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Dick Blau

Dick Blau has a BA from Harvard in English and a PhD from Yale in American Studies. He is the author of six photo books and a number of films on subjects ranging from interpersonal family dynamics to the music and culture of the Roma of northern Greece. His photographs and films can be found in collections ranging from the Brooklyn Museum and MOMA to the Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art., Dick is also known as co-founder of the internationally ranked UWM Film Department, which he chaired from 1980-2000. During his career as a teacher, Dick has attracted a great many gifted students, among them is Chris Smith, whose MFA thesis, American Movie won the Grand Prize for Documentary at the Sundance Film Festival and was listed by the New York Times as one the the best 1000 movies ever made.

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