David Mai
- Assistant Teaching Professor
- FILM & MEDIA STUDIES
Contact Info
Biography —
David Mai is an Assistant Teaching Professor in the Department of Film and Media Studies at the University of Kansas. His creative work in narratives, animations, and interactive media is inflected by his interests in experimental forms of aesthetics. His research interests include affect theory, feminist film and critical race theory, anime and manga studies, and horror studies. His notable programs include San Francisco’s Chinatown Community Development Center, SF’s historic Roxie, and the Berkeley Art Museum Pacific Film Archive, along with writings and VR installations in the online journal cinemedia. His academic work has seen different modes of presentation, from the aforementioned VR installations, to video essays, and to cinemetric film screenings, with the goal of expanding research paradigms and teaching methodologies. In his collaborative film work, he specializes in post-production, working as a picture editor, visual effects artist, or animator.
Research —
Research interests:
- Anime and Manga Studies
- Affect Theory
- Horror Studies
- Feminist Film and Critical Race Theory
- Multimedia Education
Teaching —
Teaching interests:
- Post-production
- Animation
- Visual effects
Creative Works —
Camera Operator, A Feast of Resilience, Star Finch, Oakland, CA, 72 minutes, 2021
Editor, Stop AAPI Hate, Berkeley High School, Berkeley, CA, Video Series, 2021
VFX Editor, Black Magic, Oakland, Rashaad Newsome, CA Video Exhibition, 2021
Editor, Everyday Heroines and Covid19 in Chinatown, Felicia Lowe, San Francisco, CA, Video Series, 2020
Producer/Director/Writer, 麥 Sisters, San Francisco, CA, 5 minutes, 2020
Editor, Anatta, Kun She, San Francisco, CA, 17 minutes, 2020
Assistant Camera, The Celine Archive, Celine Parreñas Shimizu, San Francisco, CA, 69 minutes, 2020
Editor, Life After Death, Daniel Julien, Oakland, CA, 53 minutes, 2020
Editor, The Great Divide, Casey Beck, San Francisco, CA, 16 minutes, 2019
Producer/Director/Writer, Ashes of Alyssa, San Francisco, CA, 18 minutes, 2019
Assistant Editor, Queering Yoga, Ewan Duarte, Oakland, CA, 45 minutes, 2019
Producer/Director/Writer, Pi//owtalk, San Francisco, CA, 6 minutes, 2019
Assitant Editor, Dear Queer Dancer, Sarah Taborga, Oakland, CA, 28 minutes, 2019
Assistant Editor, Drip Like Coffee, Anaiis Cisco, San Francisco, CA, 17 minutes, 2019
Editor, For the Love of a Dog: How Far Would You Go?, Daniel Julien, Oakland, CA, 56 minutes, 2019
Producer/Director/Writer, Meandering Dance, San Francisco, CA, 2 minutes, 2018
Producer/Director/Writer, My Body for Bok Choy, San Francisco, CA, 3 minutes, 2017
Producer/Director/Writer, (), San Francisco, CA, 20 minutes, 2017
Animator, Fractured Fairy Tales, 3 minutes, 2017
Animator, Jethilas, San Francisco, CA, 20 minutes, 2017
Producer/Director/Writer, Maw in the Dark, San Francisco, CA, 10 minutes, 2017
Editor, Patrick’s Dilemna, Daniel Julien, Oakland, CA, 47 minutes, 2017