Annette Insdorf - Columbia University

Professor: Annette Insdorf

Department: TBD

College: Columbia University

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: FILM3100
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

She is an amazing teacher. She clearly has three loves: films, students, and sharing the love of film to students. Her energy and enthusiasm was contagious brimming with knowledge and articulateness. She always brought all of herself to the classroom. Like it or not you knew what she loved and stood for. That is more than I can say about most.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: FILM6149
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Professor Insdorf is articulate, insightful, and frequently inspiring. She seems to love nothing more than sparking creative discussion. Her class was a pleasure.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: FILM0001
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

The most passionate and committed professor I have ever had. I could listen to her lecture forever.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: FILM1
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Absurdly obsessed with grammar.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: FILM
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Hands down the dullest, most boring lecturer I ever encountered. Sucked all the fun out of the subject.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: R4138
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

A great teacher and a fun class. There is no pretending about it: she knows all the people she claims to know.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: SEMLEC
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Insdorf doesn't "pretend" to know anyone. She knows her directors and she knows film. Her lectures may be pre-written, but the knowledge she has is vast. She hosts Cannes on IFC every year, and always makes Ebert look like he's never seen a film (or director) in his life.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: FILM
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Sometimes, she likes to pretend that she was actually present at important historical events; or that she is or was personally aquainted with important directors and other film personalities. Excessive flamboyance conceals limited knowledge.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: HOLCSTFIL
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

I attended 2 of Indorf's classes; as my mentor when I entered the School of the Arts Film Division, I can say she was always more than willing to be available to me to understand more fully what I wanted to explore, she also helped me personally.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: AMFILMHIST
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

A very phoney lady

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: AMFILM
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

A great instructor of film history and theory.