Dr Gavin Wilson

3 Windsor View, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire HX7 8LE email: gavinwi04@gmail.comEducation:Doctor of Philosophy, Film Studies, Leeds University (York St John University), 2010 – 2014.

Thesis title: ‘Cell/ular Cinema: Individuated Production, Public Sharing and Mobile Phone Film Exhibition.’ Supervisor: Dr Steven Rawle.

Master of Arts, Screen Media Cultures, Leeds Metropolitan University, 2008 – 2010. Dissertation: ‘Let’s Talk About Me: Ethical Dilemmas in the Autobiographical

Documentary.’ Modules: Researching Screen Media Cultures; Screen Media and Society; Audiences

and Lifestyles.Bachelor of Arts (Honours), Graphic Design, Humberside College of Higher Education (Humberside University) 1983 – 1986.

Awarded upper second-class honours (2:1) CNAA. Specialist study area; writing and direction for 16mm Film and Video.

Research Profile: Post-doctoral researcher of independent filmmaking using the cameras within

mobile phones, and their exhibition and distribution in international film festivals. Current research interests: Phenomenological film-philosophy - the body, sensation

and tactility in screen representation; Trans-cultural and inter-cultural moving image aesthetics; Technological mediation in moving images; Italian cinema following the “Anni di piombo”/”Years of Lead” period (late 1960s to early 1980s) to the present.

Currently, pursuing proposals to several academic publishers, for the publication of a monograph/book, expanding upon material related to my PhD thesis.

Publications:Wilson, G. (2013) ‘A Phenomenology of Reciprocal Sensation in the Moving Body Experience of Mobile Phone Films’, Cinema Journal of Philosophy and the Moving Image, Embodiment and the Body, no. 3, pp. 62 - 83.Schleser, M., Wilson, G. and Keep, D. (2013) ‘Small screen and big screen: Mobile film-making in Australasia,’ Ubiquity: The Journal of Pervasive Media, MINA Special Issue, vol. 2 Issue 1-2, pp. 118 – 131.Wilson, G. (2014). 'Film Festivals for Mobile Cinema: Vehicles for Segyehwa in South Korean Moving Image Culture,' JOMEC, Cultural Translation and East Asia: Creativity, Film, Literature and Religion. Issue 6, pp. 1 - 13.Academic Presentations:‘Cell/ular Cinema: The Impossibility of The Long Take in Films for the Mobile Phone Platform’. Adaptations and New Technologies, De Montfort University, Leicester, United Kingdom, January 2011.‘Intercultural Philosophy: A Post-Digital Ethics of Global Visual Media’. (Co-presented with Steve Nash), Film-Philosophy Conference 2011, Liverpool John Moore University, United Kingdom, July 2011.‘The Body as Physical Conduit for Experience in a Phenomenology of Cell Cinema’. MINA Mobile Creativity and Innovation Symposium, Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand, November 2011.‘Mobile Phone Cinema in South Korea: A Case Study of Two Film Festivals’. Asian Cinema Studies Society Conference, University of Hong Kong, March 2012.‘A Phenomenology of Reciprocal Sensation in the Moving Body Experience of Cell Cinema’. 4th NECS Graduate Workshop: Identities In Motion: New Visual Media Strategies, New University of Lisbon and the University of Coimbra, Lisbon, Portugal, June 2012.

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‘Academics and Festivals: On the Flow of Labour, Expertise and Influence Between’. NECS 2012 Conference, Film Festival Research Workgroup Workshop. Time Networks: Screen Media and Memory, New University of Lisbon and the University of Coimbra, Lisbon, Portugal, June 2012.‘Film Festivals for Mobile Cinema: Vehicles for Segyehwa in South Korean Moving Image Culture’. Cultural Translation and East Asia: Film, Literature and Art, Bangor University, United Kingdom, September 2012.‘Film Festivals for Mobile Cinema: Vehicles for Segyehwa in South Korean Moving Image Culture’. 6th World Congress of Korean Studies, Seongnam, South Korea, September 2012.‘Caressing the Screen, Feeling the Moving Image: Mobile Screens and Digit(al) Desire’. Texture in Film Symposium, Centre for Film Studies, University of St Andrews, United Kingdom, March 2013.Research Experience:

Ethnographic, participant observation research of trans-national and trans-cultural film festivals; the study of non-professional modes of film production and exhibition.

Technological mediation in mobile phone camera use for fiction film production. Critical and aesthetic aspects of autobiographical documentary filmmaking.

Teaching Experience:Jan. ’16 – present: Associate Lecturer, University of Central Lancashire. Lecturer in Film

and Media Studies on modules in British Cinema, and Advertising, Media and Consumer Culture. Researching Representation of the North in Contemporary British Cinema.

Oct. ’12 – June 2013: Cinematography Workshops and live projects for 3rd Year BA (Hons.) Film and TV Production; and Religion and Popular Media, 3rd Year BA (Hons.) Theology and Religious Studies, York St John University.

