Position overview Salary range: The current salary range for this position is $84,100–$132,900 (9-month academic year salary), however, off-scale salary and other components of pay, which would yield compensation that is higher than this range, are offered to meet competitive conditions. Anticipated start: July 1, 2027 Application Window Open date: July 20, 2026 Next review date: Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 at 11:59pm
(Pacific Time) Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee. Final date: Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time) Applications will continue to be accepted until this date. Position description The Department of Film & Media at the University of California, Berkeley seeks applications for an Assistant Professor (tenure track) in the area of Critical/Experimental Film and Video Production.
The Department of Film and Media at the University of California, Berkeley is one of the oldest film programs in the United States with a strong foundation in national and transnational film histories and theories and growing interest in a wide range of media practices, industries, and cultures. The Department holds a strong intellectual commitment to innovative interdisciplinary approaches to film and media
research, evidenced in the scholarship of its thirteen current ladder faculty, five of whom have officially shared appointments with other departments in the Division of Arts & Humanities. The department offers both a BA with approximately 320 current majors and a PhD in Film and Media with between 20-30 graduate students enrolled at any one time. It is currently one of the fastest-growing undergraduate majors in the
Division of Arts & Humanities, and focuses on film and media scholarship, criticism, and production. The successful candidate will join in the program’s effort to build a community of scholars and students whose scholarship, pedagogy, and background move the discipline of Film & Media forward by engaging with critical questions through media production. The Department seeks an Assistant Professor in Film and Video
Production to join the Film & Media Department and to build on the faculty’s critical and experimental approaches to media history, theory, and aesthetics. The position will include teaching, research, and service to support the production of experimental and avant-garde cinema or experimentation in and across genre forms, potentially including narrative. The aim of the Film and Media Department’s production program
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