Dr. Jonathan Murray

Biography

Jonathan Murray studied at the University of Glasgow, where he completed his undergraduate MA and PhD in Film and Television Studies and Scottish History. He briefly taught at the University of Glasgow before taking on a role as Lecturer in Film and Visual Culture at Edinburgh College of Art in August 2003. His major research interests include contemporary Scottish and British cinemas, as well as popular culture. Murray has published a range of articles in peer-reviewed journals and scholarly anthologies. He is the editor of "Scottish Cinema" (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2009) and "Drawn Life: Issues and Themes in Animated Documentary Cinema" (Edinburgh University Press, 2018). He has authored monographs such as "Discomfort and Joy: Cinema of Bill Forsyth" (Peter Lang, 2011) and "New Scottish Cinema" (I.B. Tauris, 2015). Murray currently serves as the co-editor of the journal "Visual Culture in Britain" (Taylor & Francis) and is the co-Principal Editor of the "Journal of British Cinema and Television" (Edinburgh University Press). Additionally, he is a contributing writer for Cineaste, an American magazine focusing on art, politics, and cinema, and he regularly attends film festivals in Scotland and abroad. His teaching primarily focuses on moving image history and theory, and he runs several undergraduate short courses on Contemporary Cinema.

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