I began making video essays in 1998 as part of my doctoral dissertation research. Updating a term from French filmmaker and critic Alexandre Astruc (and his 1948 essay, “The Birth of a New Avant-Garde: La Camera-Stylo”), I called my works “media stylos.” My films imagine how academic scholarship can be presented through a combination of sound, text, and moving images.
In 2008, I published a manifesto about my work.
When not making media stylos, I work as a Professor of Film/Media Studies at Bucknell University and occasionally at Doshisha University in Japan. My research focuses on pre- and early cinema.
I also work as a writer and director on select PSAs, commercials, and documentary shorts. Past clients include the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the Independent Film and Television Alliance, and the U.S. Federal Government.
contact: ericfaden at mediastylo dot com