Kirsten Moana Thompson

Kirsten Moana Thompson
Kirsten Moana Thompson
Born	Auckland, New Zealand
Nationality	New Zealander
Alma mater	University of Auckland (BA, MA) ; NYU (PhD)
	Scientific career
Fields	Film Studies and Visual Culture
Institutions	Wayne State University; Victoria University of Wellington; Seattle University (Current)
Website	www.seattleu.edu

Kirsten Moana Thompson (born 1964) is an interdisciplinary scholar of American and New Zealand/Pacific cinema and visual culture. Thompson's work in American film has focused on classical American cel animation^[1] and the introduction of three strip Technicolor, on contemporary crime films and blockbuster^[2] and special effects cinema.^[3]^[4] Her work on Pacific cinema situates film production by American and Pacific filmmakers in broader cultural and visual contexts.^[5] She has also published on American horror film^[6] and German cinema.^[7]

^ Wells, Paul (2002). Animation and America. Rutgers University Press. pp. 57–58.
^ Thompson, Kirsten (2006). Scale, Spectacle and Movement: Massive Software and Digital Special Effects in The Lord of the Rings," in From Hobbits To Hollywood: Essays On Peter Jackson's Lord Of The Rings eds. Ernest Mathijs and Murray Pomerance. Amsterdam: Rodopi. pp. 283–299. ISBN 978-9042020627.
^ Prince, Stephen (2012). Digital Visual Effects: The Seduction of Reality. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press. p. 88.
^ Burgoyne, Robert (2010). Epic Film in World Culture. New York: Routledge. pp. 5. ISBN 978-0415990189.
^ Thompson, Kirsten Moana (2014). "The Construction of a Myth: Bloody Mary, Aggie Grey and the Optics of Tourism". Journal of NZ and Pacific Studies. 2 (1): 5–19.
^ Thompson, Kirsten Moana (2007). Apocalyptic Dread: American Film at the Turn of the Millennium. Albany, NY: SUNY Press: Albany. ISBN 978-0791470442.
^ Ginsberg, Terri and Kirsten Thompson, eds. (1996). Perspectives on German Cinema (Coeditor with Terri Ginsberg). New York: GK Hall. ISBN 0816116113. {{cite book}}: |last= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[1] Wells, Paul (2002). Animation and America. Rutgers University Press. pp. 57–58.

[2] Thompson, Kirsten (2006). Scale, Spectacle and Movement: Massive Software and Digital Special Effects in The Lord of the Rings," in From Hobbits To Hollywood: Essays On Peter Jackson's Lord Of The Rings eds. Ernest Mathijs and Murray Pomerance. Amsterdam: Rodopi. pp. 283–299. ISBN 978-9042020627.

[3] Prince, Stephen (2012). Digital Visual Effects: The Seduction of Reality. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press. p. 88.

[4] Burgoyne, Robert (2010). Epic Film in World Culture. New York: Routledge. pp. 5. ISBN 978-0415990189.

[5] Thompson, Kirsten Moana (2014). "The Construction of a Myth: Bloody Mary, Aggie Grey and the Optics of Tourism". Journal of NZ and Pacific Studies. 2 (1): 5–19.

[6] Thompson, Kirsten Moana (2007). Apocalyptic Dread: American Film at the Turn of the Millennium. Albany, NY: SUNY Press: Albany. ISBN 978-0791470442.

[:0-7] Ginsberg, Terri and Kirsten Thompson, eds. (1996). Perspectives on German Cinema (Coeditor with Terri Ginsberg). New York: GK Hall. ISBN 0816116113. {{cite book}}: |last= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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