David Bordwell, a film studies scholar whose immersive, accessible writing transcended the corridors of academia and illuminated the mechanics of moviemaking to a generation of cinephiles and ...

David Bordwell, Preeminent Film Scholar, Dies at 76. The longtime University of Wisconsin-Madison teacher wrote the essential textbooks ‘Film Art: An Introduction’ and ‘Film History: An ...

David Bordwell, an influential film scholar and longtime professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, died Feb. 29 after battling a “long illness,” according to the university. He was 76.