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Erik Knudsen

Professor of Media Practice

Faculty Exec Team - Culture and Creative Industries

Film practice, Photography practice, Film and media applied theory, Story and narrative theory and practice, Screenwriting practice and theory, Creative practice led research

Erik Knudsen is a filmmaker and Professor of Media Practice at the University of Central Lancashire (UCLAN) in the UK. Prior to joining UCLAN, Erik was a Professor of Visual and Digital Culture at Bournemouth University’s Media School. He has also been Professor of Film Practice at the University of Salford, Manchester, UK, where he was for a period of time Head of the School of Media, Music and Performance. During his many years at the University of Salford, Erik has also acted as the University of Salford’s Director of Graduate Studies. Earlier roles at the University of Salford included programme leading the MA in Fiction Film Production, the MA in Television Documentary Production and the MA in Wildlife Documentary Production. Prior to his University of Salford tenure, he was Head of more...

Erik holds a Bachelor of Fine Art degree in film production from York University, Toronto(1983), and a PhD from the University of Salford, Manchester (2002).

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  1. Knudsen, Erik orcid iconORCID: 0000-0001-8361-6975 (2016) The Total Filmmaker: Thinking of screenwriting, directing and editing as one role. New Writing: The International Journal for the Practice and Theory of Creative Writing, 13 (1). pp. 109-129. ISSN 1479-0726
  2. Knudsen, Erik orcid iconORCID: 0000-0001-8361-6975 (2015) Dependency and Independence in British Independent Film. In: Independent Filmmaking Around The Globe. University of Toronto Press, Toronto, pp. 53-70. ISBN 978-1-4426-4948-4
  3. Knudsen, Erik orcid iconORCID: 0000-0001-8361-6975 (2018) Method In Madness - a case study in practice research methods. In: Screen Production Research: Creative Practice as a mode of enquiry. Taylor and Francis. ISBN 978-3-319-62836-3
  4. De Jong, Wilma, Rothwell, Jerry and Knudsen, Erik orcid iconORCID: 0000-0001-8361-6975 (2011) Creative Documentary: theory and practice. Routledge. ISBN 9781405874229
  5. Knudsen, Erik orcid iconORCID: 0000-0001-8361-6975 (2015) The Raven On The Jetty. [Video]
  6. Knudsen, Erik orcid iconORCID: 0000-0001-8361-6975 (2015) In Waiting. [Video]
  7. Knudsen, Erik orcid iconORCID: 0000-0001-8361-6975 (2010) The Silent Accomplice. [Video]
  8. Knudsen, Erik orcid iconORCID: 0000-0001-8361-6975 (2015) The Raven On The Jetty Production Scrapbook and DVD of the Film. One Day Films Ltd, United Kingdom. ISBN 978-0-9927958-2-5
  9. Knudsen, Erik orcid iconORCID: 0000-0001-8361-6975 (2014) Cuba In Waiting. One Day Films Ltd, United Kingdom. ISBN 978-0992795818
  10. Knudsen, Erik orcid iconORCID: 0000-0001-8361-6975 (2014) Cuba In Waiting: a photographic essay. [Show/Exhibition]