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Key film theorist who first came to attention with the publication of the relatively accessible (!), still relevant, and still selling book of structuralist theory, "Signs and Meaning in the Cinema" (1969; revised 1972).

Wollen began his career in film production as co-writer of Michelangelo Antonioni's "The Passenger" (1975) and then co-directed a series of experimental features, produced under the aegis of the British Film Institute, with wife and fellow theorist Laura Mulvey (the two are now separated)....

Filmography

Friendship's Death - ( Director / 1989 / Released / Zanzibar Releasing )
Friendship's Death - ( Screenplay / 1989 / Released / Zanzibar Releasing )
Friendship's Death - ( From Story(- from short story) / 1989 / Released / Zanzibar Releasing )
The Man Who Envied Women - ( Other(- from comments) / 1986 / Released / )
The Man Who Envied Women - ( Other(- from writings) / 1986 / Released / )
Reading the US Press - ( Director / 1985 / Released / )
Welcome Aboard Soyuz - ( Director / 1985 / Released / )
Frida Kahlo and Tina Modotti - ( Director / 1983 / Released / )
Crystal Gazing - ( Director / 1982 / Released / )
Crystal Gazing - ( Screenplay / 1982 / Released / )
Amy! - ( Director / 1980 / Released / )
Amy! - ( Screenplay / 1980 / Released / )
Amy! - ( / 1980 / Released / )
Penthesilea - ( Director / 1977 / Released / )
Riddles of the Sphinx - ( Director / 1976 / Released / )
Riddles of the Sphinx - ( Producer / 1976 / Released / )
Riddles of the Sphinx - ( Screenplay / 1976 / Released / )
The Passenger - ( Screenplay / 1975 / Released / )
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Full Biography (Back to top)

Key film theorist who first came to attention with the publication of the relatively accessible (!), still relevant, and still selling book of structuralist theory, "Signs and Meaning in the Cinema" (1969; revised 1972).

Wollen began his career in film production as co-writer of Michelangelo Antonioni's "The Passenger" (1975) and then co-directed a series of experimental features, produced under the aegis of the British Film Institute, with wife and fellow theorist Laura Mulvey (the two are now separated). Wollen made his solo directing debut with the cerebral science fiction feature, "Friendship's Death" (1987), about a female alien (Tilda Swinton) who crash-lands in strife-torn Jordan during "Black September" and strikes up a relationship with a male journalist (Bill Paterson).


Profession(s):
director, theorist, screenwriter, producer, educator
Sometimes Credited As:
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Family
wife:Laura Mulvey (co-directed with Wollen several films including "Riddles of the Sphinx"; separated)
Milestones (Back to top)
1987 Solo feature directing and writing debut (also from story), "Friendship's Death"
1976 Feature co-writing, co-producing and co-directing debut (with Laura Mulvey), "Riddles of the Sphinx"
1975 Theatrical feature co-writing debut (with Mark Peploe and director Michelangelo Antonioni), "The Passenger"
1969 Published influential work of structuralist film theory, "Signs and Meaning in the Cinema"


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