Antje Ascheid

Antje Ascheid is a film scholar, an associate professor of Theatre and Film Studies at the University of Georgia, who specializes in film history and criticism. Her research focuses on women and film, German cinema and film genres, and she is also interested in film and video production and screenwriting. Her first book, Hitler's Heroines: Stardom, Womanhood and the Popular in Nazi Cinema, was published by Temple University Press in 2003. Before joining the Georgia faculty she taught at Smith College and at SUNY New Paltz, and she has worked in documentary and independent film production in New York City. She is recorded here as the author of that study of Nazi cinema stardom.