Jason Mittell @jmittell.bsky.social Media studies professor at Middlebury College; video essayist & author of videographic book on Breaking Bad; author of written books on TV, narrative theory, etc.; journal manager of @intransition.bsky.social . [he/him] https://linktr.ee/jmittell
[in]Transition @intransition.bsky.social [in]Transition, the first peer-reviewed journal of videographic criticism. https://intransition.openlibhums.org/ 
Drew Morton @damorton.bsky.social Professor, videographic critic and co-editor of [in]Transition, author of Panel to the Screen, gamer, runner, bass player, wiener dog keeper.
Los Angeles/Texas
https://damorton.wordpress.com/
Catherine Grant @filmstudiesff.bsky.social Sharing links, since 2008, to #OpenAccess film/AV media scholarship and online resources, and news/free events of note; Honorary Professor at Aarhus University; Senior Visiting Fellow at University of Reading; she/their. https://linktr.ee/filmstudiesff
Natalie Wynn @contrapoints.bsky.social Ex-philosopher, ex-Tweeter.
Email: info@contrapoints.com
Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social Author, filmmaker, book dealer. New York and Dallas. Bookstore: mzs.press. RogerEbert.com editor-at-large. Next book: Jack Nicholson: Leading Man
Nilanjana Bhattacharjya @nilanjana.bsky.social Teaching professor at a large public university in Arizona. I start more books than I finish and write on music and films. (I also photograph trees.)
Juan Llamas-Rodriguez @llamasjr.bsky.social global media professor
author of Border Tunnels https://tinyurl.com/tnnls and Y Tu Mamá También https://tinyurl.com/ytmt01
español incluído.
mesk @meesk.bsky.social TV, media industries, algorithmic brand culture, videographic criticism. Associate Professor of Rhetoric & Media Studies, Lewis & Clark College. She/her.
Katie Bird @arthousedirectr.bsky.social Video Essayist, Independent Film Scholar, Lapsed Academic. Hollywood Film Labor and Film History.
Will DiGravio @willdigravio.bsky.social researcher, fact-checker: extremism, conspiracies, US history
critic: Paste, Time, etc.
assistant editor, Cineaste
PhD Candidate in Media Studies, University of Amsterdam
The Video Essay Podcast
views mine
www.willdigravio.com
Kathleen Loock @kathleenloock.bsky.social American studies and media studies | Leibniz University Hannover, Germany | New book: Hollywood Remaking: How Film Remakes, Sequels, and Prequels Shape Industry and Culture (UC Press, 2024) | Emmy Noether Research Group: Hollywood Memories
Derek Long @dereklong08.bsky.social Associate Professor of Media and Cinema Studies @UIUC; Author of PLAYING THE PERCENTAGES: HOW FILM DISTRIBUTION MADE THE HOLLYWOOD STUDIO SYSTEM (University of Texas Press, 2024)
Jenny Oyallon-Koloski @cinemajok.bsky.social Associate Professor, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | film, dance, musicals, Jacques Demy, genre, videographic criticism | she/her | maman | author of Storytelling in Motion: Cinematic Choreography and the Film Musical (Oxford UP, 2024)
Filmscalpel @filmscalpel.bsky.social Audiovisual thoughts about audiovisual arts. Filmscalpel creates, collects and curates video essays at www.filmscalpel.com
Ariel Avissar @arielavissar.bsky.social Media scholar, video maker and PhD student at Tel Aviv University. TV studies, popular culture and videographic criticism.
https://www.arielavissar.work/
https://vimeo.com/arielavissar
Miklós Kiss @mikloskiss.bsky.social Associate Professor of AV Arts & Cognition @rug.nl, author of this http://bit.ly/2SJM29Q, this http://bit.ly/2a4zvaw and this http://bit.ly/3A0KrPG.
