Nic Blower
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Email
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Telephone
+44 (0) 1206 874456
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Location
5NW.5.3, Colchester Campus
Profile
Biography
Nic is a filmmaker and lecturer, combining filmmaking with his practice as research. At the University of Essex Nic lectures and supervises students in fiction and documentary filmmaking from undergraduate to PhD. As an industry specialist Nic has worked extensively for the BBC, producing and directing documentaries and drama documentaries. His critically acclaimed film Transplant followed both sides of the organ donation story, a first for UK television. His work has taken him around the world, filming in Lebanon, Palestine, Nepal and the US. His subjects have included neurosurgery in The Brain Hospital for BBC 1, social housing in the series Neighbourhood Watched for BBC 1, missing people in the The Day They Disappeared for BBC 1 and forensic science in the film No Ordinary Murder for BBC 2. Nic’s approach focuses on deep access, combining Direct Cinema and Cinéma Vérité. His fiction short film Periphery won awards at Buxton Film Festival and Lakeshorts Film Festival in Canada. Nic is currently working on two documentaries and a further fiction film.
Qualifications
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M.A. Film Studies University of Essex, (2012)
Appointments
University of Essex
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Lecturer ASER, Literature, Film & Theatre Studies, University of Essex (1/9/2018 - present)
Teaching and supervision
Current teaching responsibilities
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Contemporary Texts and Contexts (LT109)
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Documentary Filmmaking (LT225)
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Fiction Filmmaking (LT226)
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Advanced Documentary Production (LT322)
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The Humanities Graduate: Future Pathways (LT705)
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Independent Project in Film Studies (LT834)
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Independent Film Project (LT833)
Previous supervision
Degree subject: Film Studies (Creative Practice)
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 3/6/2020
Degree subject: Film Studies (Creative Practice)
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 2/3/2020
Degree subject: Film Studies (Creative Practice)
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 6/7/2018
Publications
Journal articles (1)
Blower, N., WE’RE IN THIS TOO: upcycling filmmaking methodologies to create narrative space for those without a voice. Studies in Documentary Film
Conferences (1)
Hammond, A., Lowry, R., Blower, N., Poerio, GL., O'Gorman, R., Chiu, F. and Warsap, G., Documenting The Hidden: Uncovering The Lived Experience Of Young People In Post-COVID 19 Essex
Media (3)
Blower, N., ‘Documenting Tales of Spring and Winter: Gender, Histories and Intergenerational Exchange in Global Theatre’. Video
Blower, N., Poerio, GL., O'Gorman, R., Lowry, R., Hammond, A. and Chiu, F., WE'RE IN THIS TOO (Documenting The Hidden) documentary film. Video
Blower, N., LIFTED. Video