Lucas Hilderbrand is the author of the books
The Bars Are Ours: Histories and Cultures of Gay Bars in America, 1960 and After (2023)
Paris Is Burning: A Queer Film Classic (2013)
and
Inherent Vice: Bootleg Histories of Videotape and Copyright (2009)
as well as numerous essays and articles.
He is Professor and Chair of Film and Media Studies at the University of California Irvine. His classes include
The History of Cinema B: The Studio Era and C: The Contemporary Era
Film and Media Theory
Audio Cultures
Representations
Media and Environment
Sex on Screen
Queer Studies
UCI Film and Media Studies website
He earned his MA and PhD from New York University and his BA from the University of Minnesota. He lives in Los Angeles with his partner Ernesto and dog Bowie.