Professor Steve Chibnall

Steve is believed to be the only Professor of British Cinema in the world, and is one of the UK’s senior film historians.  

He is director of DMU’s Cinema and Television History (CATHI) Research Centre and curator of the Hammer Script Archive, the Jimmy Sangster Collection, the Francis Searle Archive and the Roy Ward Baker Bequest (all lodged with the CATH Centre).

He is also owner of the Steve Chibnall Archive, a private collection of tens of thousands of pieces of British film and popular culture memorabilia which postgraduate students in the CATH Centre may draw upon in their research.  

He has written or edited ten books, published dozens of articles and book chapters, featured on television and radio over a long career, and currently contributes sleeve notes and commentary moderations to DVD releases by Odeon Entertainment and the British Film Institute (BFI).  

Steve is Visiting Professor at The Cinema Museum in London, where he organises frequent on-stage events, co-series editor for Routledge’s British Popular Cinema series, and a board member of the Journal of British Cinema and Television (EUP).

Steve’s main responsibilities at DMU are research student supervision, and research group leadership.

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