Dr Neil Fox
Associate Professor of Film Practice and Pedagogy
Since arriving at Falmouth University in April 2013 I have fallen in love with Cornwall and found a new lease of creative, academic and teaching life. I became Associate Professor of Film Practice and Pedagogy in April 2021.
My main professorial responsibility is leading the Sound/Image Cinema Lab. The Lab is a multifaceted partner, funder, resource and research centre dedicated to the production and education of independent cinema. In 2020 the Lab won an innovative pedagogy award at the University Industry Innovation Network where I was recognised as a trailblazer. The Lab has been involved in feature films including Bait (dir. Mark Jenkin, 2018) and Make Up (dir. Clare Oakley, 2019).
In 2016 I wrote and produced my first my first feature film 'Wilderness' (http://www.baracoapictures.com/). 'Wilderness' was funded by The School of Film & Television and was created as part of an innovative micro-budget filmmaking model I have developed. This film project has brought together my practice as a screenwriter and producer and my research interest in film education. I delivered a paper on the project at the 2017 MECCSA/BAFTSS Media Practice Symposium at Bath Spa University and published a journal article in Media Practice and Education in 2018. In 2017 the film toured festivals playing 16 events such as Cinequest Film & VR Festival, Cambridge Film Festival and Oaxaca Film Festival, winning 11 awards including Best Feature Screenplay at the Chain NYC and Vasteras Film Festivals.
The film was picked up for distribution by Sparky Pictures and released digitally around the world in April 2021.
In January 2018 I wrote and produced a short film, Backwoods, for Film at Falmouth graduate Ryan Mackfall. The project built on ideas and philosophies first developed on 'Wilderness' and had its world premiere at the 2019 H.P. Lovecraft film festival in Portland, Oregon (October, 2019). It won the HP Lovecraft award at Flickers Rhode Island Film Festival, is featured in Kier-La Janisse's lauded documentary Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched (2021) and is included as a special feature on that film's blu-ray release.
I am the co-founder and host of the acclaimed film podcast The Cinematologists (http://www.cinematologists.com/) in partnership with Dr. Dario Llinares at the University of Brighton. Mark Kermode says "for intelligent, informed cinema debate, The Cinematologists are hard to beat" and Sight & Sound call it "consistently one of the finest film podcasts around.
The podcast is the official partner podcast of the BFI for their National film seasons. In 2016 we produced a special episode of the podcast titled Knowing Sounds for a special 'disruptive' edition of the Journal of Media Practice. I am the co-editor of Podcasting: New Aural Cultures and Digital Media, published in 2018 by Palgrave Macmillan.
I have written and produced award winning short films including It's Natural To Be Afraid, curated and directed the Filmstock and Joe Strummer film festivals among others and write for sites and publications including The Quietus, Beneficial Shock, Clash magazine, The Big Picture and Directors Notes. I have published academic writing on the Beastie Boys, Manchester in the Movies, Podcasting and music documentaries. I completed a professional doctorate awarded by University of Bedfordshire in the field of film education in 2015 and in 2016 become a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
I am an external examiner of postgraduate film courses at University of Salford and University of Hertfordshire
I am a contributing editor of the journal MAI: Feminism and Visual Culture (https://maifeminism.com/journal/) and have published long-form interviews with filmmakers Hope Dickson Leach and Lynn Shelton.
External Links
Qualifications
Qualifications
Year | Qualification | Awarding body |
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2016 | FHEA | HEA |
2015 | PGCHE | Falmouth University |
2014 | Professional Doctorate | University of Bedfordshire |
2000 | BA Film & English and Literary Studes | Middlesex University |
Honors and awards
Year | Description |
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2017 | Industry Collaboration Award |
2017 | Best Feature Screenplay / Chain NYC Film Festival, for 'Wilderness' |
2017 | Best Feature Screenplay / Vasteras Film Festival, for 'Wilderness' |
2016 | Innovative Teaching Award (nominated) |
2015 | Innovative Teaching Award |
Membership of external committees
MECCSAResearch Interests
Research interests and expertise
My research interests include film education - predominantly the teaching of film within universities, the process of screenwriting, podcasting, music documentaries and concert films.
