Jill Nelmes has taught at UEL since 2000, taking time off between 2003 and 2005 to study screenwriting at UCLA. She has had a number of feature length screenplays in development and is also interested in furthering academic study of the screenplay. She is founder of The Journal of Screenwriting and has published widely in this area while also being the editor of An Introduction to Film Studies, now on its 5th edition and translated into Chinese, amongst other languages. She is currently writing a book on screenwriting in British cinema for BFI/Palgrave and has a book on screenplay writing due to be published in December 2011

Film analysis and screenwriting.

Most recently my interests have focused on developing screenwritng as an academic area of study and writing for film and television.

• Film and Video Degree
• Film
• Video and Screen Media MA
• Creative and Professional Writing Degree
• Imaginative Writing MA

•  MS 1406 ( Film Analysis)
• MS 2201 ( Screenwriting)
• MS 3000(Third year dissertation by practice)
• CC3103 ( On the Screen)
• PX 007 (Genre Writing)
• Screenwriting

2009 – ‘Developing the Screenplay Wingwalking: a Case Study’, peer reviewed article, Journal of British Cinema and Television.

2009 – Journal of Screenwriting, Principal Editor
The journal arose from of my realization that there was clearly a need for a specialist vehicle for academics to write about the screenplay. Both the Journal of Media Practice and the Journal of British Cinema and Television have recently devoted issues to the subject. The first issue of the journal was published in September 2009 and will be produced twice yearly. The editorial board includes internationally respected academics such as Kristin Thompson, Steven Maras, Paul Wells, Isabelle Raynauld, Andrew Spicer, Ken Dancyger and Ian Macdonald. The journal aims to promote academic research in the field of screenwriting and includes in its subject area writing for film, television and new media.

2010 ‘Collaboration and Control in the Development of Janet Green’s Screenplay Victim’, peer reviewed article, Journal of Screenwriting.

2010, September, 'Analysing the Screenplay', Routledge, editor and contributor.

The anthology aims to highlight study of the screenplay as an important form in itself.

2011, December - Creative Screenwriting, Robert Hale
The monograph emphasises the importance of creativity in storytelling.

2011, June - Introduction to Film Studies, 5th Edition, Routledge.

2012, December - The Screenwriter and the Screenplay in British Cinema, BFI/Palgrave.

1996 – 1st edition Introduction to Film Studies, Routledge, editor and contributor

1999 – 2nd edition Introduction to Film Studies, Routledge, editor and contributor

2003 – 3rd edition Introduction to Film Studies, Routledge, editor and contributor

2007 – 4th edition Introduction to Film Studies, Routledge, editor and contributor

2007 – ‘Some thoughts on Analysing the Screenplay’, peer reviewed article, Journal of Media Practice

This article reflects upon the screenwriting process and discusses how the writer balances craft and creativity.

AHRC Peer Review panel member ( Screenwriting),
Screenwriting Network member
External Examiner, Portsmouth University, BA Film and TV Production
External MA Screenwriting, University of Glamorgan