Rob Buscher
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BSR Contributor Since September 26, 2017
Rob Buscher is a film and media specialist who has served as festival director at Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival since 2014. Rob teaches film studies at Arcadia University, University of Pennsylvania, and Fleisher Art Memorial, and is a contributor to the Japanese-American national newspaper Pacific Citizen.
Rob Buscher is a film and media specialist who has worked in many aspects of cinema including production, administration, and distribution. Due in part to his biracial Japanese-American heritage, Robʼs expertise is Japanese and East Asian Cinema although his work as a professional film programmer has expanded to include a wide variety of diverse cinema genres. Since 2014 Rob has served as the festival director at Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival, the largest Asian-American and Pacific Islander film festival on the east coast. Career highlights include co-founding Zipangu Fest -- the UKʼs premier Japanese Film Festival, and creating the Japanese Cinema Studies and Asian-American Studies curriculum at Arcadia University. Rob also teaches at University of Pennsylvania and Fleisher Art Memorial, and is a contributor to the Japanese-American national newspaper Pacific Citizen. Visit paaff.org or pacficcitizen.org to read more about his work.
