Dr Andy Willis

Reader in Film Studies

Office Times

Tuesday 1.00pm -3.00pm

Wednesday 12.30pm-2.00pm

Biography

Andy Willis has over twenty-five years experience teaching film and media studies in higher, further and adult education. As well as publishing on a range of film related topics, he has been involved in curating and programming a number of film seasons and related events focusing on Spanish, Hong Kong and other Asian cinemas.

He is a founder member of the Chinese Film Forum UK (www.cffuk.org) and a member of the board of trustees of Cornerhouse (www.cornerhouse.org)

Teaching

Current Teaching:

Level 4: ‘Film Form, Film Meaning’

Level 5: ‘Cinema Asia’, ‘Genre and Beyond’

Level 6: ‘British Television Drama: texts and contexts’, ‘Film Distribution and Exhibition’, ‘Dissertation’

Research Interests

Contemporary Hong Kong Cinema

Spanish Popular Cinemas

Film Distribution and Exhibition

Politics and British Television Drama

Qualifications and Memberships

BA (Hons) Film and Drama (Bulmershe College , Reading)

MA Cultural Studies (Thames Valley University)

PhD Film Studies (University of Nottingham)

Publications

The Lost World of Cliff Twemlow: the king of Manchester exploitation movies (2009) with CP Lee, Hot ‘Un Press.

The Cinema of Alex de la Iglesia (2007) with Peter Buse and

Nuria Triana Toribio, Manchester University Press.

Alternatives to Hollywood (2005) with Sarah Perks and Isabelle Vanderschelden , Auteur/Columbia University Press

Film Stars: Hollywood and beyond (2004) Editor, Manchester University Press.

Spanish Popular Cinema (2004) Co-editor with Antonio Lazaro-Reboll, Manchester University Press

Defining Cult Movies: the cultural politics of oppositional taste (2003) Co-editor with Mark Jancovich, Antonio Lazaro-Reboll and Julian Stringer, Manchester University Press.