Staff
Andrew Jarvis
BA
Lecturer and Programme Leader for Film Making and Screenwriting
andrew.jarvis@uws.ac.uk
Tel: 01292 886374
Fax: 01292 886371
Room: D110
Profile
Before establishing a career in education, Andrew trained at the University of Bristol’s film school and worked as a film and videotape editor in the broadcast, corporate and educational sectors. He went on to write and direct documentary productions broadcast by C4 and BBC, and was commissioned by BBC Scotland to make the half hour arts documentary Rock ‘n’ Roll Star, which was chosen for entry to the Celtic Film Festival in 1997.
Andrew has been a lecturer in film studies at UWS since 2001, and is Programme Leader for BA Filmmaking and Screen Writing. Previously, Andrew was a senior lecturer in media production and analysis at Bell College, Hamilton, and a lecturer in film and cultural studies at the University of Coventry. Most recently, he has been a visiting lecturer in film studies at the University of Stirling. Andrew holds qualifications in teaching and in educational management and has over ten years experience of course development and leadership.
His current teaching focuses on developing appropriate forms of analysis for students engaged in creative film and television production. Consequently he draws upon both his creative experience and his research interests in filmmaking in order to enhance students’ comprehension of screen-based storytelling.
Research Interests
Narration and film style / contemporary Hollywood industrial organisation and aesthetics.
Career History
Lecturer (Film Studies) University of Coventry, 1987-88.
Senior Lecturer/Lecturer (Media Studies,Video Production)Bell College, Hamilton,1992-2001.
Lecturer (Film Studies) University of the West of Scotland, 2001.
Member of SQA consortium on communication/ media studies 1996-2001.
SQA consultant on media education 2000-2001.
Production
Film and videotape editor on broadcast (BBC) and corporate programmes, 1989-1998.
Director of documentary programmes for BBC, C4.1994 -1997.
Writer/Director of Rock ÔnÕ Roll Star, BBC Scotland entry for the Celtic Film Festival, 1996.