Assoc Prof Deane Williams - Researcher Profile

Biography

Since 1990 I have been researching and writing about realist and documentary film with a special interest in Australian feature cinema. More recently I have been interested in American cinema. In 1996 I published Mapping the Imaginary: Ross Gibson's Camera Natura. Since that book I have written Australian Post-War Documentary Film: An Arc of Mirrors - on including the work of the Melbourne Realist Film Unit, the films of John Heyer, Cecil Holmes and R. Maslyn Williams. In 2008 Brian McFarlane and I wrote the book Michael Winterbottom for the Manchester UP's British Directors. In 2007 I began work with Con Verevis and Noel King on our Australian Research Council funded Australian Film Theory and Criticism project which has yielded many interviews and articles. At the moment I am writing a book on Sean Penn for Wallflower's Director's Cuts series. I teach Australian Film Studies and Documentary film Studies and supervise PhD students in documentary film, experimental film, Australian film, film history and realist film studies.

I am also the Editor of the international refereed scholarly journal Studies in Documentary Film {ISSN: 17503280}

Qualifications

PHD

Institution: La Trobe University

Year awarded: 2005

Publications

Books

McFarlane, B.C., Williams, D.M., 2009, Michael Winterbottom, Manchester University Press, Manchester, UK.

Williams, D.M., 2008, Australian Post-War Documentary Films: An Arc of Mirrors, Intellect Books, Bristol UK / Chicago USA.

Book Chapters

King, N., Verevis, C.E., Williams, D.M., 2009, Mapping film studies in Australia: institutions, personnel and critical positions, in Creative Nation: Australian Cinema and Cultural Studies Reader, eds Amit Sarwal and Reema Sarwal, SSS Publications, New Delhi, India, pp. 1-12.

King, N., Verevis, C.E., Williams, D.M., 2008, Australia, in The SAGE Handbook of Film Studies, eds James Donald and Michael Renov, Sage, London UK, pp. 112-122.

Williams, D.M., 2007, The back of beyond, in The Cinema of Australia and New Zealand, eds Geoff Mayer, Keith Beattie, Wallflower Press, London, New York, pp. 53-61.

Williams, D.M., 2000, Crossing the Cattle Drive: Grierson and Australia, in From Grierson to the Docu-Soap: Breaking the Boundaries, U. of Luton P., Luton UK, pp. 35-45.

Journal Articles

Williams, D.M., 2012, Camera Natura, , vol 0, issue 0, I.B. Tauris, London, England, pp. 105-108.

Williams, D.M., 2012, Helen Levitt, Senses of Cinema [P], vol 0, issue 62, Senses of Cinema Inc., Australia, pp. 1-5.

Williams, D.M., 2011, Making Settler Cinemas: Film and Colonial Encounters in the United States, Australia and New Zealand, Peter Limbrick, Screening the Past [P], vol 0, issue 31, The Screening the Past Group, School of Communications, Arts and Critical Enquiry, La Trobe University, pp. 1-3.

Williams, D.M., 2011, Pulling focus: intersubjective experience, narrative film, and ethics, by Jane Stadler, Continuum: Journal of Media and Cultural Studies [P], vol 25, issue 6, Routledge, London, UK, pp. 903-904.

Verevis, C., Williams, D., 2010, Contemporary Australian film theory and criticism, Media International Australia Incorporating Culture and Policy: Quarterly Journal of Media Research and Resources[P], vol 136, School of Journalism and communication, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Qld, Australia, pp. 177-190.

Williams, D.M., 2010, Ghost Stories, Cultural Studies Review [E], vol 16, issue 1, University of Technology, Sydney, Sydney, Australia, pp. 263-266.

Williams, D., 2010, Return home, Metro [P], vol 166, Australian Teachers of Media, Australia, pp. 120-125.

Williams, D.M., 2009, Shifts and interventions: cultural materialism and Australian film history, Screening the Past [P], vol 26, La Trobe University, Melbourne Vic, Australia, pp. 1-8.

