Dr Patrick O'Neill
Faculties, deparments and locations
- Kingston School of Art
- Department of Critical and Historical Studies
- School of Creative and Cultural Industries
Senior Lecturer in Film Studies
- Email:
- p.oneill@kingston.ac.uk
About
I teach film and media studies at Kingston University and have taught on a variety of undergraduate and postgraduate modules: Introduction to the History and Theory of Film (module leader); Hollywood Directors (module leader); Approaches to Cinema (tutor); Hollywood and Beyond (tutor); Media @ Work (module leader); Writing about Film (Module Leader); Dissertation: Research and Reflection (tutor); Film Dissertation (module leader); Critical Issues in Filmmaking (Tutor); Special Topics in Film Cultures and British Cinema: 1960s to Today (tutor). I also work as an academic skills advisor at CASE.
Qualifications
- Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
- PhD Film Studies, Kingston University
- MA Film Studies, Kingston University
- BA (Hons) Film/TV with English, Brunel University
Domains
Courses taught
I am currently engaged in research which focuses on the portrayal of youth in cinema: book chapters, journal articles and book proposals.
Publications
Book Review of: 'Breaking Bad: The Official Book', by David Thomson
O'Neill, Patrick, 2016, Viewfinder Online
Adolescence and its psychological phases in Tom Cruise’s 1980s teen films
O'Neill, Patrick (2021). In: Redmond, Sean, (ed.), Starring Tom Cruise. Detroit, U.S.: Wayne State University Press
Space, interiors and 1980s Hollywood teen films
O'Neill, Patrick (2021). In: Kirkham, Pat, (eds.) and Lichtman, Sarah A, (eds.), Screen interiors : from country houses to cosmic heterotopias. London, U.K.: Bloomsbury Visual Arts
The construction of space and place in the Hollywood teen film
O'Neill, Patrick (2013). In: Kilickiran, Didem, (eds.), Alegria, Christina, (eds.) and Haddrell, Carl, (eds.), Space and place : exploring critical issues. Oxford, U.K.: Inter-Disciplinary Press, pp 55-63
Investigating the 1980s Hollywood teen genre : adolescence, character, space
O'Neill, Patrick (2016), PhD thesis, Kingston University