Rosie Reed Hillman

Dr Rosie Reed Hillman is a Lecturer in Filmmaking at the School of Digital Arts (SODA), Manchester Metropolitan University. Her work bridges visual anthropology and film as art, focusing on feminist documentary approaches to explore women’s experiences of place, motherhood, aging, and mental wellbeing. She employs practice-based research methods in film, sound, and photography.

Research Interests: Interdisciplinary exploration across arts and social sciences, emphasizing feminist thought to examine maternal identity, emotional labor, and autoethnographic resistance. Her projects include Bearing, an autoethnographic film and photography project documenting early motherhood.

Exhibitions/Publications: Recent works include a 2025 exhibition at the Goethe Institute (Athens) and a 2025 book chapter in Empirical Art: Filmmaking for Fieldwork in Practice. Notable journal contributions include a 2023 article in MAI Feminism and Visual Culture, alongside conference presentations on maternal identity and ethnographic methodologies.

Awards/Grants: No academic awards or grants explicitly listed.

Advising: No advisees listed in available records. Her research focuses on independent practice-based projects.

Labs/Teams: Affiliated with the School of Digital Arts’ filmmaking program, contributing to interdisciplinary visual research initiatives.