Giusy Pisano, 1963-

Biography

Giusy Pisano is professor at ÉNS Louis-Lumière, Noisy-le-Grand, research director at Université Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris 3, member of IRCAV (Institut de recherche sur le cinéma et l'audiovisuel), and a researcher at GRAFICS, Montreal. She is a scientific adviser to the Haut Conseil de l'évaluation de la recherche et de l'enseignement supérieur (Hcéres), and a member of the Cinémathèque française and of the Commission supérieure technique (CST). Her research focuses on the historical and aesthetic issues surrounding film techniques, with reference to media archaeology. She is particularly interested in the relationship between sound and image, and between research and creation. Her publications include: Truquer, créer, innover. Les effets spéciaux français (co-edited with R. Hamus-Vallée & C. Renouard, 2024), La fabrique de l'image au cinéma (co-edited with C. Champetier, 2023), Dispositifs et scènes sonores : du corps (médiatisé) à l'atmosphère (co-edited with J.-M. Larrue & J.-P. Quéinnec, 2019), Machines. Magie. Médias (co-edited with F. Kessler & J.-M. Larrue, 2018) and L'Archive-forme (2014). She has directed several research programmes, including “La mise en scène théâtrale et les formes sonores et visuelles” (2011–14); and with Jean-Marc Larrue, co-directed the project “Les Arts trompeurs. Machines, Magie, Médias” (2015–18). She directs the Images et Sons collection at PUS (Presses Universitaires du Septentrion).