Jeanine Basinger

Jeanine Basinger, born Jeanine Deyling on February 3, 1936, in Ravenden, Arkansas, is a preeminent American film historian and Corwin-Fuller Professor Emerita of Film Studies at Wesleyan University, where she founded the Film Studies Department and Cinema Archives. She earned degrees from South Dakota State University and has authored numerous acclaimed books on film, including Silent Stars, winner of the William K. Everson Film History Award, The Star Machine, and Hollywood: The Oral History, co-written with Sam Wasson. Basinger has held various roles in education and publishing, and continues as a trustee of the American Film Institute.