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Biography
I am a film historian specialising in cultural networks, documentary film history and Australian documentary. I am the author of 10 monographs and edited collections and of articles published in Studies in Documentary Film, Screening the Past, Continuum, Media International Australia, Framework and Critical Arts.
I was Editor of Studies in Documentary Film (ISSN 1750-3280 (Print), 1750-3299 Online), from 2007-2017, the only international, refereed, scholarly journal dedicated to the history and criticism of documentary.
In 2015 I commenced work with Ross Gibson, Mick Broderick, John Hughes, Joe Masco on the four-year Australian Research Council Discovery Grant supported project, Utilitarian Filmmaking in Australia 1945-80). ($AUD 363,359).
I have supervised more than 25 Higher Degree by Research candidates to completion and in 2015 was nominated for the Vic Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Graduate Research Supervision. I am available to supervise candidates in the fields of documentary film, Australian film and television, realist film theory, intertextuality and film and television, musicality and film and television. From 2010-2013 I was the Faculty of Arts Associate Dean, Graduate Research and was Director of the Film, Media and Communication Graduate Program 2014-15, Screen Cultures Research Program 2018-2019 and currently Research Coordinator of the School of Media, Film and Journalism. I have also introduced and taught more than a dozen new undergraduate units into the Film and Television/Film and Screen studies curriculum.
Biography
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Research area keywords
- documentary
- Cultural Networks
- Australian Cinema and Television
- Film History
- Intertextuality
- Film Theory and Criticism
- Realist Film Theory
Network
Projects
- 2 Finished
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Utilitarian Filmmaking in Australia 1945 - 1980
Gibson, R., Broderick, M., Williams, D. & Masco, J.
University of Canberra, Murdoch University, Monash University – Internal Faculty Contribution, Australian Research Council (ARC), Monash University – Internal School Contribution, University of Chicago
1/04/16 → 31/08/21
Project: Research
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Australian Film Theory and Criticism
Verevis, C., King, N. & Williams, D.
Australian Research Council (ARC), Macquarie University
2/01/07 → 30/07/10
Project: Research
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Naïve Realism: A Proposal for Documentary Film Theory and Criticism
Williams, D., Apr 2022, It's the Media, Stupid! : Essays in Honour of Brian Winston. . Keeble, R. (ed.). Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk: Abramis Academic, p. 39-51 13 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Other
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Special issue introduction: utilitarian filmmaking in Australia 1945–80
Williams, D., Russell, G. C. & Broderick, M., 2022, In: Studies in Documentary Film. 16, 3, p. 194-1980 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Other › peer-review
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The Back of Beyond (1954): pre-production contexts
Williams, D., Dec 2022, In: Screening the Past. 46, 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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The utilitarian film dispositif
Williams, D. & Russell, G., 2022, In: Studies in Documentary Film. 16, 2, p. 219-231 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Australian (post) National Cinema
Williams, D., 24 Jul 2021, In: Media International Australia. 180, 1, p. 24-31 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review