James Walters

I research and teach film and television aesthetics. My work involves close textual analysis and, particularly, I am interested in the relationship between this critical practice and questions of value and achievement.

My work is divided between film and television studies. I have written two monographs on aspects of screen fantasy, 'Alternative Worlds in Hollywood Cinema' and 'Fantasy Film', a BFI TV Classic on the series 'The Thick of It', and a recent monograph, 'Television and Repetition'. I have co-edited the international collection 'Film Moments' with Tom Brown and 'Television Performance' with Lucy Fife Donaldson. My next monograph is 'Visions in the Frame: Mise en scene Between Film and TV'.