威斯康辛大學麥迪遜分校傳播藝術博士，香港嶺南大學視覺研究系名譽教授。著有Picturing Japaneseness: Monumental Style, National Identity, Japanese Film (Columbia University Press, 1996)。合著有Taiwan Film Directors: A Treasure Island (Columbia University Press, 2005)及East Asian Screen Industries (British Film Institute, 2008), Cinema Taiwan: Politics, Popularity and State of the Arts (Routledge, 2007)，並著有超過40篇期刊論文及專書論文之一章。