With his wife Kristin Thompson he wrote the textbooks "Film Art" (1979) and "Film History" (1994).
Wrote "On The History Of Film Style" (1997).
Was awarded an honorary doctorate from Lingnan University in Hong Kong in 2023.
Received a masters in Speech and Dramatic Arts, with a concentration in Film at the University of Iowa.
Spent nearly his entire career as a professor of film at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, beginning in 1973 until retiring in 2004.
The David Bordwell Collection of over one hundred 35mm film prints is held at the Academy Film Archive and is particularly noteworthy for the strength of its Hong Kong holdings.
Received a University of Auckland Hood Fellowship (New Zealand).
Received an Anthology Film Archives Award (United States).
Graduated from the State University of New York at Albany with a degree in English literature.
Authored "Narration In The Fiction Film" (1985).
Awarded an Excellence in Asian Film Scholarship Award (Asian Film Society, Hong Kong).
Authored "Making Meaning" (1989).
Has two sisters, Diane and Darlene.
Wrote "Ozu & The Poetics Of Cinema" (1988).
Received his Phd from the University of Iowa in 1974.
Was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Copenhagen in 1997.
Film theorist and film historian.
Wrote more than fifteen book on the subject of cinema.