Research Topics
- film education
- Music
- podcasting
- rock documentary
- Screenwriting
Research Outputs
Publications and research outputs
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Fox, Neil
(2022), Podcasting as a Contemporary Curation Practice: A Conversation with Projections’ Mary Wild and Sarah Cleaver., In: Podcast Studies: practice in theory/theory into practice, Wilfrid Laurier University Press, Print Publication, ISBN: TBC, Item availability may be restricted. -
Fox, Neil
(2018), Interview with Richard Herring, In: Podcasting: New Aural Cultures and Digital Media, Palgrave Macmillan, https://www.palgrave.com/gb/book/9783319900551, pp. 299-308, ISBN: 978-3-319-90055-1 -
Barrios-O'Neill, Danielle
(2018), Wild Listening: Ecology of a Science Podcast, In: Podcasting: New Aural Cultures and Digital Media, Palgrave Macmillan, London, UK, pp. 147-172, ISBN: 978-3-319-90056-8 -
Fox, Neil
(2015), We Made This Together: how Awesome; I Fuckin' Shot That! Foresaw Changes in the Live Concert Experience brought about by Social Media and Digital Technology., In: The Arena Concert: Music, Media and Mass Entertainment, Bloomsbury, London, pp. 207-218, ISBN: 978-1-6289-2555-5, Item availability may be restricted. -
Fox, Neil
(2014), On Location: Manchester, In: Directory of World Cinema: Britain 2, Intellect, Bristol, pp. 32-39, ISBN: 978-1-78320-397-0, Item availability may be restricted.
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Fox, Neil
(2022), Without the filmmaking there is no research: establishing the Sound/Image Cinema Lab via a REF2021 impact case study and exploring the impact of its engagement with UK film production, In: Media Practice and Education, Taylor and Francis, Abington-on-Thames, UK, 23 (2), ISSN: 2574-1144, Item availability may be restricted. -
Fox, Neil
(2021), Intimate Conversations in Cinema's "Elsewhere", In: Notebook, MUBI, Print Publication, Issue 1 (1), pp. 92-99, ISSN: 2769-7681 -
Fox, Neil
(2021), No Image: A King Rocker Conversation with Stewart Lee, Michael Cumming And Robert Lloyd, In: The Quietus, Independent, Online, ISSN: N/A -
Fox, Neil
(2020), Reel Sounds – Vol. 3: IDLES, Toy Pianos And More At Doc'n Roll 2020, In: The Quietus, Independent, https://thequietus.com/articles/29191-film-doc-n-roll-2020-preview, ISSN: NA -
Fox, Neil
(2020), “How’s 1988 Sounding?”: The Myths And Legendary Tapes Of Delia Derbyshire, In: The Quietus, Independent, https://thequietus.com/articles/29127-film-delia-derbyshire-the-myths-and-the-legendary-tapes, ISSN: NA -
Fox, Neil
(2020), Once Upon A Dream, In: Beneficial Shock, Independent, Print, NA (5), pp. 50-55, ISSN: 2399-5173 -
Fox, Neil
(2020), Southern Journey, Revisited: An Interview With Rob Curry And Tim Plester, In: The Quietus, Independent, https://thequietus.com/articles/28980-film-southern-journey-revisited-rob-curry-tim-plester-interview, ISSN: NA -
Fox, Neil
(2020), Film production and the intersection of technology, education and culture in a post-COVID-19 climate // A Conversation between Dr Neil Fox (Falmouth University) and Freya Billington (UWE), In: Digital Culture & Education, Independent, Online, ISSN: 1836-8301 -
Fox, Neil
(2020), “You Talkin’ To Me?” - Returning to Conversation,, In: Doing Arts Research In A Pandemic, The Culture Capital Exchange, https://www.theculturecapitalexchange.co.uk/2020/06/02/doing-arts-research-in-a-pandemic-2/, ISSN: NA -
Fox, Neil
(2020), Self-Isolation Soundtrack: The Music of If Beale Street Could Talk, In: The Big Picture, Intellect, Online, ISSN: NA -
Fox, Neil
