Gary Don Rhodes

Gary Don Rhodes, Ph.D., is an American writer, filmmaker, and film historian. His work includes research on early 20th century films and key figures such as filmmakers and actors involved in the process. He is best known for his contribution to classic horror films and his multiple biographies on Bela Lugosi. Gary has also contributed to the filmmaking process with both documentaries and mockumentaries. He is also a tenured faculty member in Film Studies at The Queen's University of Belfast, a Russell Group institution.

Born in Ardmore, Oklahoma on September 11, 1972, Rhodes is a member of the Cherokee tribe. His books and films have been reviewed in such newspapers as USA Today and The Washington Times, trade publications like The Hollywood Reporter and American Cinematographer, magazines like Fangoria, Rue Morgue and Cineaste, journals like Film Quarterly and The Journal of Early Popular Visual Culture., and even Turner Classic Movies.

Rhodes’ key research interests include American film exhibition, film genre, early cinema, and documentary filmmaking. His scholarly journal essays on these subjects include: “Irish-American Film Audiences, 1915-1930.” Post Script, Summer 2013: 70-96; “The Film Company of Ireland and the Irish-American Press.” Screening the Past No. 133, 2012; “Early Cinema and Oklahoma.” The Chronicles of Oklahoma, Winter 2011-12: 388-429; “Reinventing a New Wheel: The Films of Norman Mailer.” The Mailer Review, Fall 2011: 170-182; “The Double Feature Evil: Efforts to Eliminate the American Dual Bill.” Film History: An International Journal Vol. 23, No. 1, 2011: 57-74; “Drakula halála (1921): The Cinema’s First Dracula.” Horror Studies, Vol. 1, No. 1, 2010: 25-47; “The Origin, Development, and Controversy of the US Moving Picture Poster to 1915.” Film History: An International Journal, Vol. 19, No. 3, 2007: 228-246; and "Mockumentaries and the Production of Realist Horror." Post Script, Fall 2002: 46-60.

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