Alberto Elena teaches film history at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. The editor of Secuencias, Revista de Historia del Cine, he has organised various film retrospectives and participated as a member of the jury at different international film festivals. In addition to his contributions to numerous periodicals, his publications include The Cinema of Abbas Kiarostami, Cine e Islam, Satyajit Ray, Ciencia, cine e historia: de Méliès a 2001 and The Cinema of Latin America.