(2020), You Are Bognor Regis RAR: White Riot And The Anti-Fascist Labour Of Rock Against Racism, In: The Quietus, Independent, Online, ISSN: NA -
Fox, Neil
(2020), In The Driver's Seat: The Demented Fun of ByNWR, In: The Quietus, Independent, https://thequietus.com/articles/27833-by-nwr-deep-dive, ISSN: NA -
Fox, Neil
(2020), Nicolas Winding Refn on Night Tide and the importance of extreme cinema, In: Little White Lies, TCO, https://lwlies.com/interviews/nicolas-winding-refn-night-tide-bynwr-blu-ray/, ISSN: NA -
Fox, Neil
(2019), Reel Sounds - Vol.2: Crosby, Cuba and More in Focus at Doc'n Roll 2019, In: The Quietus, Independent, Online, ISSN: NA -
Fox, Neil
(2019), Double Feature: Speed (1994) and Paterson (2016), In: The Big Picture, Intellect, United Kingdom, ISSN: NA -
Fox, Neil
(2019), The World Leaks In - Upstairs Planet: Cleaners From Venus & The Universe of Martin Newell, In: The Quietus, Independent, Online, ISSN: NA -
Fox, Neil
(2019), 4 Years Ahead Of His Time: Stewart Lee & Michael Cumming On The Nightingales, In: The Quietus, Independent, Online, ISSN: NA -
Fox, Neil
(2019), MAI In Conversation with Lynn Shelton, In: MAI: Feminism and Visual Culture, Independent, https://maifeminism.com/in-conversation-with-lynn-shelton/, 3 (3), ISSN: 2003-1673 -
Fox, Neil
(2019), Seeing Is Disbelieving: The Amazing Grace of Aretha Franklin, In: The Quietus, Independent, Online, ISSN: NA -
Fox, Neil
(2019), Nothing Is Trite: PJ Harvey in A Dog Called Money, In: The Quietus, Independent, Online, NA (NA), ISSN: NA -
Fox, Neil
(2019), The King of Philadelphia: Teddy Pendergrass on Film, In: The Quietus, Independent, Online, NA (NA), ISSN: NA -
Fox, Neil
(2018), "We Were Not The Part": Pondering the Importance of The Go-Betweens, In: Directors Notes, Independent, Online, ISSN: NA -
Fox, Neil
(2018), Reel Sounds: Anne Clark, Mary Lane, Welsh Pop & More at Doc 'N Roll Fest, In: The Quietus, Independent, Online, ISSN: NA -
Fox, Neil
(2018), “Stupid Things Are Best”: Conny Plank – The Potential of Noise, In: The Quietus, Independent, http://thequietus.com/articles/25081-conny-plank-the-potential-of-noise-reo-caduff-stephan-plank-review, ISSN: N/A -
Fox, Neil
(2018), Energy Flash: Jake Meginsky On Milford Graves, In: The Quietus, Independent, http://thequietus.com/articles/25007-milford-graves-full-mantis-jake-meginsky-interview, ISSN: N/A -
Fox, Neil
(2018), ‘Filmmaking is a hard thing to do’: reflections on student and lecturer experience of Falmouth University’s filmmaker in residence initiative, In: Media Practice and Education, Taylor and Francis, https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rjmp20, 19 (2), pp. 205-221, ISSN: 2574-1144 -
Fox, Neil
(2018), “Now you need to load the dishwasher” – How Christine Franz Captured the Electric Rise of Sleaford Mods, In: Directors Notes, Independent, https://directorsnotes.com/2018/06/26/christine-franz-bunch-of-kunst/ -
Fox, Neil
(2018), Screengem: The Dude’s Ralphs card in The Big Lebowski, In: The Big Picture, Intellect, http://thebigpicturemagazine.com/screengem-the-dudes-ralphs-card-in-the-big-lebowski/, ISSN: N/A -
Fox, Neil
(2018), Together Alone, In: Beneficial Shock, Independent, Print Magazine, 1 (3), pp. 67-72, ISSN: 2399-5173 -
Fox, Neil
(2018), Why Sofia Coppola’s misunderstood drama is ripe for reappraisal, In: The Big Picture, Intellect, http://thebigpicturemagazine.com/why-sofia-coppolas-misunderstood-drama-is-ripe-for-reappraisal/, ISSN: N/A -
Fox, Neil and Llinares, Dario
(2018), Cinematologists: Knowing Sounds, In: Media Practice and Education, Informa UK Limited, London, 19 (1), pp. 48-51, ISSN: 2574-1144 -
