Senior Lecturer
School of Sciences, Psychology, Arts&Humanities, Computing, Engineering & Sports
I am a Senior Lecturer on the Film Production undergraduate degree, specialising in practical film production and theory.
I have worked at Canterbury Christ Church University since 2001 as a sessional member of staff, and since 2003 as a full-time lecturer.
I primarily teach film practice with an emphasis on production, and in particular film editing. I oversee the development of student film projects in year 2 and 3. I also teach cinematography theory, experimental film theory and practice and am route lead for the MA in Filmmaking. I have worked at CCCU since 2002.
My research interests include Film Editing: Theory and Practice (with a particular interest in the Film Essay). The films of Powell and Pressburger, Independent and Exploitation cinema and Film Noir and the Tragic Inheritance
I am an HEA Senior Fellow.
Founder member of Powell Research Group and Powell Archivist at Canterbury Christ Church University.
In production: “You have to Dig to Find out about people as well as roads”. Powell and Pressburger’s A Canterbury Tale. Writer, Director, Editor. [Film Essay]
In production: The Dark Commonwealth. Writer, Director, Editor. [Film Essay]
In Production. Camera/Machine Redux. Leo Marks, Michael Powell and the writing of Peeping Tom. Writer, Director, Editor. [Documentary]
Institute Lumiéré ‘A Canterbury Tale’ [2006] Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
DVD extra ‘A Pilgrims Return’ Co- writer, director and editor with Nick Burton
Criterion Collection ‘A Canterbury Tale’ [2006] Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
DVD extra ‘A Pilgrims Return’ Co- writer, director and editor with Nick Burton
Viewfinder: British Universities Film and Video Council. No 82 March 2011 Review of ‘The Language of Film edited by Marland, Edgar-Hunt and Rawle (2010)
Journal of Screenwriting Vol 4 Issue 1 Review of ‘The Storyboard Artist: A Guide to Freelancing in Film, TV and Advertising’, Giuseppe Cristiano (2012)
Journal of Screenwriting Vol 4 Issue 3 Review of ‘The Black Hole of the Camera. The Films of Andy Warhol, J. J. Murphy (2012)
‘Our eyes see very little and badly – a cine object’ [with Bryan Hawkins. Director/ editor] [Film Essay 2015]
‘Landscape and Vision. Powell and Pressburger's ‘A Canterbury Tale’ 1944 -2014’ [with Bryan Hawkins. Director/ editor] [Film Essay 2014]
‘Postcards from Nowhere’ [Fiction 2008] Writer, Director, Editor
‘Tower of Mirrors’ Director, Nick Burton. [Fiction 2003] Editor
‘A Pilgrims Return’ [Documentary 2001] Co- writer, director and editor with Nick Burton
Knowledge exchange projects and activities:
2001- A Pilgrims Return documentary by Nick Burton and Eddie McMillan
2004 – ‘Locating Powell’ One day conference at CCUC
2004 – Film Festival marking the 60th anniversary of the World-premiere - in Canterbury - of Powell and Pressburger's A Canterbury Tale.
2004 – 2005 - Exhibition - ‘A Canterbury Tale, Michael Powell and the Neo-Romantic Landscape’ Sidney Cooper Gallery, Canterbury
2005 – Symposium Panel at International Powell Festival at Bangor, Wales2006 – A Pilgrims Return released on DVD in North America (Via Criterion)
2006 - A Pilgrims Return released in mainland Europe (Via L'institute Lumiere)
2007 – A Canterbury Tale screened at the Cathedral - I was involved with connecting the BBC to various Powell people for interview etc.
2007 – Inaugural Nick Burton Memorial Lecture with Thelma Schoonmaker Powell
2008 – Eddie McMillan and Bryan Hawkins visit the set of Scorsese film ‘Shutter Island' in Boston USA
2008 - Thelma Schoonmaker-Powell Fellowship lecture at CCCU Dept. Of Media
2009 – Second Nick Burton Memorial Lecture with Professor Ian Christie
2010 – A Sense Sublime – Film and Landscape in Kent. 4 lectures/screenings celebrating Powell/The Archers
2010 – Third Nick Burton Memorial Lecture with Professor Brian Winston
2011 - Commonwealth and Landscape - An exploration of film and traditions of landscape. 4 lectures/screenings celebrating Powell/The Archers
2013 - Landscape and Vision. Powell and Pressburger's A Canterbury Tale 1944 - 2014 Film Essay. Research Seminar/Screening
2016 - Our eyes see very little and very badly...the microscopic as space, place and metaphor in Murnau's Nosferatu. Film Essay
2017 - Camera Machine. Leo Marks, Michael Powell and the writing of Peeping Tom. Film Essay
2024 – Every Age is a Canterbury Pilgrimage: Powell and Pressburger’s A Canterbury Tale 1944 and 2024. A two-day conference and celebration of Powell and Pressburger’s film.