Personal profile
Experience
I'm a lecturer in Cinema and Film at the University of South Wales, teaching a variety of subjects from film analysis to first-person filmmaking.
Teaching interests
I am currently Module Leader for:
FV1S37 Film Language
FV2S44 Film Conference
FV2S52 Documentary Film History and Theory
FV3S20 First Person Filmmaking
FV3S22 Advanced Theory: Dissertation
FV3D16 Cinema Dissertation
Research interests
My research interests include autobiographical/first-person filmmaking (in fictional, documentary, experimental and animated forms) and cinematic hybridity (documentary/fiction, live action/animation, intermediality/transmedia) and the changing status of cinema in the digital age.
Education/Academic qualification
Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching
Award Date: 31 Jul 2009
PhD in French Studies (AHRC-funded), Narrative Identities in Contemporary French Autobiographical Literature and Film’ , University of Manchester
Award Date: 31 Oct 2008
MA (AHRC-funded) in Modern Languages and Cultures, University of Manchester
Award Date: 1 Oct 2004
BA (Joint Hons) in Spanish and French, University of Manchester
Award Date: 31 Jul 2001
Certificate in European Media Studies (ERASMUS-funded), Universitat de Barcelona
Award Date: 30 Jun 2000
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Research output
- 3 Chapter
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Narrativity vs network: competing models of identity in the autobiographical film Shock Of The Muse
Russell, D., 16 Jan 2023, Storying The Self: Performance and Communities. Adamson, R. & Moriarty, J. (eds.). Bristol: IntellectResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Narrative, Space and Autobiographical Film in the Digital Age: An Analysis of The Beaches of Agnès (2008)
Russell, D., Jun 2018, Spatial Modernities: Georgraphy, Narrative, Imaginaries. Riquet, J. & Kollmann, E. (eds.). 1st ed. London: Routledge, p. 208-224 16 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Pasolini, Fassbinder and Autobiography
Russell, D., 1 Jan 2010, Pasolini and Fassbinder: the European Legacy between Utopia and Nihilism. p. 49-64Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review