Richard Dyer

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Richard Dyer (2010)

Richard Dyer (* 1945 in Leeds ) is a British Anglicist and author .

Life

Dyer studied English, Romance languages, German and philosophy at the University of St Andrews . He graduated from the University of Birmingham with a PhD in English . He got a job as a professor at the University of Warwick in the field of film studies. At King's College London he has worked as a university teacher since of 2006. In addition, he also took on visiting lectureships at various universities in the USA and Europe, including Germany.

Dyer wrote several works as a writer, particularly in the field of film theory. In his first independent book Stars from 1979, he dealt with the importance of film stars for the film business. He discussed the images and advertising methods with which film stars such as Marlon Brando , Bette Davis , Marlene Dietrich , Greta Garbo , Robert Redford and John Wayne were seen and marketed in public. In his later works, Dyer often dealt with depictions of homosexuality (in this context he also appeared in the documentary The Celluloid Closet in 1995 ), sexes and skin colors in the cinema. He is also considered a specialist in music in film and has published works on the interpretation and meaning of musical films as well as a biography of the composer Nino Rota .

Works (selection)

  • 1979: Stars (Second Edition 1998), London: British Film Institute. ISBN 9780851706436 .
  • 1986: Heavenly bodies: film stars and society , New York: St. Martin's Press. ISBN 9780333295410 .
  • 1990: Now you see it: studies on lesbian and gay film , London New York: Routledge. ISBN 9780415035569 .
  • 1992: Only entertainment (Second edition). New York: Routledge. ISBN 9780415254977 .
  • 1993: Brief encounter , London: British Film Institute. ISBN 9780851703626 .
  • 1993: The matter of images: essays on representations , London New York: Routledge. ISBN 9780415057196 .
  • 1997: White , London New York: Routledge. ISBN 9780415095372 .
  • 1999: Seven , London: British Film Institute. ISBN 9780851707235 .
  • 2002: The culture of queers , London New York: Routledge. ISBN 9780203996393 .
  • 2007: Pastiche , New York: Routledge. ISBN 9780415340106 .
  • 2010: Nino Rota: music, film, and feeling , New York: Palgrave Macmillan on behalf of the British Film Institute. ISBN 9781844572090 .
  • 2012: In the space of a song: the uses of song in film , Abingdon, Oxon New York: Routledge. ISBN 9780203804629 .
  • 2015: Lethal repetition: serial killing in European cinema , British Film Institute, London

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Official website of the University of St Andrews: Richard Dyer
personal data
SURNAME Dyer, Richard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British English scholar and author
DATE OF BIRTH 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH United Kingdom