Vincent Brook

• Visiting Asst. Professor
• Office: 2319 Macgowan
• E-mail:
• Phone: 310-206-8428

Biography

Vincent Brook, MA ’97, Ph.D ’01, has worked as a film editor and screenwriter and, besides lecturing at UCLA, teaches media and cultural studies at USC, California State University Los Angeles, and Pierce College. He has written numerous articles, anthology essays, and encyclopedia entries, and has authored or edited the following books:

“Something Ain’t Kosher Here: The Rise of the ‘Jewish’ Sitcom” (Rutgers, 2003)

“You Should See Yourself: Jewish Identity in Postmodern American Culture” (Rutgers 2006) — editor

“Driven to Darkness: Jewish Èmigrè Directors and the Rise of Film Noir” (Rutgers 2009)