Tshwane University of Technology

Faculty Member, Faculty of Arts Drama & Film

Lecturer/Professor

Film Department (former Pretoria Film School)

About

“The appointment of Dr Taylor is one of the strategic measures that were taken to position the Film programme as the preferred programme in this field nationally, but also to establish recognition for the programme internationally... Dr Taylor is a renowned academic and professional and he will undoubtedly play an important role in assisting the Faculty to make this dream a reality,” Vice Chancellor's 2009 Report.

Since graduating from the Department of Education, University of Oxford -  teaching Media Production, American Studies, Film Theory in UK, Europe, Eastern Europe and now Africa.

Email: a.taylor@balliol.oxon.org

Recent Guest Lecturer in U.S. film & media BA/MA programmes at the John F. Kennedy Institute, Freie University, Berlin; the Dept of Film, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz & the Dept of Communications, New Bulgarian University, Sofia.

Recent book author of 'We, the media...' & 'Jacobean Visions: Webster, Hitchcock & Google Culture' .

2011 Series Book Editor for same publishers: "21st Century Media Praxis...for Africa".

Member of the International Confederation of Journalists,University Film and Video Association & South Africa Ambassador for Cinemasports.

Graduate of Mainz University (Film Sciences, Dr. phil); London University's Institute of Education (Media Education MA);  Keele University (American Studies & English), the Department of Education, University of Oxford and the London Film School.

2011 Speaker, Film and Media Conference, London,U.K.

EMAIL: a.taylor@balliol.oxon.org

See also: http://about.me/kinowords

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