Peter Spence

Peter Spence is a Senior Lecturer in Film at Sheffield Hallam University's Sheffield Creative Industries Institute within the College of Social Sciences and Arts. A multifaceted film-maker, educator, and researcher, he combines practice-based methodologies with academic inquiry across film theory and production.

• PhD candidate exploring Temporal Architecture and Film Practice
• Specializes in architectural phenomenology, archive film, and Michelangelo Antonioni's cinema

His research employs film practice as methodology for investigating human-environment relationships, including climate change impacts through the Waterlands project and Antonioni's spatial representations. He has presented at:

• Aalto University (2023)
• University of Notre Dame (2024)
• University of Southern Denmark (2025)
• In The Palace Conference (2025)

Spence has secured funding from:

• British Film Institute
• Screen Yorkshire
• David Lean Foundation

Notable works include:

• The Archive (2018) submitted to REF 2021
• La Cupola (2020) analyzing Antonioni's architectural themes
• Waterlands (2025) addressing climate change through archive and contemporary footage