His primary area of study is Canadian Cinema and his other interests include Bollywood cinema, historical fiction films, and popular music studies. Essays on various subjects have appeared in the International Journal of Cultural Studies, Film History, Cinema Journal, and the collection Affiliations: Identity in Academic Culture. As a journalist, he has written about books and media culture for The Toronto Star and The Globe and Mail in Canada, and covered popular music for Time Out Chicago. Noel S. Baker was born in Palo Alto, California, grew up in Vancouver, and now lives and works in Toronto. His Hard Core Logo screenplay won him many accolades, including a Genie nomination, Best Canadian Screenplay at the Vancouver Film Festival, and Best Screenplay in Take One magazine's Annual Toronto Film Critics' Poll.