About
Katharine Round is a Lecturer (Teaching) in Ethnographic and Documentary Film at the Department of Anthropology, University College London (UCL). With over two decades of professional experience in creative non-fiction filmmaking, she has worked with prestigious institutions like Netflix, BBC, BFI, Arts Council England, and Creative Europe. Her film practice challenges documentary conventions through formal innovation and hybrid approaches.
- Co-founder of Disobedient Films (2014)
- Co-founder of Doc Heads (2009)
- Studio Lead on UCL's MA Ethnographic and Documentary Film
- Developer of the DocFiction pathway (launched 2022)
Her research focuses on:
- Experimental documentary forms
- Boundary-pushing ethnographic film
- Climate change communication through Climate Symphony project
- Hybrid reality-fiction narratives in Ghost Town project
- Memory and trauma representation
- Interdisciplinary approaches to film
Selected scientific awards:
- UCL-Tohoku Strategic Partnership Award for post-tsunami research
Professional activities include presentations at:
- Holy Motors conference (2025)
- The Researcher in the Room event (2025)
- Taxi to the Other Side conference (2025)
Research fields
Documentary FilmEthnographic FilmExperimental CinemaHybrid Fiction-NonfictionFilm EthnographyTrauma StudiesClimate Change CommunicationFormal Innovation in Visual MediaMemory and Myth in Contemporary SocietyGender Equality in Film ProductionReduced Inequalities through Creative PracticeQuality Education in Documentary Filmmaking
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