Laura Mee
School of Creative Arts - Lecturer in Film and Television, 5/09/16→ …
Postal address:University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, HertfordshireUnited KingdomPhone: 01707 285355
School of Creative Arts, 4/09/16→ 14/09/16
Postal address:University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, HertfordshireUnited Kingdom
Overview
Laura Mee is a Lecturer in Film and Television in the School of Creative Arts, where she teaches critical and contextual studies on BA and MA programmes. She joined Creative Arts after completing her AHRC funded PhD on horror film remakes at De Montfort University. She has published research on horror and adaptation, is currently completing a monograph on The Shining, and is the co-editor (with Johnny Walker) of Cinema, Television and History: New Approaches (CSP, 2014). In addition to her academic work, Laura has commercial research experience looking at digital media and audiences, and works with an independent cinema as a film tutor.
Research interests
- Adaptation, film remaking and cultural recycling
- Horror cinema
- Cult film and TV
- Contemporary American cinema
- Film and media franchises
- Transmedia and convergence
Teaching specialisms
- Cinema history
- Film form and style
- Hollywood films and industry
- Genre
- Adaptation
- Cult film and television
