# Jon Towlson

**Source**: https://www.leeds.ac.uk/directory-record/22755/jon-towlson
**Parent**: https://www.leeds.ac.uk/lifelong-learning/doc/contact-LLC-staff

Job title
:   Tutor (Script Writing), Lifelong Learning Centre

## Contact

- [Email Jon Towlson: j.towlson@leeds.ac.uk](mailto: j.towlson@leeds.ac.uk)

## My role

I am a part-time lecturer in creative writing, currently teaching modules in scriptwriting, professional studies and writing science fiction, fantasy and horror.

## Professional experience

I am a film critic and author of several books on science fiction, horror and genre cinema. I have written for the British Film Institute and a number of academic journals including Offscreen, Bright Lights Film Journal and Cine Excess Journal.

As a freelance journalist, I regularly contribute to popular genre publications such as Scream, Starburst and Digital Film Maker; I also write booklet essays for DVD companies: Arrow Films, Second Sight Films, Eureka and 101 Films.

As a film critic, I have introduced film screenings at City Screen in York, the Hyde Park Picture House in Leeds, the Electric Cinema in Birmingham and the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London.

I have written and directed several short films funded by EMMI, Yorkshire Arts and Channel 4.

Alongside my role here, I teach media at the University of York.

## Qualifications

I studied scriptwriting at Bournemouth University before completing my postgraduate studies at Goldsmiths, University of London and Southampton Solent University.

As a senior lecturer at the Arts University Bournemouth I led courses in film and video production as well as teaching modules in scriptwriting, dramatic studies and genre and authorship.