Professor Phil Powrie
Academic and research departments
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, School of Literature and Languages.About
Biography
Please visit my website for biographical details, publications and more.
My latest published poems: ‘Ghost notes’, ‘The end of the affair’, ‘Neighbour’, ‘Umbrella’, ‘Walpurgis’, 'Blessure','Lettre morte’, ‘Cette putain de vie’, 'Solaire', 'Un chien andalou redux’.
My latest academic publication: Hearing the music of Engrenages
My latest book: When Music Takes Over in Film
—‘a thought-provoking revision, a brilliant read on what we thought we knew’ (Kathryn Kalinak)
—‘wonderfully rich in its range…astonishing one with its revelation of the joyous and disturbing things musical moments can do’ (Richard Dyer)
—‘highly original analyses of hitherto marginalised films’ (Estella Tincknell)
Phil Powrie with Greg Hainge at Phil's public lecture as part of the University of Queensland's Distinguished Visitor Programme August 2018
Phil Powrie as Chair of BAFTSS opening the BAFTSS 2017 Conference in Bristol
Phil Powrie as Chair of BAFTSS with Sarah Street, winner of the Best Book Award at the BAFTSS conference in London 2014
Phil Powrie as Executive Dean opening the International Guitar Centre 2014, with the guitarist John Williams, Steve Goss, the Director of the Centre, and Nadine Powrie
Phil Powrie as Executive Dean signing an MOU at the Taiwan Embassy in 2014
Phil Powrie as Visiting Professor with Beijing Film Academy's PhD students in 2013
Phil Powrie as Visiting Lecturer with the Head of Film at Shanghai Theatre Academy 2010
Phil Powrie with the undergraduate film class at the Shanghai Theatre Academy 2010
Phil Powrie reappointed as Visiting Professor at the Central Academy of Drama in Beijing 2010
Phil Powrie, Will Higbee and James Williams on the panel Phil and Peter Barta organised for the conference on Bicultural Literature and Film 2010
ResearchResearch interests
I have written across the range of French cinema, including silent cinema as well as recent French films. In 1999 I was made Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques by the French government for services to French cinema.
Please visit my website to see details. You can see a full list of my publications here.
Indicators of esteem
Distinguished Visitor Programme, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia 2018
Visiting Professor, Beijing Film Academy 2012-2014
Visiting Professor, Central Academy of Drama (Beijing) since 2005
Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques 1999
Research interests
I have written across the range of French cinema, including silent cinema as well as recent French films. In 1999 I was made Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques by the French government for services to French cinema.
Please visit my website to see details. You can see a full list of my publications here.
Indicators of esteem
Distinguished Visitor Programme, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia 2018
Visiting Professor, Beijing Film Academy 2012-2014
Visiting Professor, Central Academy of Drama (Beijing) since 2005
Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques 1999