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Professor Alison Peirse is a Professor of Film Studies at the School of Media and Communication, University of Leeds. Her research focuses on horror film with a particular emphasis on women's contributions to the genre, feminist film historiographies, and videographic criticism. She serves as Deputy Director of Research and Innovation at her school.
Her educational background includes a PhD in Cultural Research from the University of Lancaster, a PG Cert in Academic Practice and Learning from the University of Northumbria, an MA in Visual Culture (Distinction) from the University of Lancaster, and a BA (Hons) Media and Popular Culture (First Class) from Leeds Metropolitan University.
Professor Peirse's research explores what the horror genre reveals about gender, examining women as makers of horror rather than objects of terror, and investigating how horror film histories exclude women's creative contributions. Her work sits at the intersection of production studies and feminist film historiographies, and she expresses her research through written essays, festival programming, and videographic criticism. She has examined traditional and practice-led research degrees internationally across North America, Europe and Australia.
Her publications demonstrate a consistent focus on feminist perspectives in horror cinema, examining both historical contexts and contemporary developments across global film industries. Her work has significantly contributed to transforming how we think about women filmmakers within the horror genre.
- BAFTSS Best Edited Collection for Women Make Horror (2021)
- British Fantasy Award in Best Non-Fiction (2021)
- Bram Stoker Award Finalist for Superior Achievement in Non-Fiction (2020)
- Rondo Halton Classic Horror Awards Runner-Up for Book of the Year (2020)
- Best Documentary Short at the Wench Film Festival for Knit One, Stab Two
- Screenwriting Research Network's Outstanding Journal Article of the Year
Professor Peirse contributes her expertise to major media outlets including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, BBC Radio 4 Women's Hour, and the Guardian. She collaborates with international genre film festivals such as /slash Filmfestival (Austria), Offscreen (Brussels), and Etheria (USA). As a fiction writer, she has worked with Penguin Random House, the Royal Court Theatre, and Channel 4. Her AHRC Research, Development and Engagement Fellowship (2022-2024) supported significant projects including 'Her Chainsaw Heart: A Feminist History of Horror Cinema' and 'Doing Women's (Global) (Horror) Film History.'
