Peter Verstraten is Assistant Professor and chair of Film and Literary Studies at Leiden University. He is the author of among others Film Narratology (978-0802095053), Kernthema's in de filmwetenschap (978?90?4730?069?4) , Celluloid echo's (9789077503089), Screening Cowboys (9789075697438). He co-edited, together with two directors-of-photography Shooting Time: Cinematographers on Cinematography (978-9460830617).