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Luca Caminati's research focuses on post-colonial theory and Orientalist discourses in post-WWII Italian cinema and media, with a specific interest in non-fiction film and media arts. He was awarded the Paul Mellon/National Endowment for the Humanities 'Rome Prize' for 2009-2010, a residential fellowship at the American Academy in Rome. Caminati's forthcoming book, titled 'Traveling Auteurs: Geopolitics in Post-War Italian Cinema' (Indiana University Press, 2024), explores 'Third World' documentary films by prominent directors such as Roberto Rossellini, Pier Paolo Pasolini, and Michelangelo Antonioni. He is currently engaged in a SSHRC-funded project entitled 'The Italian Anticolonial Film Archive: Global Counterculture (1955-1975)' and serves as an associate editor for the journal Italica. He has previously taught at Colgate University and the University of Florida, and supervises both Master's and PhD students in Film Studies.
Administered by the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema; focuses on cinematic arts practice and research-creation.