Damien Pollard

Damien Pollard is an academic at Northumbria University, specializing in film studies with a focus on Italian cinema, horror cinema, film sound, and popular African cinema. His research explores the intersection of film sound with industrial production and textual analysis, emphasizing how sound shapes films' engagement with historical and social contexts. He holds a PhD in Film and Television Studies (2021) and has transitioned from a career as a non-fiction filmmaker in healthcare to academia. His teaching spans film history, theory, and practice.

Key publications include the forthcoming monograph *Sounding Out the Giallo* and the co-edited volume *Film Exhibition: The Italian Context* (2024). His work has appeared in journals like *Screen*, *Discourse*, and *Journal of Italian Cinema & Media Studies*. Pollard has presented invited lectures on topics such as voice ideologies in Giallo cinema and the political history of sound in Italian cinema.

His professional activities include hosting academic visitors and delivering talks on film sound, voice, and Italian cinema. While no formal awards or grants are listed, his research demonstrates a strong focus on interdisciplinary connections between sound, culture, and history.