Peter Wollen
British filmmaker (1938-2019) · United Kingdom · Directors · Died at 81
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Something wrong?Peter Wollen was an English film theorist and filmmaker. He studied English at Christ Church, Oxford. Both a political journalist and film theorist, Wollen's Signs and Meaning in the Cinema (1969) helped to transform the discipline of film studies by incorporating the methodology of structuralism and semiotics.
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A life in dates
Kangaroo: A Love-Hate StoryFilm, Himself2002
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a DancerFilm1992Images of Atlantis: The Photography of Milton RogovinFilm, Director1987
Friendship's DeathFilm, Director, Writer1985
Home Movies 1971-81Film1984
Imagining OctoberFilm1983
Frida Kahlo & Tina ModottiFilm, Director, Writer
The Bad SisterFilm, 1983Director, Writer1982
Crystal GazingFilm, Director, Writer1980
Amy!Film, Director
Godard 1980Film, 19801977
Riddles of the SphinxFilm, Director, Writer1975
The PassengerFilm, Writer1974
Penthesilea: Queen of the AmazonsFilm, Director, Writer1938Born29 June 1938Photos 1
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About this person
Peter Wollen was an English film theorist and filmmaker. He studied English at Christ Church, Oxford. Both a political journalist and film theorist, Wollen's Signs and Meaning in the Cinema (1969) helped to transform the discipline of film studies by incorporating the methodology of structuralism and semiotics. He taught film at a number of universities and was Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Los Angeles at the time of his retirement from academe in 2005.
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In common with Peter
Terri IrwinAlso in Kangaroo: A Love-Hate Story (2018)
Tariq AliAlso in Images of Atlantis: The Photography of Milton Rogovin (1992)
Laura MulveyAlso in Penthesilea: Queen of the Amazons (1974)
Bill PatersonAlso in Friendship's Death (1987)
Clive MerrisonAlso in Riddles of the Sphinx (1977)
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