Lecturer
Laura Mayne is a film historian who specializes 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'.
Channel 4 and the British Film Industry, 1982-1998
Mayne, L. (2024). Channel 4 and the British Film Industry, 1982-1998. Edinburgh University Press
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
Careers guidance and support for media students
Zborowski, J., Mayne, L., & Macrae, S. (2024). Careers guidance and support for media students. Zenodo: Screen Industries Growth Network
Bridging the expectation gap? Evaluating the work-readiness of pre-university media students in Yorkshire and the Humber
Zborowski, J., Mayne, L., & Macrae, S. (2024). Bridging the expectation gap? Evaluating the work-readiness of pre-university media students in Yorkshire and the Humber. Screen Industries Growth Network (SIGN)/Research England
The Time Project: Understanding working time in the UK television industry
Mayne, L., Swords, J., Ozimek, A., & Boardman, C. (2022). The Time Project: Understanding working time in the UK television industry. York: Screen Industries Growth Network
Project
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Grant
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Screen Industries Growth Network
£50,000.00
1 March 2023
Complete
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.
Honourary Research Fellow, CATHI (De Montfort University) Research Centre
2016 - 2019
Book Series Editor, Global Exploitation Cinemas [Bloomsbury]
2020
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