Deac Rossell began as a film critic in Boston, and then worked at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; the Directors Guild of America, Los Angeles; the National Film Theatre, London; and Goldsmiths College, University of London. He has written frequently for encyclopaedias, exhibition catalogues, and academic journals, and is the author of Living Pictures. The Origins of the Movies; Faszination der Bewegung: Ottomar Anschütz zwischen Photographie und Kino; and Laterna Magica - Magic Lantern. A History - Eine Geschichte.