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American film historian at Wesleyan University

Jeanine Basinger (born February 3, , Ravenden, Arkansas^[1]) is an American film historian who was the Corwin-Fuller professor of film studies at Wesleyan University and the founder and curator of the university's cinematic archives.^[2]

Early life and education

Jeanine Basinger was raised in Brookings, South Dakota.^[3] She first became interested in film at the age of 11 when she worked as an usher at The College Theater.^[3] She said that seeing the same film over and over gave her an understanding of "the way films [affect] the audience, where they work and where they don't."^[3] She attended and received her BS and MS from South Dakota State University.^[2][4]

Career

Basinger first arrived in Middletown, Connecticut, where Wesleyan University is located, in as marketing director of American Education Publications,^[3] then owned