Crowton, Mr Alex
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Crowton, Mr Alex
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Department:
Performance & Media Production
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York St John University
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Expertise:
Documentary Filmmaking, Experimental Film production, Film production Practice and theory, Lo-Fi Cinema, Music documentary, psychogeography film
Job title:
Senior Lecturer in Media Production: Film and Television// Course Lead MA Media Production
Biography:
I am documentary filmmaker, I make films about art and artists, and have an interest in punk and DIY methodologies within filmmaking.
I teach across all 3 undergraduate levels with expertise within experimental and documentary film production and Independent and Entrepreneurial Media Production.
As an educator I have 12 years of teaching experience and curriculum design, having spent 5 years at Staffordshire University contributing to the Media (Film) Production course and 4 years course leadership experience at Teesside University leading the Film and TV Production course. I am currently the course leader for MA Media Production.
I have produced and directed films about the artist(s)/ producer/ composer/ musicians: Jack Nietzsche and Mark Linkous (Sparklehorse) myself and co-diremore...
I am documentary filmmaker, I make films about art and artists, and have an interest in punk and DIY methodologies within filmmaking.
I teach across all 3 undergraduate levels with expertise within experimental and documentary film production and Independent and Entrepreneurial Media Production.
As an educator I have 12 years of teaching experience and curriculum design, having spent 5 years at Staffordshire University contributing to the Media (Film) Production course and 4 years course leadership experience at Teesside University leading the Film and TV Production course. I am currently the course leader for MA Media Production.
I have produced and directed films about the artist(s)/ producer/ composer/ musicians: Jack Nietzsche and Mark Linkous (Sparklehorse) myself and co-director: Bobby Dass won the Best Feature Film award for: The Sad & Beautiful World of Sparklehorse (2016) at the 2017 Skyline Indie Film Festival. During the pandemic I worked with director Tracy Willits on the Documentary Pip, Pop, and a pandemic (2021) I have recently released a feature length documentary: This is Sparklehorse (2022) In Praise of the Garage (2021) which premiered at the Aesthetica short film festival in November (2021). I am currently working on a psychogeography film entitled 'Tube' which examines place and working class heritage.
I have worked extensively with people in the criminal justice system and with marginalised groups; as a filmmaker and facilitator on a variety of projects including work with: 'Geese Theatre Company', ‘Cineclub’ (patroned by Lars Von Trier) and Sonic DB: Music technology in Prisons; for which I received a Royal Television Society award for: ‘Change the Way/ One life to live”: Music video (2007). I regularly host panels for Doc'n Roll Film Festival, Aesthetica Short Film Festival and I am an External Examiner for BA Media Production at Birmingham City University.
Films:
Lost Legends: Jack Nietzsche (2009)
The Sad and Beautiful World of Sparklehorse (2016)
In Praise of the Garage (2021)
Pip Pop & a Pandemic (2021)
Tube (2022)
This is Sparklehorse (2022)
Qualifications:
B.A. Hons: Film & TV
M.A. Film Production Practice and theory
PGCHPE - Post Grad cert in Professional and Higher education
Currently in my fourth year of a PhD: 'Woodchcuk Cinema'
My Latest
- Crowton, Alex, Dass, Bobby and Martin, Angela Faye (2022) This Is Sparklehorse. [Video]
My Most Viewed
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