Noriega, Chon A.

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NORIEGA, Chon A.

NORIEGA, Chon A. American, b. 1961. Genres: Film, Art/Art history. Career: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, assistant professor of American studies and research faculty associate of Southwest Hispanic Research Institute, both 1991-92; University of California, Los Angeles, assistant professor of film and television, 1992-. Maryland Film Commission, founding member of National Film Laboratory for Minority Professionals Think Tank, 1990; New York University, member of national advisory board and planning committee for Media Alternatives Project, 1990-92; Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, humanities adviser for CineFestival, 1993; consultant to National Latino Communications Center. Curator of film and art exhibitions: Whitney Museum of American Art, The Mexican Museum, Robert Flaherty Seminar, American Museum of the Moving Image. Publications: (ed. and contrib.) Chicanos and Film: Representation and Resistance, 1992; The Mexican Cinema Project, 1994; The Ethnic Eyes: Latino Media Arts, 1996. Work represented in anthologies. Contributor to film and Chicano studies journals. Address: Department of Film and Television, University of California, 405 Hilgard Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90024, U.S.A.