Tim Lindemann

• Biography

I am a Lecturer in Film and Media Studies for the School of Film, Media and Communication. 

I completed my PhD at Queen Mary University of London in 2023. My thesis is titled New Rural Cinema - Landscape, Community and Poverty in Recent US Indie Films and has been published under the same title by DeGruyter in 2024. You can find a link to the the publication here: https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783110779417/html

I have worked as a research assistant at the Deutsche Kinemathek in Berlin and have contributed research to several major exhibitions on film history. As a curator, I have contributed to the programming and selection process of Interfilm short film festival, Berlin. As a member of FIPRESCI (International Federation of Film Critics), I have been a member of film festival jurys at Thessaloniki, Motovun and others.

As an Early Career Researcher, my research interests include US independent cinema, film geography, film and ideology. I have taught various courses on film history, film theory and curatorial practice at MA and undergraduate level at both Queen Mary and Portsmouth University. I am a member of the British Association of Film, TV, and Screen Studies (BAFTSS) as well as the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Medienwissenschaft (GfM).