Film Studies

UCL was the first university to establish a Film Studies Programme in the UK. Each year, we welcome students from all over the world, who spend a year amongst a thriving, cross-disciplinary community of cinema scholars and research students. We have particular research strengths in cinema history, film theory, and in an exceptionally broad range of national and regional cinemas. Our core faculty utilize a wide array of theoretical approaches to screen media in the classroom and in their research: from film theory and political economy to cultural studies and media infrastructural studies.

Our teaching draws from a variety of disciplines in UCL and, because of this comprehensive curriculum, we offer modules in cinemas from Europe, North America, Asia, Africa and Latin America.

The Film Studies programme is housed within the Centre for Multidisciplinary and Intercultural Inquiry (CMII) at the School of European Languages, Culture and Society (SELCS), and draw on interdisciplinary, intercultural, and international thinking to explore the histories and forms of moving image material from across the globe.

We have particular research strengths in cinema history, film theory, and in an exceptionally broad range of national and regional cinemas. Our core faculty utilize a wide array of theoretical approaches to screen media in the classroom and in their research: from film theory and political economy to cultural studies and media infrastructural studies.

Our teaching draws from a variety of disciplines in UCL and, because of this comprehensive curriculum, we offer modules in cinemas from Europe, North America, Asia, Africa and Latin America.

Core Academic Staff

Dr Claire Thomson - MA Programme Director
Dr Keith Wagner - MPhil / PhD Programme Director
Professor Lee Grieveson
Professor Stella Bruzzi

Professor Lee Grieveson

Dr Keith B. Wagner

Dr Claire Thomson

Professor Stella Bruzzi

Bruzzi Undressing Cinema

Bruzzi Fashion Cultures

Bruzzi Seven Up

Bruzzi New Documentary

Bruzzi Bringing Up Daddy

Bruzzi Men's Cinema

Research Partners & Networks

MA Film Studies

We welcome students from all over the world to our taught MA programme in Film Studies taking place in the heart of London.

MPhil / PhD Film Studies

UCL is home to a thriving research community in film and related media. We supervise projects on a wide range of topics relating to cinema history and theory.