Fox, Neil
(2018), An Interview With Caroline Richards, In: Directors Notes, Online, https://directorsnotes.com/2018/04/27/caroline-richards-the-parkinsons-a-long-way-to-nowhere/, ISSN: N/A -
Fox, Neil
(2018), MAI in conversation with Hope Dickson Leach, In: MAI: Feminism and Visual Culture, Independent, http://maifeminism.com/mai-in-conversation-with-hope-dickson-leach/, 1 (1), ISSN: 20031671 -
Fox, Neil
(2018), Final Cut: Here To Be Heard Puts The Slits On Film, In: The Quietus, Online, http://thequietus.com/articles/24261-here-to-be-heard-the-story-of-the-slits-william-e-badgeley, ISSN: N/A -
Fox, Neil
(2017), Explore life in the South London community which gave birth to the Maccabees' sound in Elephant Days, In: Directors Notes, Online, https://directorsnotes.com/2017/11/14/james-caddick-james-cronin-elephant-days/, ISSN: N/A -
Fox, Neil
(2017), Harsh My Buzz: The Colossus Of Destiny: A Melvins Tale Reviewed, In: The Quietus, Online, http://thequietus.com/articles/22066-melvins-film-review, ISSN: N/A -
Fox, Neil
(2017), Spaghetti Cinema, University of Bedfordshire, Luton, UK, 9-10 May 2014., In: Journal of Italian Cinema & Media Studies, Intellect, Bristol, UK, 5 (2), pp. 267-271, ISSN: 2047-7368 -
Fox, Neil and Llinares, Dario
(2016), Knowing Sounds: Podcasting As Academic Practice, In: Journal Of Media Practice, Taylor and Francis, http://journal.disruptivemedia.org.uk/, ISSN: 2040-0926 -
Fox, Neil
(2016), Black Stars: Belafonte, Poitier and a Long Overdue Celebration of Black Cinema, In: Directors Notes, Website, http://directorsnotes.com/2016/10/24/bfi-black-star/, ISSN: N/A -
Fox, Neil
(2016), Four Frames: Best In Show (Christopher Guest, 2000), In: The Big Picture, Intellect, http://thebigpicturemagazine.com/four-frames-best-in-show-christopher-guest-2000/, ISSN: N/A -
Fox, Neil
(2016), Death Foretold is Not Death, In: Directors Notes, Website, http://directorsnotes.com/2016/07/15/death-foretold-not-death/, ISSN: N/A, Item availability may be restricted. -
Fox, Neil
(2016), Lost Classic: Black Orpheus (Marcel Camus, 1959), In: The Big Picture, Intellect, http://thebigpicturemagazine.com/lost-classic-black-orpheus-marcel-camus-1959/, ISSN: N/A -
Fox, Neil
(2016), Landscape, Metaphors and Self-Distribution: The Tale of Brett & Simon Harvey’s ‘Brown Willy’, In: Directors Notes, Website, http://directorsnotes.com/2016/04/27/brett-simon-harvey-brown-willy/, ISSN: N/A -
Fox, Neil
(2016), Screengem: General Mireau’s Sofa in Paths of Glory (Stanley Kubrick, 1957), In: The Big Picture, Intellect, http://thebigpicturemagazine.com/screengem-general-mireaus-sofa-in-paths-of-glory-stanley-kubrick-1957/, ISSN: N/A -
Fox, Neil
(2015), Head Music: Stop Making Sense Reassessed, In: The Quietus, Online, http://thequietus.com/articles/19381-stop-making-sense-article, ISSN: N/A -
Fox, Neil
(2015), Four Frames: The Immigrant (James Gray, 2014), In: The Big Picture, Intellect, http://thebigpicturemagazine.com/four-frames-the-immigrant-james-gray-2014/, ISSN: N/A -
Fox, Neil
(2015), #Noirvember: The Theming of Cinema & the End of Criticism, In: Directors Notes, Website, http://directorsnotes.com/2015/10/01/noirvember-the-theming-of-cinema-the-end-of-criticism/, ISSN: N/A -
Fox, Neil
(2015), Coffee & Celluloid: In Conversation with Bronco’s House Director Mark Jenkin, In: Directors Notes, Website, http://directorsnotes.com/2015/09/28/mark-jenkin-broncos-house/, ISSN: N/A -
Fox, Neil
(2015), Lost Classic: A Serious Man (Joel & Ethan Coen, 2009), In: The Big Picture, Intellect, http://thebigpicturemagazine.com/lost-classic-a-serious-man-joel-ethan-coen-2009/, ISSN: N/A -
