PhD, Film Studies, University of East Anglia (2014)
Thesis: Making Markets for Japanese Cinema: A Study of Distribution Practices for Japanese films on DVD in the UK from 2008 to 2010
MA, Film Studies, University of East Anglia (2011)
BA (Hons), Film Studies joint with History, University of Winchester (2007)
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Member of the Screen Industries Special Interest Group, within the British Association for Film, Television and Screen Studies.
Studying Media and Communication; TV Industries, Audiences and Texts; Celebrity Culture; Popular Culture; TV, Film and Video Media.
Jonathan’s research interests and publications lie within the subjects of Japanese cinema, world cinema, and distribution and marketing. Of particular interest to him are the processes by which films from other countries enter the UK and are distributed and consumed. This was the chief focus of his PhD thesis, and subsequent publications. A key aspect of this has also been home media formats – from VHS to DVD and Blu-Ray, as well as online and digital means. Home media consumption is currently an under-researched area in film and media studies – a state of affairs which Jonathan looks to change with his research outputs.
Edited collections
Cult Media: Repackaged, Re-released and Restored, co-edited with Andy Willis (University of Salford), Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
Watching Films at Home: Distribution Practices from Home Video to Digital Platforms, co-edited with Andy Willis, Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
Articles
‘Experiencing Websites: How DVD Distributors Promote and Provide New Online Experiences for UK DVD Viewers’, Arts and The Market, Vol.5, No.2, October 2015.
‘Dubbing Death Note: Framing The Authentic Text’, East Asian Journal of Popular Culture, Vol.1, No.2, September 2015, 193-204.
‘Reviewing Distinctive DVD Experiences: NEO Magazine and the Critical Reception of Asian Media Distributors’, Participations, Vol.12, No.1, May 2015, 82-101.
‘Special Features and Stage Greetings: Whose Promotional Material is it anyway?’
Frames Cinema Journal, Issue on ‘Promotional Materials’, published May 2013.
Forthcoming
‘Distributing and Marketing Asian Cinema: Definitions from DVD Labels’, chapter submitted to Palgrave Macmillan as part of the proposal for The Asian Cinema Handbook (2017).
Further Published works:
Film Reviews for NEO Magazine – Issue 142 onwards.
‘Book Review – Anime’s Media Mix: Franchising Toys and Characters in Japan’, Journal of Japanese and Korean Cinema, Online Book Review, 2016, 1-3.
‘Book Review – Oxford Handbook of Japanese Cinema, and East Asian Film Stars’, Journal of Japanese and Korean Cinema, Vol.7, No. 2, 2015, 167-70.
‘Book Review – Beyond The Screen’, Alphaville, Issue 9, 2015 (online).
‘Film Festival Report – East Winds 2014’, VCinema.
Film critic for Neo Magazine