Williams, D.M., Verevis, C.E., King, N., 2008, Introduction to Australian Film Theory and Criticism Project Interviews, Screening the Past, issue 23, Media Studies Program - La Trobe University, p. 0.

King, N., Verevis, C.E., Williams, D.M., 2008, Through the lens, Metro, issue 158, ATOM Australian Teachers of Media, Melbourne VIC Australia, pp. 124-125.

Williams, D.M., 2007, The overlanders: between nations, Studies in Australasian Cinema, vol 1, issue 1, Intellect Ltd, Bristol U.K., pp. 79-89.

Williams, D.M., 2004, Catherine Duncan: as others see us, Screening The Past, vol 0, issue 16, La Trobe University, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 1-14.

Williams, D.M., 2002, The neorealism of 'Mike and Stefani', Screensound: The National Screen and Sound Archive, vol website, The National Screen and Sound Archive, Canberra ACT Australia, pp. 2-27.

Williams, D.M., 2002, Traces in the sand: internationalising the back of beyond, Australian Studies, vol 17, issue 1, British Australian Studies Association, UK, pp. 65-81.

Williams, D., 2001, John Heyer [14/9/1916 - 19/06/2001] : International Documentary Film-Maker, Metro, vol 129/130, Australian Teachers of Media, St Kilda Vic Australia, pp. 248-253.

Williams, D.M., 2001, Out of place: SBS's Australia by Numbers, Metro, vol 126, issue Summer, Australian Teachers of Media, St Kilda Vic Australia, pp. 42-46.

Williams, D., 1999, Between empire and nation: Grierson in Australia, Screening the past: an electronic journal of visual media and history, vol issue 7, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Williams, D., 1997, Australian national cinema - Tom O'Regan, Metro, vol n/a, Australian Teachers of Media, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 81-82.

Williams, D., 1997, Screening Coldicutt, Screening the Past: an International Electronic Journal of Visual Media and History, Dept of Media and Cinema Studies, LaTrobe Univ, htto://www.latrobe.edu.au/www/screeningthepast/.

Other

Williams, D.M., 2006, Industrial Britain, Encyclopedia of Documentary Film, vol 1, Routledge, New York NY USA, pp. 622-624.

Williams, D.M., 2006, John Heyer, Encyclopedia of Documentary Film, vol 1, Routledge, New York NY USA, pp. 558-560.

Williams, D.M., 2006, 'Louisiana Story', Encyclopedia of Documentary Film, vol 1, Routledge, New York NY USA, pp. 826-828.

Williams, D., 1999, Cecil Holmes, Oxford Companion to Australian Film, vol companion entry, Oxford University Press, Melbourne Vic Australia, p. 215.

Williams, D., 1999, Documentary - The sound period, The Oxford Companion to Australian Film, vol contribution to reference work, Oxford University Press, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 115-118.

Williams, D., 1999, John Heyer, Entry in the Oxford Companion to Australian Film, Oxford University Press, Melbourne Vic Australia, 1st, pp. 206-207.

Williams, D., 1999, Mike and Stefani, Oxford Companion to Australian Film, vol companion entry, Oxford University Press, Melbourne Vic Australia, p. 314.

Williams, D., 1999, Ron Maslyn Williams, The Oxford companion to Australian Film, vol contribution to reference work, Oxford University Press, Melbourne Vic Australia, p. 537.

Williams, D., 1999, The Back of Beyond, The Oxford companion to Australian Film, vol contribution to reference work, Oxford University Press, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 25-26.

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:

(MASTER'S BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Changing concepts of romance in romantic comedies.

Supervisors:

Williams, D (Main), Smaill, B (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

China's Digital Documentary Movement.

Supervisors:

Khoo, O (Main), Williams, D (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Documentary film and the digital age.

Supervisors:

Williams, D (Main), Verevis, C (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

History of the New Wave: Memories, Movements and Auteurs.

Supervisors:

Smaill, B (Main), Williams, D (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Memories and Mythology: How American Cinema turns History into Legend.

Supervisors:

Verevis, C (Main), Williams, D (Associate).

