Charles ramirez berg biography for kids

Charles Ramirez Berg has written many articles on Latinos in U.S. films, film history and narratology, Mexican cinema, as well as entries for the World Film Encyclopedia, The International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, and The Oxford Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the United States.

He has published fiction, poetry, and co-authored a children's book, "The Gift of the Poinsettia," with Chicana poet Pat Mora (Houston: Arte Publico Press/U.

of Houston, 1995). From 1991-1994, he served on the Executive Council of the Society for Cinema Studies (now the Society for Cinema and Media Studies). He is one of the founders of the Austin Film Society, a charter member of its Board of Directors, and served as its president from 2001-2003.

He was recently appointed to the National Film Preservation Board of The Library of Congress, and was a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow, 1997-1998.

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