Catherine Portuges
University of Massachusetts Amherst

Catherine Portuges is a Professor of Comparative Literature and Director of the Interdepartmental Program in Film Studies. She also serves on the Five College Film Council, consisting of film studies representatives from Amherst, Smith, Hampshire and Mount Holyoke Colleges, and the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She teaches courses in French and East European cinemas; cinema and psyche; and autobiographical film. Professor Portuges has published widely on contemporary European cinema; national cinemas; and women directors. Her most recent book is Screen Memories: The Hungarian Cinema of Marta Meszaros (Indiana University Press, 1993).