ORCID: 0000-0002-9136-8200
Johannes Binotto @jbinotto.bsky.social Professional hat wearer, amateur video tinkerer, wild analyst www.transferences.org
Cormac Donnelly @cormacrestrike.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Film LJMU | researching film sound & production
Making video essays & exploring creative practice
Founding editor @fragmentsjournal.bsky.social
Associate Editor @intransition.bsky.social
Dr. Acafanmom @acafanmom.bsky.social Asst Professor in perpetuity | researching fandom and popular culture |
RPs are sometimes bookmarks for myself | Osaka
Dan Golding @dangolding.com Professor of Media at Monash University. Composer for games like Untitled Goose Game, Frog Detective, Mars First Logistics. Host of ABC Classic’s ‘Screen Sounds’ (Sat 6pm).
dangolding.com
Elizabeth Alsop @elizabethalsop.bsky.social film & lit scholar, CUNY prof, culture writer, editor, higher ed unionist, author of Elaine May (U of Illinois Press, 2025) and Making Conversation in Modernist Fiction (Ohio UP, 2019).
Colleen Laird @colleenlaird.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Japanese Film at the University of British Columbia. Videographic scholarship ❤️
Maike Reinerth @maireinerth.bsky.social Media Studies, Politics, Stuff. Dr. phil. & Angry Mom.
Film/Media scholar currently working on/with film, animation, videographic criticism & green media.
Based in Babelsberg, 🩷 in Hamburg.
Homepage: https://maikereinerth.de/
Photo Credit: S. Reis
MAI: Feminism & Visual Culture @maifeminism.bsky.social MAI is a peer-reviewed, open-access publication for feminist scholars, writers, artists and activists who address visual culture at large.
Dan Olson 🔜 Saskatchewan @foldablehuman.bsky.social Documentarian
Pixel a Day @pixeladay.bsky.social Youtube video essays critically analysing games and how they make us feel (youtube.com/pixeladay). Articles published in Uppercut, Into the Spine, Kritiqal, Gamers With Glasses. She/her. Support: patreon.com/pixeladay
Pop Detective @popdetective.bsky.social Video essays focusing on the intersections of society, masculinity, politics, and entertainment. Hosted by Jonathan McIntosh
Jacob Geller @jacobgeller.com Makes the most normal videos on YouTube.
Also a cohort on MinnMax.
https://jacobgeller.com/
Will Webb @willwebbful.bsky.social Filmmaker, video essayist. Staking out this username.
Jemma Saunders (Penny) @jemsaunders1.bsky.social Film & TV placement person by day, audio-visual PhD student researching Birmingham's representation on screen by night (both UoB). Videographic criticism, documentary, TV, history, locations, employability... and being a Mum.
Dan O’Brien @drdanobrien.bsky.social I am a lecturer in Film and Digital Media. My research publications span across: Film, Television, Video Gaming, Digital Performance and Video Essaying.
https://vimeo.com/user107379730
https://criticalcommons.org/user/DanOB1/media
The Essay Library @theessaylibrary.com 📼 Video essay collective making weird and fun collaborative projects: youtube.com/@theessaylibrary
📱 Discord server with 900+ members dedicated to the craft of video essays: theessaylibrary.com
Jeff Romero Middents @middento.bsky.social "Sometimes, when I look deep in your eyes, I swear I can see your soul." (James)
"What would it be like, he asked himself, a world where everything was foreign?" (Fouad Laroui)
Sam Close ButNoCigar @butnocigar.bsky.social Academic, knitter, video game player. Into popular culture, digital media, labor, and creativity. Known to make a video essay now and then.
Viktoria Paranyuk @vikap8.bsky.social film scholar & teacher | video essayist | occasional violinist
Sureshkumar P. Sekar @ursmusically.bsky.social PhD - Royal College of Music, London; MA - Univ. of East Anglia; B. Tech - NIT, Trichy. Researching audience experience, audiovisual culture, video essays.
bit.ly/baahubalive
Ritika @suninthebelly.bsky.social Film historian and video essayist.
Assistant Professor at University of Warwick.
Previously at Goethe University and University of Chicago.
https://www.ritikakaushik.com/
Desirée Garcia @dezigarcia.bsky.social Associate Professor, Dartmouth College
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