Koret Visiting Professor in Israel Studies at the Helen Diller Institute, Film and Media Studies Department, UC Berkeley; Associate Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Professor, Department of Film and Television, Sapir Academic College
Aner Preminger is the 2025–2026 Koret Visiting Professor in Israel Studies at the Helen Diller Institute teaching in the Film and Media Studies Department at UC Berkeley. An independent director, producer, writer, and film scholar, Professor Preminger is Professor Emeritus at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Sapir Academic College, Israel. He won the 2017 Jerusalem Prize at the 34th Jerusalem Film Festival, awarded to a Jerusalem filmmaker. He teaches Cinema Studies, as well as acting and directing workshops.
Filmography:
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50 Broken Pieces (Producer & Co-Editor, 2022)
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Present Continuous (2012)
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One Eye Wide Open (2009)
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Moscobia (2001)
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Ransom of the Father (2000)
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Last Resort (1999)
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Learning and Teaching Mathematics (1998)
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On My Way to Father’s Land (1995)
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Blind Man's Bluff (1993)
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Front Window (1990)
Stage Productions:
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Silent (2019)
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Chaplin on Stage (2016)
Books:
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Reflection on Cinema and Ethos: Israeli and Other Scenes (2017)
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François Truffaut: Cinema as an Act of Love – An Intertextual Approach (2015)
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Enchanted Screen: A Chronology of Media & Language (1995)
Selected Additional Publications:
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“Sound Aesthetics in Film as Suggested by Charlie Chaplin – A Pioneer of Audio Gags and Sound Design,” in The 21st Century Film, TV and Media School: Teaching Sound: Aesthetics & Praxis, Vol. 5 (2025), pp. 117–134.
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“Teaching Film Directing – A Practical Methodology,” in The 21st Century Film, TV and Media School: Directing the Future, Vol. 2 (2019).
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“Charles Chaplin Sings a Silent Requiem: Chaplin's Films, 1928–1952, as Cinematic Statement on the Transition from Silent Cinema to the Talkies,” in Refocusing Chaplin: A Screen Icon Through Critical Lenses (2013), pp. 163–185.
Courses
Global Cinema: Israeli Cinema and Media Cultures
Digital Cinema Production: Wo.man with a Movie Camera
French New Wave: The Cinema of François Truffaut
