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Ms Christiane Hitzemann

Ms Christiane Hitzemann

hitzemac@lsbu.ac.uk

Film and Media

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I have joined LSBU after working at the Manchester School of the Arts. I lecture on the BA (Hons) Film and TV Practice Course. I lead the third year and the pathway Writing, Directing, Producing. I teach at the Royal College of Music as well as Merz Academy, Stuttgart, Germany.

On the backdrop of my international education in both theory and practice (MA in Literature Theory and Philosophy from the Free University Berlin as well as a MFA from Columbia University, NY), I, together with my colleagues, seek to establish and impart a holistic, collaborative approach to filmmaking.

My research interest lies in feminist film theory and practices through innovative, alternative story-telling, in new media and national cinemas.

With my Berlin based production company chicksflicks I specialise in international co-productions. My films have won numerous international awards, including an Icelandic Academy Award, and have screened at even more festivals around the globe.

Courses taught

Film and Television Practice - BA (Hons)

Postgraduate Research Supervision
Awarded in the last 5 years
Epigeum Supervisory TrainingPhD
MFA Filmmaking

Columbia University, NY.

2008
2013
MA

Free University, Berlin.

1996
2004
Lecturer
Manchester School of the Arts

2016
2017
Education
Liverpool Institute for the Performing Arts
External examiner

BA (Hons) Acting for Digital Media

March 2019
March 2019
Wrexham Glyndwr University
External examiner

BA (Hons) Photography and Film. Revalidation

March 2020
March 2020
University of the Arts, London College of Communication
External examiner

BA (Hons) Film. Revalidation.

March 2021
March 2021
University of the Arts, London College of Communication
External examiner

MA Film. Revalidation.

March 2021
March 2021
University of Hertfordshire
External examiner

BA BSc (Hons) Film, Media and Animation. BA BSc (Hons) Web Development. BA BSc (Hons) Games Programming. SAE Germany, Switzerland, Austria. German and English. Validation.

March 2021
March 2021
Royal College of Music
Visiting professor

Film Dramaturgies.

September 2020
Merz Academy Stuttgart, Germany
Visiting professor

Re-Action! Directing (Actors) for Film

March 2005
Prizes, awards, and accolades

Laura Bassi Scholarship (Jul 2021)

Laura Bassi Foundation


Scholarship for Teaching and Learning (May 2017)

Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, Metroplitan University, Manchester, UK.


Scholarship of the Film Department (Aug 2008)

Film Department, Columbia University, NY, USA.


Fulbright (Jul 1999)

Fulbright Foundation


Scholarship (Aug 1999)

Germanic Department, Cornell Univerity, Ithaca, NY, USA.