Projects per year
Personal profile
Research
I am an academic filmmaker working especially in videographic criticism, meaning that I make digital videos about film and screen media. My current research concerns the methods and poetics of the video essay as such. I am particularly interested in anti-utilitarian practices of ‘minor’ and ‘luxury’ scholarship. I have published video essays in leading journals including [in]Transition: Journal of Videographic Film & Moving Studies, where I am now co-editor.
Teaching
I teach film and media history and short film production at BA and MA levels. I supervise MA theses on a range of topics, and have a special interest in working with students who wish to make a creative product as part of their research. I have supervised PHD students working on topics like film festivals, collaborative songwriting, and popular celebrity, and am espcially interested in working with practice researchers.
Education/Academic qualification
Italian cinema, Ph.D., ‘Tragedia all’italiana: Italian Cinema and Italian Terrorisms, 1970-2006’, University of Cambridge
Award Date: 1 Jun 2007
External positions
'Permanent Invitee' at Centre for European Studies
2014 → …
Visiting Researcher, University of Leeds
Areas of expertise
- Videographic Criticism
- Video essays
- Practice research
- Film production teaching
- Constraint-based creativity
- Luxury scholarship
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Cyborgs, Constraints and Critical Intimacies: The Poetics of Videographic Criticism
O'Leary, A. (PI)
23/06/2021 → …
Project: Research
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The Creative Potential of Evolving Constraints in Peer-to-Peer Reciprocal Coaching – A Three-way Investigation
O'Leary, A. (PI), Høybye, M. (PI) & Hallager Andersen, M. (Collaborator)
23/08/2021 → 31/12/2021
Project: Research
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Parameters and Practice: A Year of Tasks for Creative Collaboration
O'Leary, A. (PI) & Andersen, M. H. (CoPI)
01/10/2018 → 30/09/2019
Project: Research
Research output
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Men Shouting: A History in 7 Episodes
O'Leary, A. (Producer), Aug 2023Research output: Non-textual form › Pictures, Video and sound recordings (digital) › Research › peer-review
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Workshop of Potential Scholarship: Manifesto for a parametric videographic criticism
O'Leary, A., 2021, In: NECSUS European Journal of Media Studies. SpringResearch output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Literature and the Video Essay: Researching and Teaching Literature Through Moving Images
O'Leary, A., 2025, In: ELLA. 3, 2, p. 1-27Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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The Creative Potential of Evolving Constraints in Peer-to-Peer Reciprocal Coaching: A Three-way Investigation
O'Leary, A., Hoybye, M. & Andersen, M. H., Dec 2024, In: Journal of Artistic Research. 34Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Screen Production in MEDJOUR: Supporting Research, Teaching, and Employability
O'Leary, A. & Thomsen, S. P., 2023, 7 p.Research output: Book/anthology/dissertation/report › Report › Communication
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Activities
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Interrogating the Modes of Videographic Criticism
O'Leary, A. (Organizer), Loock, K. (Organizer) & Hofmann, M. (Organizer)
24 Feb 2022 → 25 Feb 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in or organisation af a conference
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Videoessays and Academic Filmmaking: Practices, Pedagogies and Potentials
Korsgaard, M. B. (Organizer), O'Leary, A. (Organizer) & Thomsen, S. P. (Organizer)
8 Nov 2022 → 10 Nov 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in or organisation of workshop, seminar or course
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Workshop: Introduction to the Scholarly Video Essay
O'Leary, A. (Organizer)
27 May 2025 → 28 May 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in or organisation of workshop, seminar or course
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Society for Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS) conference 2025
O'Leary, A. (Organizer) & Zecchi, B. (Organizer)
Apr 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in or organisation of workshop, seminar or course
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Launch of 'Literature and the Video Essay'
O'Leary, A. (Organizer) & Dancus, A. M. (Organizer)
30 Jan 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in or organisation of workshop, seminar or course
Prizes
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Winner of the Videographic Criticism category of the British Association of Film, Television and Screen Studies (BAFTSS) Practice Research Awards 2024
O'Leary, A. (Recipient), 2024
Prize: Prizes, scholarships, distinctions
Press/Media
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The Videoessay Podcast, episode 39: Alan O’Leary
19/07/2023
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Four video essays named among the best of 2022 in Sight and Sound annual poll
13/01/2023
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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The Videoessay Podcast: Alan O’Leary and Evelyn Kreutzer on The Role of Writings on Video Essays
O'Leary, A. & Kreutzer, E.
22/08/2024
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Italy’s Raucous Holiday Classics Are Not Your Standard Hallmark Movies
30/12/2023
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Two video essays named among the best of 2023 in Sight and Sound annual poll
19/12/2023
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media