People
Meet the people who make up our Drama & Film department.
Head of subject
Academic staff
Dr Silvia Angeli
Lecturer in Film Studies
Dr Cara Berger
Lecturer in Theatre and Performance
Prof Stephen Scott-Bottoms
Professor of Contemporary Theatre and Performance
Dr David Butler
Senior Lecturer in Screen Studies
Dr David Calder
Senior Lecturer in Theatre and Performance Studies
Dr Sam Čermák
Lecturer in Theatre and Performance Studies
Dr Rachel Clements
Lecturer in Drama, Theatre and Performance
Dr MaoHui Deng
Lecturer in Film Studies
Dr Kate Dorney
Senior Lecturer in Drama, Theatre and Performance
Dr Sophie Everest
Lecturer in Film Practice
Prof Maggie Gale
Chair in Drama, Vice-Dean for Research (Humanities)
Prof Cathy Gelbin
Professor of Film and German Studies
Prof Jenny Hughes
Professor in Drama
Dr Alison Jeffers
Senior Lecturer in Applied Theatre and Contemporary Performance
Dr Victoria Lowe
Senior Lecturer in Drama and Screen Studies
Dr Simon Parry
Senior Lecturer in Drama and Arts Management
Dr Johannes Sjoberg
Lecturer in Screen Studies
Dr Andy Smith
Lecturer in Theatre Practice
Prof James Thompson
Professor of Applied and Social Theatre
Dr Darren Waldron
Senior Lecturer in French Studies and European Screen Studies
Dr Robert Watts
Lecturer in Television and Creative Industries
Dr Sarah Weston
Lecturer in Theatre Studies
Postdoctoral Researchers
- Dr Hayley Bradley
- Dr Gemma Edwards
- Dr Milo Harries
- Dr Elise Imray-Papineau
- Dr Tareeq Jalloh
- Dr Réka Polonyi
Simon Industrial Fellows
- Stella Barnes (former) - Project Website
- Christopher Brown
Honorary Research Fellows
- Simon Ruding – TiPP
- Shelley Wagon – TiPP
- Kate Goodrich – TiPP
- Ruth Daniel - In Place of War
- Ann Featherstone
- Keisha Thompson - Programme Manager, Legacies of Enslavement Project, The Guardian
- Dave Moutrey - Director of Culture and Creative Industries for Manchester City Council
- Julie McCarthy - Strategic Lead for Creative Health, NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care / Greater Manchester Combined Authority
- Sameed Rezayan - Head of Learning, Factory International
Emeritus professors
- Prof Vivien Gardner - Emerita Professor
- Prof Tony Jackson - Emeritus Professor of Educational Theatre
- Prof David Mayer - Emeritus Professor