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Dr. Daniel Mann is a Lecturer in Film Studies at King's College London's Faculty of Arts & Humanities. His work bridges film studies with colonialism, armed conflict, and climate emergency, focusing on media infrastructures and their socio-political contexts. Mann holds a PhD from Goldsmiths College and has held roles including Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at King's. His research explores desert film locations' neocolonial economies and cinema's relationship with hyper-arid environments.
Education: PhD from Goldsmiths College, Centre for Research Architecture. Previous positions include Lecturer at Queen Mary University of London and Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences Fellow.
Research interests emphasize nonfiction media, film materiality, and the interplay between cinema and geography. His films, such as Under a Blue Sun (winner of Documenta Madrid 2024) and The Uganda Project, critically examine colonial histories and environmental crises through innovative essayistic forms. He organized interdisciplinary events like the Arid Visibilities conference (2024), linking desert spaces to visual politics.
Awards: Best International Film award (2024), Documenta Madrid. His work contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goals addressing climate action and peaceful societies.
Advising/Grants: As Leverhulme Fellow, developed projects on desert environments in conflict cinema. Organized film screenings and academic conferences, fostering interdisciplinary dialogue between film studies and environmental humanities.
