Dr Anthony Killick

Dr Anthony Killick is a Cultural Economy researcher and University Lecturer. As Director of the CEME Network, his latest work focuses on CCIs in the GCC-MENA region and knowledge exchange with CCI stakeholders in the EU.  He has a particular interest in the growth and equitable development of the Saudi Arabian screen industries, and has been carrying out primary qualitative research with film workers in Saudi Arabia, focusing on development, mapping, labour and socio-cultural liberalisation in the context of rapid “post-oil” economic diversification.

Anthony’s previous research, comprising academic forms with creative professional practice, is widely published in journals and edited collections (see below). At intervals, he has held roles as an academic, filmmaker, film festival curator, and cinema developer. 

Anthony has delivered presentations at a number of international conferences, including the ECREA European Communication Conference, NECS European Network for Cinema Studies, and recently at Media Industries 2024 at Kings College, London. He has also delivered talks at the Berlin International Film Festival and Leeds International Film Festival. Anthony has a PhD in Film Industries and Urban Development from Edge Hill University and a Masters degree in Film and Television Studies from the University of Bristol.

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Selection of published academic work

Forthcoming: Killick. A (2024) “Emerging Media Industries and the “Post-oil” Cultural Economy of Saudi Arabia” in International Journal of Media and Cultural Politics

Killick. A, Salter. L (2022) “Breaking the Link: Film Pedagogy and Drug Policy in the UK” in Journal of Alternative and Community Media 7 (1) October/November https://doi.org/10.1386/jacm_00106_1

Killick. A, Salter. L, Zampini. G, Buck-Morse. E (2021) “We, ourselves and us: tensions of identity, intersubjectivity and positionality stemming from the People and Dancefloors project” in International Journal of Drug Policy https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2020.103096 

Killick. A (2020) “Arts and Social Sustainability: Promoting Intergenerational Relations through Community Theatre” in Journal of Applied Arts and Health 11 (2) August/September https://doi.org/10.1386/jaah_00012_1

Killick. A, Oakley. K (2020) “Getting on and Getting Out: Class, place and the creative careers imaginary among young people aged 16-19” in Banks. M, Oakley. K (eds) Culture Industries and the Environmental Crisis: New Approaches for Policy, New York: Springer https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49384-4 p.125-137

Killick. A (2020) “Rethinking Human Rights Film Festivals: A Radical Perspective” in Wayne. M, Presence. S, Newsinger. J (eds) The Radical Film Handbook: Networks, Organisations and Activists, London: Palgrave Macmillan https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351006385

Killick. A (2019) “Regeneration and Resistance: Art-based Political Communication on Liverpool’s North Shore Dock” in Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture. 14(1) DOI: https://doi.org/10.16997/wpcc.307 

Killick. A (2017) “Building a Small Cinema: Resisting Neoliberal Colonisation in Liverpool” Architecture_Media, Politics and Society. 11 (1). DOI: https://doi.org/10.14324/111.444.amps.2017v12i3.001