Biography

B.A. Rowan University
M.F.A. New York University
Ph.D. Regent University

Dr. Bierman teaches Film Production 1, 2 and Advanced Filmmaking, Screenwriting, and Contemporary International Cinema.

His research interests are in film production theory and international film production practices, particularly in the former Soviet Union and Ireland. Dr. Bierman's films have appeared in more than 40 film festivals and he has won the CINE award for two of his films "Araby" and "The Telltale Heart". His most recent film "The Open Window" had its premiere at the 2008 New Jersey International Film Festival at Rutgers University.

Research Interests

Film Production, International Cinema and Film Festival Culture

Professional Activity

Drifting West: The Role of Hollywood Narrative Conventions in Jim Sheridan’s Adaptions of the History, Folktale and Social Realities of Ireland. Literature and Film Association Conference. York College of Pennsylvania, York, PA. October 2015

The Development Sound as a Narrative Device in the Work of Alfred Hitchcock University Film and Video Association. Montana State University, Bozeman Montana, 2014

Defining Creative: Demonstrating the Value of Our Work to University Committees University Film and Video Association. Emerson College, Boston, 2011

What the Quietman Said: Shifting Contexts and the Polysmey of the Text, Journal of Film and Video, Vol 63. 3 2011

The Dangers of Losing One’s Accent: Irish Filmmaker Jim Sheridan’s Recent Films in America. University Film and Video Association. Chaplain College, Chaplain Vermont, 2010

Global Flows and Narrative Drifts: Cross-Cultural Fusion in the Films of Irish Filmmaker Jim Sheridan, presenter and panel chair Crossing Cultures, Society for Cinema and Media Studies, Philadelphia, 2008

The Open Window, Screenplay and Motion Picture, 2008.

Two Characters, A Career Author and the Implied Readers: The Adaption of James Joyce's 'Araby', Film and Film Culture, Special Issue: James Joyce and Cinema, Waterford Institute of Technology, 2002.

James Joyce's Araby, screenplay and motion picture, American Streeet Productions, 1998.

The Tell-Tale Heart, screenplay and motion picture, American Street Productions, 1993.