Harry Chotiner, PhD, is an adjunct assistant professor in the humanities at the School for Professional Studies whose teaching focuses on film studies. He has done graduate work in Rabbinic studies, co-edited Socialist Review magazine, and worked as everything from a script reader to vice president of development at Zoetrope Studios, CBS Theatrical Films, 20th Century Fox, and Interscope Communications. He has received teaching excellence awards at the high school and university level, including the NYU School of Professional Studies Teaching Excellence Award.