Jacob Leigh
British film scholar (born 1967)
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Jacob Leigh (born 10 May 1967[1]) is a British film studies scholar. He is a senior lecturer at Royal Holloway, University of London.[2]
Born10 May 1967
OccupationFilm scholar
DisciplineFilm studies
InstitutionsRoyal Holloway, University of London
Jacob Leigh | |
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| Born | 10 May 1967 |
| Occupation | Film scholar |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Film studies |
| Institutions | Royal Holloway, University of London |
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| Website | bloomsbury.com |
Leigh obtained a PhD degree on a thesis about themes and style in Ken Loach's films, which also was the subject of his first book, The Cinema of Ken Loach from 2002.[3][4][5] In 2012, he published a book about the filmmaker Éric Rohmer, The Cinema of Eric Rohmer.[6]
Selected publications
- The Cinema of Ken Loach: Art in the Service of the People (2002)
- The Cinema of Eric Rohmer: Irony, Imagination, and the Social World (2012)
- The Late Films of Claude Chabrol: Genre, Visual Expressionism and Narrational Ambiguity (2017)
- Contemporary Directors' Cinema (2024)[1]
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