Andrew Repasky McElhinney is an independent filmmaker, screenwriter, and experimental theater director, whose films A Maggot Tango (1995), Magdalen (1998), A Chronicle of Corpses (2000), and Christmas Dreams (2015) are in the permanent collection of The Museum of Modern Art.
Dr. McElhinney is the author of Second Takes: Remaking Film, Remaking American (McFarland, 2013) which presents a history of English language cinema focusing on cinematic remakes and how cinema has been replaced by new forms of “media.” McElhinney is currently completing work on the limited series, Casual Encounters: Philadelphia True Crime Confessions, a history of the city from 1960 to 2010 as seen through five different neighborhoods, each shot in a different film format.
Dr. McElhinney joined the American Studies Department in 2012 and is currently the Off-Campus Director and focuses on Online Learning. Dr. McElhinney's favorite American Studies courses include The Decade in Culture, American Horror, American Sexuality, and Wayward Americans.
McElhinney received his B.A. from The New School for Social Research, and his Ph.D. from The European Graduate School. Dr. McElhinney also teaches Screenwriting and Directing. Visit: ARMcinema25.com
Courses Taught:
050:303:90 The Decade in Culture
050:323:90 American Horror
050:306:90 The American Detective in Fiction and Film
050:342:90 American Sexuality
050:324:90 Wayward Americans