Dr Matthew Hawkins

I joined LSBU in 2016, where I am Senior Lecturer in Film Practice and Year Level Co-Ordinator for the first year of the Film Practice BA. I am also Chair of the Practice as Research in the Arts group. I previously worked at the University of Essex and Coventry University, and I hold a BA (First Class Hons) and an MA (Distinction) in Film from the University of East London. My PhD on affect and narrative cinema was funding by the Arts and Humanities Research Council.

I am founder member of the International Network of Experimental Fiction Filmmaking. The annual INEFF festival and conference brings together the best of independent experimental fiction film production from all around the world, together with practitioners and researchers delivering a fantastic programme of talks, screenings, workshops, and more. We have participants from over 50 countries across 5 continents.
My main research interests are Film-Philosophy and Film-Practice, affect and tone in narrative cinema, documentary film, and experimental moving image practice. My films are regularly screened nationally and internationally at film festivals and academic conferences. I am the recipient of both the European (Milan, Italy) and the North American (San Francisco, USA) jury prizes for documentary practice from the Association for Consumer Research. I have been nominated twice for the BAFTSS practice as research awards for Audio-Visual Practice-Research.
My film practice has received funding from the National Lottery and Channel 4, The Arts and Humanities Research Council, The Leverhulme Trust, Team London GLA (Mayor of London), and The Capital Foundation Trust: Grassroots Fund.

Chair of Screen Research Group
Year Level Co-Ordinator Film and Television Practice L4
Course Director, Film and Television Practice
Deputy Chair of the Teaching and Learning Committee
EDI Committee Member
TEF working group member
Film Lead - South Bank Collective

Film Practice
Film and Television Practice