Dr Jill Daniels is a British independent filmmaker and a Senior Lecturer in Film at University of East London.[1]

Jill Daniels
Born
NationalityBritish
Alma materWimbledon School of Art
University of the Arts London
Royal College of Art
University of East London
OccupationFilm director
Years active1976–present
EmployerUniversity of East London[1]
Websitewww.jilldanielsfilms.com

Early life

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Daniels was born in Manchester, Lancashire, England and comes from a Jewish family of Romanian and Russian (now Lithuania) descent. She studied fine art at Wimbledon School of Art.[2] She received an M.A. in Film and Television from the Royal College of Art, London and gained her PhD at the University of East London.[3] She was a founding member and the London Secretary of the Independent Filmmakers Association [4] and Secretary of the Working Women's Charter Campaign and editor of the newspaper Women's Fight.

Career

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Daniels joined the Working Women’s Charter Campaign and edited the newspaper Women’s Fight, from 1977 to 1981 [citation needed]. In 1991 she was a jury member of the Huesca International Film Festival, Spain.[5] In 2014 she gained her PhD in Film from the University of East London. She wrote a chapter for the book Truth, Dare or Promise: Art and Documentary Revisited (2013), Cambridge Scholars, Newcastle Upon Tyne, and was co-editor with Gail Pearce and Cahal McLaughlin.[6] In 2019 she published the book Memory, Place and Autobiography, Cambridge Scholars, Newcastle Upon Tyne. She is co-Chair of the editorial board of the academic Journal, Media Practice and Education.[7][8] She wrote a chapter entitled 'Scripting the Experimental Documentary Film: Developing the 'script' for Not Reconciled', for The Palgrave Handbook of Script Development eds. Stayci Taylor & Craig Batty (2022).

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Jill Daniels - University of East London (UEL)". www.uel.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 24 May 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Category:Alumni of Wimbledon College of Arts", Wikipedia, 7 December 2021, retrieved 1 June 2024
  3. ^ "Dr Jill Daniels : UEL Research Repository". repository.uel.ac.uk. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  4. ^ "LUX Online template". www.luxonline.org.uk. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  5. ^ "Huesca International Film Festival. Huesca". Spain.info. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  6. ^ Daniels, Jill; McLaughlin, Cahal; Pearce, Gail, eds. (2013). Truth, dare or promise: art and documentary revisited (1. publ ed.). Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publ. ISBN 978-1-4438-4959-3.
  7. ^ https://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?show=editorialBoard&journalCode=rjmp21
  8. ^ Daniels, Jill (2019). Memory, Place and Autobiography: Experiments in Documentary Filmmmaking. Newcastle Upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN 978-1-5275-2135-3.
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