Chris Berry

Professor Chris Berry is a leading scholar in Film Studies at King's College London, specializing in Chinese and East Asian screen cultures. With a PhD from UCLA, he previously held positions at Goldsmiths University and UC Berkeley, and has held visiting professorships at institutions including Fudan University and Seoul National University.

His research examines:

• Chinese and East Asian cinema in global context
• Gender and sexuality representations
• Documentary film practices
• Theories of transnational cinema

Professor Berry has curated major film exhibitions including 'A Single Spark Can Start a Prairie Fire: The Cultural Revolution in Cinema' at Film Archiv Austria. He has received prestigious awards including the Philip Leverhulme Prize and serves on editorial boards for leading film journals.