Writer, actor and director John Cameron Mitchell was featured in The Detroit News, where he talked about his long-standing career in Hollywood and Broadway, and his latest venture as a professor.
Mitchell is the John H. Mitchell Visiting Professor in Media Entertainment in the Department of Film, Television, and Media (FTVM) and is teaching a fall course called “Problemagic Cinema.” The course explores the history of cinema through the lens of diverse aesthetics, production modes, and creative processes.
Best known for his 2001 award-winning film, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Mitchell’s career expands more than 40 years, with director credits that include films Rabbit Hole, How to Talk to Girls at Parties and television series GLOW and Nurse Jackie.
“Everything that I learned, stand for, and do has been called into question, in terms of empathy,” says Mitchell in the article. “Art, for me, are the synapses that make those connections that empathy can flow through. Performing, narrative art, stories in any form—books, films, TV, anything—connected me to what I cared about, connected me to myself, and connected me to the world.”
Read the full article in The Detroit News.
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