Tom Hemingway

Tom Hemingway is a Teaching Fellow in Film and Television Studies at the University of Warwick's Faculty of Arts, where he completed all his degrees. He convenes core undergraduate modules including Film and Television Studies: Essential Skills and The Business of Film while maintaining active research in contemporary screen media.

Education background:

• BA in Film and Literature (2016), University of Warwick
• MA in Film and Television Studies (2017), University of Warwick
• PhD in Film and Television Studies (2021), University of Warwick

His research centers on the transformative impact of streaming platforms on television comedy, examining narrative structures, authorship, and aesthetic innovations in post-broadcast media. He investigates how social media reshapes film aesthetics, particularly through viral trends analyzing directors like Wes Anderson, while maintaining critical perspectives on gender representation in Hollywood.

Key research pillars include: Streaming Media Ecology, Comedy Form in Digital Contexts, Director Auteurs in Social Media, Narrative Temporality, and Gender Politics in Contemporary Cinema.

Publications from 2017-2024 demonstrate evolving scholarly focus from film history (French New Wave analysis) toward urgent streaming-era questions. His work bridges academic rigor with public discourse through outlets like The Conversation, addressing binge-watching phenomena, platform-specific comedy formats, and the cinematic language of directors like Wes Anderson across both peer-reviewed journals and popular media.