Mark Betz

Mark Betz is Reader in Film Studies at King's College London, holding an MA (1994) and PhD (1999) from University of Rochester. His research examines non-Western political cinemas, transnational film practices, and exploitation genres, with emphasis on art cinema historiography and European film.

Publications analyze parametric narration in global art cinema and deconstruct high/low cultural binaries in European film. Recent work explores Ozu's transnational influence and Italian genre cinema's cultural positioning.

Teaching covers postwar global cinemas, national/transnational frameworks, and film authorship. Visiting professorships include Jawaharlal Nehru University (Delhi, 2011, 2017).