Elisabeth Weis
Professor
Film
Location: 209 West End Building
Phone: 718.951.5000 x2605
Fax: 718.951.4733
Email:
Elisabeth Weis has published books on film sound, Alfred Hitchcock, acting and comedy. Since 1974 she has been the executive director of the National Society of Film Critics. From 2004 to 2010 she was co-coordinator of the Writing Across the Curriculum Program.
Education:
Ph.D., Columbia University - 1977 (Cinema Studies)
Areas of Expertise:
Film sound design (how sounds--especially sound effects--are used creatively), American film comedy, Hitchcock.
Books and Publications
Review of Sound Design & Science Fiction and Uncanny Bodies: The Coming of Sound Film and the Origins of the Horror Genre. Screen 49.2, Summer. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2008
"Tati, Hitchcock, Antonioni: Three Directorial Approaches to Sonic Creativity." Offscreen, September. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2007
Weis, Elisabeth and Randy Thom. "The City That Never Shuts Up: Aural Intrusion in New York Apartment Films." The City That Never Sleeps: New York and the Filmic Imagination. Ed. Murray Pomerance. Rutgers. (Books and Publications: Chapter) 2007
"Sound." Schirmer Encyclopedia of Film. (Books and Publications: Chapter) 2006
Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums
Chair, two panels, Conference on Music and the Moving Image. May. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2013
Chair, two panels, Conference of Music and the Moving Image. May. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2012
Chairwoman, panel on sound and music in three American films. Conference on Music and the Moving Image. May 21. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2011
Chairwoman, two panels on studio orchestration and auteur sound tracks. Conference on Music and the Moving Image. May 23. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2010
Respondent, "Now Hear This: Sound Theory and Contemporary Film" panel. Society for Cinema and Media Studies. March 9. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Contributed Talk) 2008
"All About Eavesdropping." Columbia University Seminar for Cinema and Interdisciplinary Interpretation. Nov. 16. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2006
"Introducing Students to Film" workshop. Society for Cinema and Media Studies. Vancouver, British Columbia, March 3. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2006
"Pedagogy for Graduate Film Certificates." Society for Cinema and Media Studies. Vancouver, British Columbia, March 3. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2006
Chairwoman, "And Now, the HBO Original Series" panel. Society for Cinema and Media Studies. Vancouver, British Columbia, March 3. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2006
Professional Leadership
Deputy chair, Department of Film, 2007-13. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2013
Doctoral faculty member, Department of Theater, CUNY Graduate Center, 1993-2013. (Professional Leadership: Public Service) 2013
Executive director, National Society of Film Critics, 1974-2113. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2013
Member, editorial board, Journal of Music and the Moving Image, 2005-13. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2013
Member, editorial board, The Soundtrack, 2006-13. (Professional Leadership: Public Service) 2013
Acting chair, Department of Film, fall. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2012
Member, Tow Faculty Travel Stipend Committee, fall 2008, 2010-12. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2012
Member, Program Advisory Committee, Certificate in Film, CUNY Graduate Center, 2002-11. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2011
Co-coordinator, Writing Across the Curriculum Program, 2004-10. (Professional Leadership: Public Service) 2010
Member, academic advisory board, McGraw Hill Annual Editions: Film, 2006-10. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2010
Member, Dean's Task Force on Writing Benchmarks. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2009
Member, General Education Council, 2008-09. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2009
Member, Search Committee, Film Department, 2008-09. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2009
Chairwoman, Faculty Council Committee on Master Planning, Educational Policy, and Budget. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2007
Chairwoman, several panels, Music and the Moving Image Conference. New York University, May 17-20. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2007
Co-organizer, Music and the Moving Image Conference. New York University, May 17-20. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2007
Consultant, American Comedy PBS series, 2005-07. (Professional Leadership: Public Service) 2007
Head, Film Studies, Brooklyn College, 2000-07. (Professional Leadership: Public Service) 2007
Honored professor, Peking University, 2002-present. (Professional Leadership: Public Service) 2007
Member, academic advisory board, McGraw-Hill Annual Editions: Film, 2006-present. (Professional Leadership: Public Service) 2007
Member, advisory board, Festival Committee, Annual New York Turkish Film Festival, 2001-present. (Professional Leadership: Public Service) 2007
Member, Faculty Subcommittee on Promotion to Full Professor. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2007
Member, Middle States Working Group on Programs, 2007-08. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2007
Member, Stern Professorship Search Committee. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2007
