Prof. Alberto Zambenedetti

Laurea in Foreign Languages and Literatures (Ca’ Foscari, Venice)’ MA in Cinema Studies (New York University), PhD in Italian Studies (New York University)

alberto.zambenedetti@utoronto.cazambenedetti

  • Assistant Professor of Italian Cinema (Department of Italian Studies) and Cinema Studies (Cinema Studies Institute)
  • Fields of Interest: Mobility Studies, Transnational Cinemas, Film Noir, Globalization, Multiculturalism, Postcolonial Theory, Temporalities, Urban Studies.
  • Edited Books: World Film Locations: Cleveland. London: Intellect Books, 2016. World Film Locations: Florence. London: Intellect Books, 2014)
  • Co-Edited Books: Federico Fellini. Riprese, riletture, (re)visioni. Firenze: Franco Cesati Editore, 2016.
  • Articles and essays published in Journal of Adaptation in Film and Performance, Short Film Studies, Annali d’Italianistica, Studies in European Cinema, La Fusta.
  • Book Chapters: World Film Locations: Rome. Ed. Gabriel Solomons. London: Intellect Books, 2014; The Cinemas of Italian Migration: European and Transatlantic Narratives. Sara Paterno, Sabine Schrader, and Daniel Winkler. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013; World Film Locations: Venice. Ed. Michael Pigott. London: Intellect Books, 2013; From Terrone to Extracomunitario: New Manifestations of Racism in Contemporary Italian Cinema. Ed. Grace Russo Bullaro. Leicester: Troubador Publishing Ltd., 2010; Beyond Monopoly: Contemporary Italian Media and Globalization. Ed. Michela Ardizzoni and Chiara Ferrari. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2010.
  • Book Reviews: Continuum, Quaderni d’Italianistica, Altreitalie, Journal of Italian Cinema and Media Studies, Rivista di Studi Italiani.
  • Translations: Dawson City: Frozen Time. Dir. Bill Morrison, 2016; It Seems to Hang On. Dir. Kevin Jerome Everson, 2015; Home. Dir. Yann Arthus-Bertrand, 2009; Steimatsky, Noa. “Cinecittà irreale: appunti attorno a un campo profughi.” Incontro al neorealismo: luoghi e visioni di un cinema pensato al presente. Ed. Luca Venzi, Roma: Edizioni Fondazione Ente dello Spettacolo, 2008 (with Barbara Garbin); Steimatsky, Noa. “Cinecittà campo profughi (1944-1950). Bianco e Nero, 560 & 561/562, 2008 (with Barbara Garbin);
  • Creative: Before Neorealism: Italy’s Forgotten Cinema. David Lee Morea, 2015. Producer; Blaxploitalian. Dir. Fred Kuwornu, 2015. Interviewee; Separate Ways. Short Film. 2012. Dir. Karen Wang. Lead; Postures. Short Film. 2011. Dir. Soren Bailey. Supporting; Another Day. Short Film. 2011. Dir. Chiara Armentano. Production Designer; Anatomy of the Kiss. Video Installation, displayed August 20, 2005. Dir. Alberto Zambenedetti.
  • Previous Positions: 2014-2016 Visiting Assistant Professor of Cinema Studies and Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow, Cinema Studies Program, Oberlin College; 2013-2014 Assistant Professor of Italian Cinema, Department of Italian Studies, University of Toronto; 2011-2013 Lecturer of Italian, Department of World Languages, College of Staten Island, City University of New York.