Peter Wollen

Peter Wollen (1938 - 2019) was an English film theorist and filmmaker. He studied English at Christ Church, Oxford. Both political journalist and film theorist, Wollen's Signs and Meaning in the Cinema (1969) helped to transform the discipline of film studies by incorporating the methodology of structuralism and semiotics. He taught film at a number of universities and was Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Los Angeles at the time of his retirement from academe in 2005.…more

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	Cinema, Culture, Scotland: Selected Essays by Colin McArthur really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2024 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Films of Laura Mulvey and Peter Wollen: Scripts, Working Documents, Interpretation by Oliver Fuke (editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars