Jill Daniels

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Jill Daniels
Born
Manchester, Lancashire, England
Nationality British
Alma mater Wimbledon School of Art
University of the Arts London
Royal College of Art
University of East London
Occupation Film director
Years active1976–present
Employer University of East London [1]
Website www.jilldanielsfilms.com

Dr Jill Daniels is a British independent filmmaker and a Senior Lecturer in Film at University of East London. [1]

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Early life

Daniels was born in Manchester, Lancashire, England and comes from a Jewish family of Romanian and Russian (now Lithuania) descent. She studied fine art at Wimbledon School of Art. [2] She received an M.A. in Film and Television from the Royal College of Art, London and gained her PhD at the University of East London. [3] She was a founding member and the London Secretary of the Independent Filmmakers Association [4] and Secretary of the Working Women's Charter Campaign and editor of the newspaper Women's Fight.

Career

Daniels joined the Working Women’s Charter Campaign and edited the newspaper Women’s Fight, from 1977 to 1981 [ citation needed ]. In 1991 she was a jury member of the Huesca International Film Festival, Spain. [5] In 2014 she gained her PhD in Film from the University of East London. She wrote a chapter for the book Truth, Dare or Promise: Art and Documentary Revisited (2013), Cambridge Scholars, Newcastle Upon Tyne, and was co-editor with Gail Pearce and Cahal McLaughlin. [6] In 2019 she published the book Memory, Place and Autobiography, Cambridge Scholars, Newcastle Upon Tyne. She is co-Chair of the editorial board of the academic Journal, Media Practice and Education [7] . [8] She wrote a chapter entitled 'Scripting the Experimental Documentary Film: Developing the 'script' for Not Reconciled', for The Palgrave Handbook of Script Development eds. Stayci Taylor & Craig Batty (2022).

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References

  1. 1 2 "Jill Daniels - University of East London (UEL)". www.uel.ac.uk. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  2. ↑ "Category:Alumni of Wimbledon College of Arts", Wikipedia, 7 December 2021, retrieved 1 June 2024
  3. ↑ "Dr Jill Daniels : UEL Research Repository". repository.uel.ac.uk. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  4. ↑ "LUX Online template". www.luxonline.org.uk. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  5. ↑ "Huesca International Film Festival. Huesca". Spain.info. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  6. ↑ Daniels, Jill; McLaughlin, Cahal; Pearce, Gail, eds. (2013). Truth, dare or promise: art and documentary revisited (1. publ ed.). Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publ. ISBN   978-1-4438-4959-3.
  7. ↑ https://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?show=editorialBoard&journalCode=rjmp21
  8. ↑ Daniels, Jill (2019). Memory, Place and Autobiography: Experiments in Documentary Filmmmaking. Newcastle Upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN   978-1-5275-2135-3.
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