Intellect

Dr. Ian Macdonald is Director, Louis Le Prince Centre for Cinema, Photography and Television, Institute of Communication Studies, University of Leeds. Research interests include screenwriting, narrative and the moving image, film and television practice, film and television history and education within these subjects. Formerly Head of the Northern Film School (1992–2001), he has broadcast TV experience at LWT and as a freelance, and has taught screenwriting since 1993. He is currently Course Leader for the BA in TV Production, on which he teaches screen fiction and screenwriting. Publications include articles in the Journal of Media Practice and the Journal of Screenwriting (of which he is co-editor). Has served as Chairman and Treasurer of AMPE, and on the Executive Board of MeCCSA, and is Co-ordinator of the Screenwriting Research Network.

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