Senior Lecturer Peter Spence MA, FHEA
Senior Lecturer in Film and TV
Summary
Peter is Course Leader of the Foundation Year in Media Arts and Communications, and Module Leader for a number of film theory modules on the BA Film and Media Production. He holds an MA Screen Arts (Producing and Directing) from Sheffield Hallam University and BA (Hons) Politics and History from Queen Mary University of London. He is also a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
About
My film-making practice combines both independent and commissioned work. I have written, produced and directed a number of award winning short factual and drama films which have screened widely on the international festival circuit including WWSFF Toronto, Hamburg, Sheffield Doc/Fest, Sydney Flickerfest, Edinburgh and the London Short Film Festival. My work has received funding and support from the UK Film Council, the British Council, Screen Yorkshire and the David Lean Foundation www.naturalcinema.co.uk
My video production company has produced promotional films for a range of clients, often from the arts and architecture sectors, which have included Igloo, Creative Space Management, Cambridge Architectural Research, Chetwoods, Leeds Art Gallery and the Hepworth Wakefield. I have also worked in TV for the BBC, ITV and a number of independents as well as in corporate video production. I began my career working in the cinema industry where I was employed as a projectionist at BFI Southbank and was part of the team that opened the very first cinema in the Picturehouse chain.
Specialist areas of interest
- architecture and the moving image
- archive film
- the films of Michelangelo Antonioni
Teaching
Department of Media Arts and Communication
College of Social Sciences and Arts
Subject area
Film
Courses
Film and Media Production
Modules
Film Writing
Film Analysis
Moving Image Dissertation
Research
Featured Projects
- https://blogs.shu.ac.uk/c3riimpact/hallam-lecturer-peter-spences-re-consideration-of-antonionis-lavventura-published-in-journal-of-videographic-film-and-moving-image-studies-intransition/
- https://blogs.shu.ac.uk/c3riimpact/peter-spence-the-archive-screenings/?doing_wp_cron=1619020485.9324710369110107421875
- https://blogs.shu.ac.uk/c3riimpact/peter-spence-archive-moscow-jewish-film-festival/
Publications
Journal articles
Spence, P. (2020). La Cupola: Re-visiting L'Avventura through 'building' and 'dwelling'. Journal of Videographic Film and Media Studies, 7.2 (7.2). http://mediacommons.org/intransition/la-cupola-revisiting-lavventura-through-building-and-dwelling
Spence, P. (2018). The creation of story and character through formal opposition and disunity. Short Film Studies, 8 (2), 187-189. http://doi.org/10.1386/sfs.8.2.187_1
Conference papers
Spence, P. (2021). Re-considering History and Narrative Through the Short Factual Film The Archive (UK 2018). The Asian Conference on Media, Communication & Film 2021: Official Conference Proceedings, 9-20. https://papers.iafor.org/submission60938/
Media
Spence, P. (2020). The Archive. [Video Player]. Sheffield Doc/Fest: https://www.facebook.com/TheArchiveFilm
Presentations
Spence, P. (2024). Homelessness in the film work of Michelangelo Antonioni. Presented at: Unhomed, Unhoused, Homeless: An Interdisciplinary Conference, University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USA
Spence, P. (2023). The Antonioni House. Presented at: VIII Art of Research Conference, Aalto UNiversity, Espoo, Finland
Spence, P. (2019). Film screening introduction - The Archive (2018). Presented at: AntiComm2019 Conference, Queens University, Belfast