David Scott Diffrient

David Scott Diffrient is Professor of Film and Media Studies in the Department of Communication Studies at Colorado State University, specializing in transnational cinema with emphases on South Korean film/television, horror studies, and omnibus films. His scholarly work bridges film history, genre analysis, and cultural theory across diverse media forms.

Education:

• Ph.D. from UCLA

His research traverses Film Studies, Television Studies, and Media Studies with sustained focus on Transnational Cinema and South Korean Cinema. Key contributions examine horror film aesthetics, television genre hybridity, disability representation, and cultural politics in East Asian media. His methodology combines close textual analysis with historical contextualization and comparative frameworks.

Recent publications reveal accelerating engagement with East Asian film remakes and television studies, particularly Chinese and Korean cinema. His 2022-2023 works demonstrate sophisticated analysis of transnational adaptation processes, horror genre evolution, and television narrative complexity, often through collaborative scholarship with Hye Seung Chung.

Prof. Diffrient actively contributes to public scholarship as program note writer for the ACT Human Rights Film Festival (2016-2021), covering documentaries on global human rights issues including migration, political repression, and social justice movements across diverse international contexts.