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Jeanine Basinger
American film historian at Wesleyan University
Jeanine Basinger (born February 3, 1936, Ravenden, Arkansas[1]) is an American film historian who was the Corwin-Fuller professor of film studies at Wesleyan University and the founder and curator of the university's cinematic archives.[2]
Early life and education
Jeanine Basinger was raised in Brookings, South Dakota.[3] She first became interested in film at the age of 11 when she worked as an usher at The College Theater.[3] She said that seeing the same film over and over gave her an understanding of "the way films...
[affect] the audience, ... where they work and where they don't."[3] She attended and received her BS and MS from South Dakota State University.[2][4]
Career
Basinger first arrived in Middletown, Connecticut, where Wesleyan University is located, in 1960 as marketing director of American Education Publications,[3&