Celine Parrenas Shimizu

Celine Parreñas Shimizu (born December 28, 1969) is a Philippine-born American filmmaker and film scholar. She is well known for her work on race, sexuality and representations. She is currently Dean of the Arts Division at the University of California at Santa Cruz. On March 6th 2025 it was announced that she will become the next dean of the School of Theater, Film, and Television (TFT) at UCLA and that she will step down from her position at UC Santa Cruz in June 2025.