About
I am Professor of Film at the University of Southampton. I specialise in the study of film stardom, silent cinema, and the representation of the past on screen, particularly that of ancient Greece and Rome. Publications
Ivor Novello: Screen Idol, London, British Film Institute, 2003.
Michael Hammond and Michael Williams eds., British Silent Cinema and the Great War, Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Film Stardom, Myth and Classicism: The Rise of Hollywood’s Gods, Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
Film Stardom and the Ancient Past: Idols, Artefacts and Epics, Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
