Prof. Dr. Vinzenz Hediger
Goethe University Frankfurt
Vinzenz Hediger is a professor of cinema studies at Goethe University Frankfurt. His research is focused on the history and theory of film, film and entertainment industries, marginal film forms including science and industrial films, and the digital transformation of global film culture. His publications include a book on the history of movie trailers and two volumes on industrial films, Films That Work: Industrial Films and the Productivity of Media (with Patrick Vonderau, 2009) and Films That Work Harder: The Circulations of Industrial Film (with Yvonne Zimmermann and Florian Hoof, 2022). Since 2019, Hediger has been collaborating with the University of Jos and the Nigerian Film Corporation on a DAAD-funded project to build a film archival studies training program in Jos, Nigeria.