Dr. Jean Bodon

Jean Bodon is a Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at The University of Alabama at Birmingham. He teaches courses in television production, cinema and broadcasting. In 2000, he was honored with the President's Excellence Teaching Award.

Dr. Bodon has worked as a feature film director and producer and as a director of documentaries and television commercials. Bodon's works have been shown on HBO, Showtime, Cinemax, The Movie Channel, E!, TLC, Pay-per-view and many other cable systems and networks throughout the world.

Dr. Bodon's extensive work in the area of film also includes a book on Charlie Chaplin which was prefaced by the late François Truffaut and "Cinema: an introduction"  prefaced by Robert Wise. Jean Bodon has written articles for Communication Monographs, Journal of the Association for Communication Administration, The North American Journal of Psychology, Communication Research Reports and Communication Quarterly.

 Bodon is a member of the Directors Guild of America and the Société des Réalisateurs de Films.