Who teaches in the Department of Film at York?
The faculty here are well established in their fields of filmmaking and film study; best of all, many of our faculty combine both disciplines in their work. We are not teachers who made a film or two in a long-forgotten past and then gave it up for a teaching job, but active and productive filmmakers and film scholars who cherish the opportunity to enhance our filmmaking/film study practice through our teaching, and to enhance our teaching through our practice. The department draws its strength from 17 full-time faculty members, and a similar number of contract faculty. The full-timer faculty include internationally recognized documentary, dramatic and experimental filmmakers; professionally produced screenwriters; and leading figures in the field of film studies, with a broad range of publications and research specialties. The part-time faculty rotates to allow us to being in industry professionals whose extensive commitments do not allow them to take on a full time teaching position.
The faculty here are well established in their fields of filmmaking and film study; best of all, many of our faculty combine both disciplines in their work. We are not teachers who made a film or two in a long-forgotten past and then gave it up for a teaching job, but active and productive filmmakers and film scholars who cherish the opportunity to enhance our filmmaking/film study practice through our teaching, and to enhance our teaching through our practice.