Program of Study:

(MASTER'S BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Pleasure and Displeasure: The Innovation of Long Form Television Narrative.

Supervisors:

Perkins, C (Main), Williams, D (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Revolution in Peter Watkins' 'La Commune'..

Supervisors:

Martin, A (Joint), Williams, D (Joint-co).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Shaping Australian film production: making, marketing and viewing..

Supervisors:

Williams, D (Main), Davis, T (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

The films of Teguh Karya.

Supervisors:

Williams, D (Main), Hanan, D (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

The influence of musical form on cinema..

Supervisors:

Verevis, C (Joint), Williams, D (Joint-co).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

The unexplained film music moment.

Supervisors:

Williams, D (Main), Perkins, C (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Towards a map of documentary film as a political practice in post liberalised India researcher: Shweta Kishore.

Supervisors:

Williams, D (Main), Smaill, B (Associate).

Completed Supervision

Student:

Boz, T.

Program of Study:

The politics of independent documentary film production and distribution. (PHD) 2008.

Supervisors:

Williams, D (Main), Lentini, P (Associate).

Student:

Bullock, N.

Program of Study:

The Abject in Contemporary Photo-Works: Borderline States of Corporeal Affect. (Masters) 2002.

Supervisors:

Marsh, A (Joint), Williams, D (Joint-Co).

Student:

Curnow, J.

Program of Study:

Imagining the Next Disaster: The Third Wave of SF Disaster Cinema. (Masters) 2010.

Supervisors:

Verevis, C (Main), Williams, D (Associate).

Student:

Frost, C.

Program of Study:

"Want to play a game?" Torture porn, violence, media convergence and spectatorship. (PHD) 2012.

Supervisors:

Davis, T (Main), Williams, D (Associate).

Student:

Hildebrandt, M.

Program of Study:

STRANDS OF REALISM: THE INSTRUCTIONAL, THE NARRATIVE, AND THE POETIC IN BRITISH CINEMA, 1929-2003. (PHD) 2003.

Supervisors:

Williams, D (Main), Mcfarlane, B (Associate).

Student:

Jacobsen, L.

Program of Study:

THE DISPLACED CITY: HIGH-RISE ARCHITECTURE IN MELBOURNE FILM, 1955-1985. (PHD) 2006.

Supervisors:

Williams, D (Main).

Student:

Johnston, M.

Program of Study:

Peripheral visions: the refugee-focussed documentary film in 'Howard's Australia'. (PHD) 2009.

Supervisors:

Smaill, B (Main), Williams, D (Associate).

Student:

Kelly, P.

Program of Study:

The Years My Voice Broke: The Films of Nick Broomfield.. (Masters) 2001.

Supervisors:

Williams, D (Main).

Student:

Pearce, K.

Program of Study:

'Theorising the Mythic Process: From Myth to Modern Myth to Neo-myth'. An alternative analytical approach to the dynamism of myth using Little Red Riding Hood.. (Masters) 2004.

Supervisors:

Milner, A (Main), Williams, D (Joint).

Student:

Pearce, K.

Program of Study:

Girl meets beast...The beast and the cultural forest of female sexuality: the mythic cycle, process of curtailment and power of the pelt. (PHD) 2010.

Supervisors:

Milner, A (Main), Williams, D (Associate).

Student:

Smaill, B.

Program of Study:

AMIDST A NATION'S CULTURES: DOCUMENTARY AND AUSTRALIA'S SPECIAL BROADCASTING SERVICE TELEVISION. (PHD) 2001.

Supervisors:

Dever, M (Joint), Williams, D (Joint-Co).

Student:

Treacey, M.

Program of Study:

Out of synch: screen history. (PHD) 2009.

Supervisors:

Peel, M (Joint-Co), Williams, D (Joint).

Student:

Winnett, F.

Program of Study:

MYTHS OF THE BEACH: A COASTAL SENSE OF PLACE IN AUSTRALIAN FILM AND TELEVISION. (PHD) 2003.

Supervisors:

Rigby, C (Joint), Williams, D (Joint-Co).