Robert Sklar

Robert Sklar (born 1936) is a historian specializing in the history of film.

Sklar began his career as a reporter for the Los Angeles Times. He received a Ph.D. in the history of American civilization from Harvard University in 1965. In 1968, he signed the “Writers and Editors War Tax Protest” pledge, vowing to refuse tax payments in protest against the Vietnam War. [“Writers and Editors War Tax Protest” January 30, 1968 "New York Post"] He was a history professor at the University of Michigan and since 1977 has been a professor of cinema in the Department of Cinema Studies, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University.

Books

*"Film: An International History of the Medium" (c. 1990)
*"City Boys: Cagney, Bogart, Garfield" (1992)
*"Movie-Made America: A Cultural History of American Movies" (1975; revised 1994)
*"Silent Screens : The Decline and Transformation of the American Movie Theater" (2000)
*"A World History of Film" (2003)
*"Movie-Made America: A Cultural History of American Movies". Vintage Books: New York, 1994

References

External links

* [http://cinema.tisch.nyu.edu/object/SklarR.html Robert Sklar] at Tisch School of the Arts, NYU
* [http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-5943606_ITM Review] of "A World History of Film"