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Clyde Russell Taylor (July 3, 1931 – January 24, 2024) was an American film scholar, writer and cultural critic who made contributions to the fields of cinema studies and African American studies. He was an emeritus professor at New York University.
Feb 6, 2024 · Clyde Taylor, a scholar who in the 1970s and ’80s played a leading role in identifying, defining and elevating Black cinema as an art form, died on Jan. 24 at his home in Los Angeles. He...
For more than 40 years, Taylor, known widely as “Mr. NAE,” served evangelicals through the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE). He also contributed significantly to the founding of both ...
Feb 12, 2024 · Dr. Taylor was a pioneer in the field of Black Cinema Studies and a leader in bringing the study of Black culture into the academy. He taught at Gallatin from 1997 to 2008 and founded the Clyde Taylor Award for Distinguished Work in African-American and Africana Studies.
Feb 13, 2024 · Dr. Clyde Taylor was a prominent activist and academic who studied and promoted African and Third World cinema. He taught at UCLA, NYU and other institutions, and wrote books on film and literature.
Feb 11, 2024 · Clyde Taylor, a scholar who in the 1970s and ’80s played a leading role in identifying, defining, and elevating Black cinema as an art form, died Jan. 24 at his home in Los Angeles. He was 92. His daughter Rahdi Taylor, a filmmaker, said the cause was chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Clyde R. Taylor is a cultural historian whose training and experience lie mainly in literary and film studies. His teaching explores narratives of cultural self-imagining as they have been fashioned by African and African diaspora societies, as well as the way these narratives intersect with counternarratives of Western civilization.
