Practice''. Editions: 2nd 1997, 3rd 2002, 4th 2006. Focal Press.
*1994, with
Patricia Cooper, ''Writing the Short Film'', Second Edition
*1999, ''World of Film and Video Production: Aesthetics and Practice''
*2001, ''Global scriptwriting'' (reprinted in 2013)
*2006, ''The Director's Idea: The Path to Great Directing''
*2013, ''Alternative Scriptwriting: Beyond the Hollywood Formula''
*2018, ''The Technique of Film and Video Editing: History, Theory, and Practice''
*2019, ''Storytelling for Film and Television: From First Word to Last Frame''
See also
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Nonlinear narrative
References
External links
Page at New York UniversityInterview
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German film historians
Living people
Screenwriting instructors
American film historians
1945 births