Fox, Neil
(2015), “I’m a Proponent of Change”: Penelope Spheeris and The Decline Of Western Civilization, In: Directors Notes, Website, http://directorsnotes.com/2015/09/01/penelope-spheeris-the-decline-of-western-civilization/, ISSN: N/A -
Fox, Neil
(2015), A Mirror To Nature: Genius, Disaster and the Legacies of Orson Welles, In: Directors Notes, Website, http://directorsnotes.com/2015/08/21/a-mirror-to-nature-orson-welles/, ISSN: N/A -
Fox, Neil
(2015), Listen Up Philistines: Alex Ross Perry Interviewed, In: The Quietus, Website, http://thequietus.com/articles/18450-listen-up-philip-interview, ISSN: N/A -
Fox, Neil
(2015), Lost Classic: Prince Avalanche (David Gordon Green, 2013), In: The Big Picture, Intellect, http://thebigpicturemagazine.com/lost-classic-prince-avalanche-david-gordon-green-2013/, ISSN: N/A -
Fox, Neil
(2015), Screengem: Telephones in Rififi (Jules Dassin, 1955), In: The Big Picture, Intellect, http://thebigpicturemagazine.com/screengem-telephones-in-rififi-jules-dassin-1955/, ISSN: N/A -
Fox, Neil
(2015), Four Frames: There Will Be Blood (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2007), In: The Big Picture, Intellect, http://thebigpicturemagazine.com/four-frames-there-will-be-blood/, ISSN: N/A -
Fox, Neil
(2015), Sex and Paranoia – Movies, Satire and the brinks of War, In: The Big Picture, Intellect, http://thebigpicturemagazine.com/spotlight-sex-and-paranoia-movies-satire-and-the-brinks-of-war/, ISSN: N/A -
Fox, Neil
(2014), Four Frames: The Royal Tenenbaums (Wes Anderson, 2001), In: The Big Picture, Intellect, http://thebigpicturemagazine.com/four-frames-the-royal-tenenbaums-wes-anderson-2001/, ISSN: N/A -
Fox, Neil
(2014), Juxebox Jarmusch: Jim at the Intersection of Music and Cinema, In: Directors Notes, Website, http://directorsnotes.com/2014/10/08/jukebox-jarmusch/, ISSN: N/A -
Fox, Neil
(2014), New Joys: The Wonder Of Kelly Reichardt, In: Directors Notes, Website, http://directorsnotes.com/2014/08/26/the-wonder-of-kelly-reichardt/, ISSN: N/A -
Fox, Neil
(2014), Richard Lester Discusses A Hard Day's Night, In: Clash Magazine, Online, http://www.clashmusic.com/film/richard-lester-discusses-a-hard-days-night, ISSN: N/A -
Fox, Neil
(2014), “There’s an Event Going on in There” – For No Good Reason: A Documentary About Ralph Steadman, In: Directors Notes, Directors Notes, http://directorsnotes.com/2014/05/27/for-no-good-reason-ralph-steadman/, ISSN: N/A -
Fox, Neil
(2014), We merely get in their way: The fierce chemistry of Herzog and Kinski, In: The Big Picture, Intellect, http://thebigpicturemagazine.com/thousand-words-we-merely-get-in-their-way-the-fierce-chemistry-of-herzog-and-kinski/, ISSN: N/A -
Fox, Neil
(2013), On Location: Macclesfield in Control (Anton Corbijn, 2007), In: The Big Picture, Intellect, http://thebigpicturemagazine.com/on-location-macclesfield-in-control-anton-corbijn-2007/, ISSN: N/A -
Fox, Neil
(2013), Four Frames: Tragic spectacle in Rust and Bone (Jacques Audiard, 2012), In: The Big Picture, Intellect, http://thebigpicturemagazine.com/tragic-spectacle-in-rust-and-bone-jacques-audiard-2012/, ISSN: N/A
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Fox, Neil
(2020), Developing a Commercial Film Production Ecosystem in Academia with Pedagogy at Its Heart, In: UIIN: Boundary Spanning Champions Online Forum, 2-3 December, 2020, Online Symposium -
Fox, Neil
(2019), Collection-making: Podcasting as a contemporary curation practice., In: MeCCSA 2020, 8-10 January 2020, University of Brighton -
Fox, Neil
