Kathryn Collinson
Film Researcher
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About
Recent PhD Graduate with years of experience in film and television history research, particularly around industrial studies, reception studies, genre, and transnational cinema.
Experience
Recently completed my PhD in 2025. Prior to that, I've worked intermittently as a customer service assistant in retail, have some experience in administration, and have completed an internship as an archiving and digitisation assistant.
Education
A Decade in Dissolve: Body Horror, Special Effects and Industrial Authorship 1979 - 1989
~80k PhD thesis on the role of special effects artists in body horror cinema between 1979 and 1989, with a focus on fan and trade publications as a site of fan discourse and genre construction.
