Peter wollen biography
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Peter Wollen
English film theorist and filmmaker (–)
Peter Wollen (29 June – 17 December ) was an English film theorist and filmmaker.
Peter wollen biography
He studied English at Christ Church, Oxford. Both political journalist and film theorist, Wollen's Signs and Meaning in the Cinema () helped to transform the discipline of film studies by incorporating the methodology of structuralism and semiotics.[1] He taught film at a number of universities and was Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Los Angeles at the time of his retirement from academe in [2][3]
Life
Wollen was born on 29 June , in Woodford, northeast London, to Douglas and Winifred (Waterman) Wollen.[2] Douglas was a Methodist minister and Winifred was a teacher.
Peter attended a Methodist boarding school, Kingswood School, in Bath, Somerset, England.[2]
In , Wollen graduated from the University of Oxford with a degree in English literature.[2]
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