Christian Metz (theorist)
Christian Metz | |
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| Born | 12 December 1931 Béziers, France |
| Died | 7 September 1993 (aged 61) Paris, France |
| Academic background | |
| Influences | Ferdinand de Saussure |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (EHESS) |
| Main interests | Film studies, media studies |
| Notable works | Language and Cinema The Imaginary Signifier: Psychoanalysis and the Cinema |
| Notable ideas | Film semiotics |
Christian Metz (French: [mɛts]; December 12, 1931 – September 7, 1993) was a French film theorist, best known for pioneering film semiotics, the application of theories of signification to the cinema. During the 1970s, his work had a major impact on film theory in France, Britain, Latin America, and the United States. As Constance Penley flatly stated in Camera Obscura, "Modern film theory begins with Metz."