Paul Julian Smith is distinguished professor of comparative literature; Latin American, Iberian, and Latino cultures; and film and media cultures at the Graduate Center at City University of New York. He is the author or editor of more than twenty-five books, including Queer Mexico: Cinema and Television Since 2000 (Wayne State University Press) and Mexican Genders, Mexican Genres: Cinema, Television and Streaming Since 2010. His works have been featured by numerous journals and media outlets, including Film Quarterly, Sight and Sound, Times Higher Education, Times Literary Supplement, and BBC national radio. Smith was elected a Fellow of the British Academy.

