Dr Laura Mayne L.Mayne@hull.ac.uk Faculty and Department Faculty of Arts Cultures and Education School of The Arts Related groups Screen Biography Outputs Research/PhD Recognition Qualifications MA (University of St Andrews) PhD (University of Portsmouth) Summary Laura Mayne is a lecturer in Film and Media at the University of Hull. Her research specialism is in post-war British cinema with an emphasis on industrial histories, institutional practices and production cultures. In 2019 she co-authored Transformation and Tradition in Sixties British Cinema (Edinburgh University Press), an in-depth reassessment of the nature and significance of British cinema and the British film industry during the 1960s. She is currently working on a monograph titled 'Slumdogs and Millionaires: Channel 4 and the British Film Industry, 1982-1998'. She is a review editor for the Bloomsbury book series 'Global Exploitation Cinemas'. Recent outputs View more outputs Book Transformation and Tradition in 1960s British Cinema Farmer, R., Mayne, L., Petrie, D., & Williams, M. (2019). Transformation and Tradition in 1960s British Cinema. Edinburgh University Press Journal Article A World on His Shoulders: Nat Cohen, Anglo-EMI and the British Film Industry Mayne, L. (2021). A World on His Shoulders: Nat Cohen, Anglo-EMI and the British Film Industry. Journal of British cinema and television, 18(1), 34-49. https://doi.org/10.3366/jbctv.2021.0554 An Uncompetitive Cinema: The British Fiction Short Film in the 1960s Mayne, L. (2018). An Uncompetitive Cinema: The British Fiction Short Film in the 1960s. Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, 38(1), 116-132. https://doi.org/10.1080/01439685.2017.1300000 Whatever happened to the British 'B' movie? Micro-budget film-making and the death of the one-hour supporting feature in the early 1960s Mayne, L. (2017). Whatever happened to the British ‘B’ movie? Micro-budget film-making and the death of the one-hour supporting feature in the early 1960s. Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, 37(3), 559-576. https://doi.org/10.1080/01439685.2016.1220765 The Four Heads of Film4 Smith, J., & Mayne, L. (2014). The Four Heads of Film4. Journal of British cinema and television, 11(4), 517-551. https://doi.org/10.3366/jbctv.2014.0232 Project Funder Grant Started Status Project Bridging the expectation gap: Career pathways for entrants to the film and TV industries Funder Screen Industries Growth Network Grant £50,000.00 Started 1 March 2023 Status Ongoing Awards and prizes Best Article by New Scholar (IAMHIST) 2017 The Philip M. Taylor IAMHIST-Routledge Prize for the Best Article by a New Scholar: Laura Mayne, ‘Whatever happened to the British “B” movie? Micro-budget film-making and the death of the one-hour supporting feature in the early 1960s’, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, 37: 3, pp.559-576. Honorary position Honourary Research Fellow, CATHI (De Montfort University) Research Centre 2016 - 2019 Journal editorial role Book Series Editor, Global Exploitation Cinemas [Bloomsbury] 2020 Similar profiles Helen Mitchell Screen Stuart Lilford Screen Robert Consoli Screen