Jacob Leigh

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Jacob Leigh
Born (1967-05-10) 10 May 1967 (age 58)
NationalityBritish
OccupationFilm scholar
Academic work
Discipline Film studies
Institutions Royal Holloway, University of London
Notable works
  • The Cinema of Ken Loach (2002)
  • The Cinema of Eric Rohmer (2012)
  • The Late Films of Claude Chabrol (2017)
  • Contemporary Directors' Cinema (2024)
Website bloomsbury.com

Jacob Leigh (born 10 May 1967 [1] ) is a British film studies scholar. He is a senior lecturer at Royal Holloway, University of London. [2]

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Leigh obtained a PhD degree on a thesis about themes and style in Ken Loach's films, which also was the subject of his first book, The Cinema of Ken Loach from 2002. [3] [4] [5] In 2012, he published a book about the filmmaker Éric Rohmer, The Cinema of Eric Rohmer. [6]

Selected publications

References

  1. 1 2 "Leigh, Jacob, 1967-". Yale LUX. Retrieved 7 August 2025.
  2. ↑ . "Jacob Leigh". Royal Holloway, University of London . Retrieved 7 August 2025.
  3. ↑ Cooke, Lez (2004). "Jacob Leigh, The Cinema of Ken Loach: Art In The Service of the People". Journal of British Cinema and Television . 1 (1): 211. doi:10.3366/JBCTV.2004.1.1.164.
  4. ↑ Grandena, Florian (2004). "Realism, Politics, and Melodrama, on Jacob Leigh The Cinema of Ken Loach: Art in the Service of the People". Film-Philosophy. 8 (3). doi: 10.3366/film.2004.0003 .
  5. ↑ Rothschild, Thomas (2002). "Jacob Leigh: The Cinema of Ken Loach: Art in the Service of the People London/New York: Wallflower Press 2002 (Director's Cuts), 211 S., ISBN 1-903364-31-0, f 13.99". MEDIENwissenschaft Rezensionen, Reviews  [ de ] (in German). 19 (4): 508–509. doi: 10.25969/mediarep/7580 .
  6. ↑ Schilling, Derek (2014). "Review of The Cinema of Éric Rohmer: Irony, Imagination, and the Social World, by Jacob Leigh". The French Review . 87 (4): 197–198. doi:10.1353/tfr.2014.0230 – via Project MUSE.
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