Department of Communication

Associate Professor Director of UTP Cinema & Digital Media Studies

Contact Information Office: C-232 Phone: 426-3086 Office Hours: Monday, Friday 10:00 – 11:30 Tuesday 1:00 – 2:00 And by Appointment Email: plutze@boisestate.edu Courses – Spring 2012 COMM 294/494, 1081 – Workshop COMM 360, 001 – Media Aesthetics and Culture COMM 365, 001 – Film Styles and Genres COMM 487, 003 – Studies in Media Theory COMM 508, 002 – Media Theory & Practice TVCTV Links: A Brief History of TVTV Mortimer’s Ethnography of TVTV TVTV: A History by Tim Wolfrum Studio Production Training Manual

Teaching Specialties:

Mass Media, Video Production, Cinema Studies, Documentary Films

Research Interests/Activities:

German Film & TV, U.S. Film Industry, Critical Theory, Documentary Video Production

Biography:

Peter Lutze teaches media studies including video production, cinema studies, and cultural criticism. He has a B.A. in German from Valparaiso, an M.F.A. in Filmmaking from Brandeis, and a J. D. and Ph.D. in Cinema Studies form the University of Wisconsin. He has written an analysis of the work of a major German film director: Alexander Kluge, The Last Modernist and is interested in producing documentaries (Dreamhouse: The Art and Life of James Castle, with Tom Trusky) and video art (Mountain Seasons, with James Armstrong). Dr. Lutze has taught at Boise State since 1990. He was a founding member and Chair of the Board of TVTV (1997-2003) and continues actively to promote the idea of grassroots, community media in Boise through his teaching, research and production activities.