Ian Christie (born 1945) is a British film scholar. He has written several books including studies of the works of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, Martin Scorsese and the development of cinema. He is a regular contributor to Sight & Sound magazine and a frequent broadcaster. Christie is Professor of Film and Media History at Birkbeck, University of London.
Selected bibliography The Art of Film: John Box and Production Design (Wallflower, 2009) WorldCat A Matter of Life and Death (BFI, 2000) WorldCat Gilliam on Gilliam (Faber, 1999) [ed.] Scorsese on Scorsese (Faber and Faber, 1996 - revised edition) [ed. with David Thompson], 4th edition due in 2010. The Last Machine: Early Cinema and the Birth of the Modern World (BBC/BFI, 1994) Arrows of Desire: the films of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger (Faber and Faber, 1994 – revised edition) WorldCat
Audio commentaries A Canterbury Tale The Edge of the World, with comments from the director's widow, Thelma Schoonmaker-Powell, and actor Daniel Day-Lewis reading from Michael Powell's memoirs I Know Where I'm Going! A Matter of Life and Death Peeping Tom The Red Shoes, with actors Marius Goring and Moira Shearer, cinematographer Jack Cardiff, composer Brian Easdale, and filmmaker Martin Scorsese R.W. Paul: The Collected Films 1895–1908 The Story of the Kelly Gang That Hamilton Woman
References
External links Official website
Birkbeck profile MA in Film, Television and Screen Media and Birkbeck College, University of London