Richard Peña is a Professor of Film Studies at Columbia University’s School of the Arts, where he specializes in film theory, film history and international cinema. From 1988 to 2012, he was the Program Director of the Film Society of Lincoln Center and the Director of the New York Film Festival. At the Film Society, Professor Peña organized retrospectives of many film artists, as well as major film series devoted to African, Israeli, Cuban, Polish, Hungarian, Chinese, Arab, Korean, Swedish, Turkish, Taiwanese and Argentine cinema. A frequent lecturer on film internationally, has lectured at Princeton University, Harvard University, the National Autonomous University of Mexico and Beijing University, among others. Professor Pena received his Masters in Film Studies from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and currently hosts WNET/Channel 13’s weekly Reel 13.