Annesley, Angela and Marshall, Kingsley, (2019), Making Strange: Adapting H. P. Lovecraft for the Screen, In: Folk Horror In The 21st Century, 4-6 September, 2019, Falmouth University -
Fox, Neil
(2019), Rethinking film education: What can we learn from filmmakers?, In: Film-Philosophy, 9-11 July, 2019, Film-Philosophy, University of Brighton, July 7-9 2019 -
Fox, Neil
(2017), ‘Where Next? Envisioning a Layered and Cohesive Future for Academic/Industry Media Projects, In: Journal of Media Practice and MeCCSA Practice Network Annual Symposium: ‘Practice and/as media industry research’, June 8 2017, Bath Spa University -
Fox, Neil
(2016), It is where you’re from: Re-negotiating the role of place in Hip Hop through documentary, In: International Hip Hop Studies Conference, 23-25 June, 2016, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK, Item availability may be restricted. -
Fox, Neil
(2015), Paths to the Pantheon: Using the Education of Successful Filmmakers to Shape Film Education, In: MECCSA 2016, 6-8 January, 2016, Canterbury Christchurch University, Kent, UK, Item availability may be restricted. -
Fox, Neil
(2015), Classrooms without teachers and film without borders: proactively responding to digital disruption in film education, In: Media Education Summit, 20-21 November, 2015, Emerson College, Boston, USA, Item availability may be restricted. -
Fox, Neil
(2015), We Made This Together: How Awesome; I Fuckin’ Shot That! Foresaw changes in the live concert experience brought about by digital technology and social media, In: Popular Music and the Public Sphere, April 10, 2016, University of Chester, Chester, UK, Item availability may be restricted.
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Marshall, Kingsley
Fox, Neil, (2019), Backwoods (Dir. Ryan Mackfall, 2019) - Short Film, Item availability may be restricted. -
Fox, Neil
(2017), 'Wilderness'
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Fox, Neil
(2018), Podcasting: New Aural Cultures and Digital Media, Palgrave Macmillan, https://www.palgrave.com/gb/book/9783319900551, ISBN: 978-3-319-90055-1, Item availability may be restricted.
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Fox, Neil
(2016), “Would you ask The Beatles that?” How Bob Dylan and The Beatles shaped perceptions of the music press [blog post], In: Transformation and Tradition in Sixties British Cinema, An Arts and Humanities Research Council-funded project based at the universities of York and East Anglia, https://60sbritishcinema.wordpress.com/2016/01/04/would-you-ask-the-beatles-that-how-bob-dylan-and-the-beatles-shaped-perceptions-of-the-music-press/, ISSN: N/A
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Fox, Neil
Llinares, Dario and Marshall, Kingsley, (2015), The Cinematologists, Item availability may be restricted.
Events
Film at Falmouth Spring Lecture Series
Events
Film at Falmouth Autumn Lecture Series
Events
School of Film & Television Spring Lecture Series
Events
School of Film & Television Spring Lecture Series
Events
School of Film & Television Autumn Lecture Series
Events
Pixelate Film Festival - annual School of Film & Television showcase
Events
School of Film & Television Spring Lecture Series
Events
School of Film & Television Autumn Guest Lecture Series
Teaching
Areas of teaching
- dissertation
- film industry
- film production
- Film Theory
- Screenwriting
Courses taught
- BA(Hons) Film
- MA Film & Television
Professional Engagement
Independent professional practice
Baracoa Pictures - www.baracoapictures.com
Social, community and cultural engagement
The Cinematologists Podcast - http://www.cinematologists.com/