Research Areas : cinema aesthetics, British Cinema, film theory.

Areas of Research Expertise : Andrew has worked as a professional film and television picture editor, writer and director, and he brings this experience of practical creativity to his research interests in cinema aesthetics, philosophy and politics. Andrew works with student filmmakers by providing them with opportunities to think critically about their creative practice across a range of modules in cinema aesthetics, creativity and British cinema.  

Current Research Activities : Andrew is conducting doctoral research at the University of Glasgow, under the supervision of Professor David Martin-Jones. The research concerns the impact of neoliberalism on British cinema aesthetics and considers a variety of cinematic creative responses to socio-economic transformation. The research sits in the scholarly tradition of film philosophy and Andrew contributes regularly to on-line journal Film-Philosophy's activities by presenting academic papers at its conferences and providing peer reviews for submitted articles.

Desired Research Direction : Andrew hopes to successfully complete his PhD (as a part-time student) by 2021 and develop research activity linking cinema aesthetics to political economy. He plans to continue his work with filmmaking students and is interested in further developing effective critical pedagogy for creative practitioners.

Other areas of expertise available for knowledge exchange:Andrew has experience of arts documentary  production and would be interested in creative collaboration in this area.