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Laura Mulvey
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British feminist film theorist
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Laura Mulvey is a British feminist film theorist. She was educated at St Hilda's College, Oxford. She is currently professor of film and media studies at Birkbeck, University of London. She previously taught at Bulmershe College, the London College of Printing, the University of East Anglia, and the British Film Institute. Mulvey is best known for her essay, "Visual Pleasure and Narrative…
Known for
- Films to Die For — Self - Interviewee2025
- Chantal Akerman: Always on the Road — Self2024
- Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power — Self2022
- The Illusionists — Herself2016
- The Amazed Spectator — Herself2016
- The Eye of the Beholder — Self2005
- Home Movies 1971-811985
- The Cinema of Stephen Dwoskin — Herself1984
- Angel in the House — Extracts of Virginia Woolf1978
- Riddles of the Sphinx — Herself / Voice Off1977
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1941-08-15 ) 15 August 1941 (age 84)
- Alma mater
- St Hilda's College, Oxford
- School or tradition
- Screen theory
- Institutions
- Birkbeck, University of London
- Main interests
- Film studies and media studies
- Notable ideas
- Male gaze
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Laura
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- England
- Occupation
- academic
- Educated at
- St Hilda's College
- Employer
- British Film Institute
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Laura Mulvey Fot Mariusz Kubik July 24 2010 06.JPG
- Work location
- United Kingdom
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- date of birth
- 1941-08-15
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Encyclopedic overview
Laura Mulvey (born 15 August 1941) is a British feminist film theorist and filmmaker. She was educated at St Hilda's College, Oxford. She is currently Honorary Professor of Film at the University of St. Andrews and Emerita Professor of Film and Media Studies at Birkbeck, University of London. She previously taught at Bulmershe College, the London College of Printing, the University of East Anglia, and the British Film Institute.
During the 2008–09 academic year, Mulvey was the Mary Cornille Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Humanities at Wellesley College. Mulvey has been awarded three honorary degrees: in 2006 a Doctor of Letters from the University of East Anglia; in 2009 a Doctor of Law from Concordia University; and in 2012 a Bloomsday Doctor of Literature from University College Dublin. Mulvey was also awarded a British Film Fellowship in November 2025.
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