Wikanda Promkhuntong is a lecturer in Film and Cultural Studies at the Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia, Mahidol University. Her research engages with East Asian cinema and different forms of border-crossing. Her work often explores the discourses around and practices of screen industry agents from auteur/stars, cinephiles/fans to above/below-the-line workers and the changing conditions that shaped their lives and works over time. Since being based in Thailand, her works also explore film cultures in relation to fan tourism, different forms of cinematic mobilities, and historical film receptions. She completed her PhD in Film Studies at Aberystwyth University.

• Acknowledgements Introduction Part I – East Asian Film Authorship, Transmedia Spaces, and Paratextual Economies 1. Film Festivals, Paratextual Networks, and the Mediated Auteur Lifecycle 2. Remnants from Distribution Channels and (Un)tenable Authorial Positions 3. Textual, Material, and Spatial Participations in Transmedia Auteur Culture Part II – Text, Body, and Performance among East Asian Star-Auteurs 4. Co-creating an Assemblage of Selves through Commissioned Artworks 5. The Auteur in Crisis: Self-confessions and Performative Excess 6. Celebrity Authorship and Multiple Mediated Bodies Conclusion Filmography Bibliography About the author Index