Mr Tim Jones

I am a Senior Lecturer on the Film Production and Media Production undergraduate degrees, specialising in practical filmmaking, live studio television production and cinematography. The focus of my work is mainly with year one students, helping them to develop their creative skills, technical understanding and confidence using industry standard film and television production equipment. I also lead on the teaching of cinematography in years two and three. I have a particular interest in ‘flipped classroom’ approaches and have developed a large number of short training videos for my students.I am an award-winning documentary filmmaker with research interests in amateur cinema.

I started teaching Film Production at both Kent University and Canterbury Christ Church University in 1996 before becoming a full-time lecturer at Christ Church in 2000. I was the Programme Director for the MA in Film Production for seven years starting in 2002. I have taught across a range of practical areas including animation, live studio television, cinematography and film production.I have been nominated for the Christ Church Recognition Award for Outstanding Contribution to Student Experience and Wellbeing and was awarded a Faculty Learning and Teaching Innovation Award for my work using ‘flipped classroom’ approaches.

My research is focused upon amateur filmmaking in the Canterbury area between the 1920s and 1960s. I have carried out a major research project to collect, digitise, archive and evaluate historical amateur film made in the Canterbury region. This has led to the discovery of a large number of films, several of which are of national or international significance. These include scenes of T.S. Eliot at the first performance of Murder in the Cathedral and unique film of Count Zborowski, the inspiration behind Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. This research has also led to the discovery of early amateur films that provide a unique record of Canterbury before the Second World War and show the early development of amateur filmmaking. I have given screenings locally and formed close links with Screen Archive South East. Recent research has focussed upon how archive amateur film can be used to explore veteran behaviour at battlefield pilgrimages. Currently I am examining the representation of aviation and the RAF in pre-war local amateur film.

I am an award-winning documentary filmmaker.

Founder member of the British Association of Film, Television and Screen Studies - Amateur Cinema Special Interest Group

Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Amateur Cinematographers

Senior Fellow of the HEA