Foster Hirsch is the author of 16 books on subjects related to theatre and film. A native of California, Hirsch received his B.A. from

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and holds M.F.A, M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from

Columbia University Columbia University in the City of New York, commonly referred to as Columbia University, is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Churc ...

. Hirsch joined the English department of

Brooklyn College Brooklyn College is a public university in Brooklyn in New York City, United States. It is part of the City University of New York system and enrolls nearly 14,000 students on a campus in the Midwood and Flatbush sections of Brooklyn as of fall ...

in 1967, and in 1973 became one of the first professors to join the school's newly established film department. He has also been associated with the Pine Bluff Film Festival since its inception in 1994.

Selected books

*''The Hollywood Epic'' (1979) *''Film Noir: The Dark Side of the Screen'' (Da Capo Press, 1983) *''A Method to Their Madness: The History of the Actors Studio'' ( W. W. Norton, 1984) *''Harold Prince and the American Musical Theatre'' (

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, 1989) *''Acting Hollywood Style'' ( Harry N. Abrams, 1991) *''Film as Film'' by V.F. Perkins (1972), new introduction by Foster Hirsch (

Da Capo Da capo ( , , ; often abbreviated as D.C.) is an Italian musical term that means "from the beginning" (literally, "from the head"). The term is a directive to repeat the previous part of music, often used to save space, and thus is an easie ...

, 1993) *''The Boys from Syracuse: The Shuberts' Theatrical Empire'' Southern Illinois University Press, 1998 *''Detours and Lost Highways: A Map of Neo-Noir'' (Limelight Editions, 1999) *''Love, Sex, Death and the Meaning of Life: The Films of Woody Allen'' (Da Capo Press, 2001) *''Kurt Weill – On Stage: From Berlin to Broadway'' ( Alfred A. Knopf, 2001) *''Otto Preminger: The Man Who Would Be King'' (2007) *
Hollywood and the Movies of the Fifties
' (Alfred A. Knopf, 2023)

External links

Brooklyn College

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