David Hanan is currently an honorary fellow at the Asia Institute, University of Melbourne. After teaching literature at Monash and Melbourne Universities, and taking a Post-graduate Diploma in Film Studies at University College London, Dr. Hanan established Film Studies courses in the Dept of Visual Arts at Monash.
Mr Hanan set up links between the Indonesian film world and Australian film festivals and filmmakers during his seven year term as honorary company secretary of the Melbourne International Film Festival and was the editor of Film in South East Asia: Views from the Region (Hanoi: SEAPAVAA and the Vietnam Film Institute, 2001).
During his time at Monash Mr Hanan taught film form, film history, documentary film, film theory, Asian cinema and European cinema, and in 2000 introduced a unit in video and DVD production. In addition to teaching, PhD student supervision and research; he has been involved in over a dozen Indonesian Film subtitle translations and initiated several film preservation projects.
In 2017, he published his book, "Cultural Specificity in Indonesian Film: Diversity in Unity".
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