April. ‘04 – Aug ’05: Lecturer/Tutor in Media Studies and Media & Multimedia Development Officer, Calderdale College, Halifax. Leading a team of four, teaching courses up to Bachelor of Arts level.

Sept. ’90 – April ’91: Visiting Lecturer in Film, Photography and Visual Communication, Leicester Polytechnic, B.A. (Hons.) Photography and Video.

Sept. ’89 – June ’90: Visiting Lecturer in Photography, Barnfield College, Luton.Btec. National Diploma in Photography.

Jan. ‘88 – Feb. ’91: Visiting Lecturer in Photography, North Herts. College.Btec. National Diploma and A level in Photography.

Jan. – March 1988: Part-time Photography Tutor, Croydon Adult Ed. Services.Oct. – Dec. 1987: Part-time Photography Tutor, Cassio College of F.E. Watford.Department for Education & Science teacher reference number: 04/08649Teaching Expertise:I can provide research-informed teaching in contemporary film analysis, film production and contemporary film theory. Additionally, I can offer teaching that addresses trans-national and inter-cultural film festivals and the production/distribution of contemporary cinema and moving images at undergraduate and masters levels.Conference Organization:‘What is Meant by What is Meant? Negotiating the Conventions of the Moving Image’, (Co-organiser with Carlos M. Roos and Christopher de Selincourt), 7th NECS Graduate Workshop, Prague, Czech Republic, June 2013.Boards/Memberships:July ’14 – present: The Media, Communications and Cultural Studies Association

(MeCCSA).Jan. ’12 – present: The European Network for Cinema and Media Studies (NECS).

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2012 – 2013: Co-editor (April 2012-2013) (With Dean Keep and Dr Max R. Schleser) of Intellect Journal, Special Issue 'MINA Mobile Creativity and Innovation'.

1995 – 2008: The Guild of British Camera Technicians.

Non-Fiction Writing: “The Post-War Decline of British Cinema: 1945-1976” (1978)“Creativity in Television Advertising” (1986)

Scriptwriting: “One Heavy Word”, Submission to BBC New Directors,15 mins. Super 16. 1995.“Goodbye Dolly, Daddy Goodbye”, Treatment for 30 min film 1989.“Time and Truth”, Feature-length screenplay 1991.“Labrador Eyes”, 11 mins. 16mm. 1986.

Related Employment Experience:19/10/15 – present: Freelance filmmaker for commercial clients, developing projects for

promotional and publicity purposes; personal art practice in stills and moving images.

Aug.’08 – Aug. ‘09: Sector Manager, Corporate and Commercial Production. Screen Yorkshire, Leeds. Developing sector-specific industry development strategies and events to provide targeted knowledge and support.

Aug ’05 – Aug.’08: Freelance 1st A.C./Cameraman. Photographer. Teacher.April. ‘04 – Aug ’05: Media & Multimedia Development Officer and full time teacher of

video production. Calderdale College of F.E. Halifax. 1995 – 2004 Focus Puller, Cameraman and occasionally Director for a wide range

of productions; dramas, commercials, music promos and corporate video productions. Completely familiar with industry practice and camera technologies.Directors of Photography I’ve worked with include Nic Knowland BSC, Ken Westbury BSC, Peter Jackson BSC.

1989 – 1995 Freelance Clapper-Loader and Assistant Cameraman.1987 – 1989 Trainee Clapper-Loader with Lewin & Watson, Bainbridge Robert

Young, The Production Company - commercials production companies - and feature films.

Voluntary Positions:Co-editor, Intellect Journal, Ubiquity: The Journal of Pervasive Media, MINA Special Issue, vol. 2 Issue 1-2.2013, Invited Judge, ‘Cinemasports University Games 2013’ in Tainan, Taiwan: A filmmaking event and competition drawing films from the USA, Taiwan, South Africa, Spain, United Kingdom, Hong Kong and China.2014, Peer Reviewer for Synoptique - Journal of Film and Moving Image Studies, [Online] Concordia University, Montreal.During 2015 I served on the Screening Committee for the 5th MINA International Mobile Creativity and Mobile Innovation Symposium & Screening event, held on 19 November 2015, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia.From August 2015 I began co-supervising a doctoral student at the University of Leiden, whose thesis draws on material of a moving image aesthetic and film-philosophical kind, which I am particularly able to respond to.Referees:Dr Steve Rawle. Senior Lecturer in Film and TV Production, York St John UniversityLord Mayor's Walk, York. YO31 7EX United KingdomTel: +44 (0)1904 876584 email: s.rawle@yorksj.ac.uk

Professor Gary Peters. Chair of Critical and Cultural Theory, York St John UniversityLord Mayor's Walk, York. YO31 7EX United Kingdom

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Tel: +44 (0)1904 876771 email: g.peters@yorksj.ac.uk

Professor Mario A. Minichiello. Professor of Design and Head of Design Discipline.University of Newcastle, University Drive, Callaghan NSW 2308 AustraliaTel: +61 2 4921 5428 email: Mario.Minichiello@newcastle.edu.au

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