Film in Contemporary China: Critical Debates, 1979-1989 Tapa dura - 1993

Geroge S. Semsel, professor of film at Ohio University, worked as a Foreign Expert in the Chinese film industry in Beijing. He serves on the Executive Committee of the Asian Cinema Studies Society and has been its liaison officer with the People's Republic of China and Thailand. Dr. Semsel is the author of Chinese Film: The State of the Art in the People's Republic and Chinese Film Theory: The New Era (Praeger, 1987 and 1990). His experimental and documentary films include works produced in China and in Thailand.

Chen Xihe, a fellow of the China Film Art Research Center, is completing his PhD at Ohio State University. He is a columnist for Beiying Huabao and a special contributor to Film Art (Dianying Yishu). His major works include Film Literature and Theatre.

Xia Hong is on the editorial staff of Film Art (Dianying Yishu), a theoretical journal published by the China Film Association. He was guest editor of Wide Angle's issue on Chinese film and one of the editors of Chinese Film Theory: The New Era (Praeger 1990).