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Deirdre Russell is a Lecturer in Film Studies at the University of South Wales, Faculty of Business and Creative Industries, and a member of the Creative Industries Research and Innovation Group. She teaches courses spanning film analysis, documentary theory, and first-person filmmaking.
- PhD in French Studies (AHRC-funded), University of Manchester (2009)
- MA in Modern Languages and Cultures (AHRC-funded), University of Manchester (2008)
- BA in Spanish and French, University of Manchester (2004)
- Certificate in European Media Studies (ERASMUS-funded), Universitat de Barcelona (2000)
Her research focuses on autobiographical/first-person filmmaking across fictional, documentary, experimental, and animated forms, as well as cinematic hybridity (documentary/fiction, live-action/animation, intermediality/transmedia). She explores the evolving role of cinema in the digital age.
Recent publications include analyses of identity models in autobiographical films (2023), spatial narratives in digital-age cinema (2018), and comparative studies of Pasolini and Fassbinder (2010).
- AHRC-funded PhD and MA
- ERASMUS-funded Certificate
As Module Leader, she oversees courses like Film Language, Documentary Film History, and Advanced Theory: Dissertation.
