Peter Markham
@petermarkhamfilm.bsky.social
Author: THE ZEN OF THE DIRECTOR (SPB), THE ART OF THE FILMMAKER (OUP), WHAT’S THE STORY? (Focal Press), Former AFI Conservatory Directing Head. Courses/Consultations. Advisor-in-Residence Sundance Collab. Website: https://www.filmdirectingclass.com/
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For my first Bluesky post, may I say something of my approach as a filmmaking educator? My distinctive live courses and consultations I believe yield benefits to students globally whatever their sensibility, perspective, or genre leanings. “The most important teacher I’ve ever had.” Ari Aster.
New and boosted on Medium in the BABEL publication, MY THREE LESSONS FROM DIRECTOR JOHN SCHLESINGER:
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Photo: Alan Bates as Guy Burgess in AN ENGLISHMAN ABROAD (BBC). Director:John Schlesinger. Screenplay: Alan Bennett. Cinematography: Nat Crosby. (Daily Mail. UK)
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Photo: Alan Bates as Guy Burgess in AN ENGLISHMAN ABROAD (BBC). Director:John Schlesinger. Screenplay: Alan Bennett. Cinematography: Nat Crosby. (Daily Mail. UK)
May 6, 2025 at 9:17 PM
New and boosted on Medium in the BABEL publication, MY THREE LESSONS FROM DIRECTOR JOHN SCHLESINGER:
medium.com/babel/my-thr...
Photo: Alan Bates as Guy Burgess in AN ENGLISHMAN ABROAD (BBC). Director:John Schlesinger. Screenplay: Alan Bennett. Cinematography: Nat Crosby. (Daily Mail. UK)
medium.com/babel/my-thr...
Photo: Alan Bates as Guy Burgess in AN ENGLISHMAN ABROAD (BBC). Director:John Schlesinger. Screenplay: Alan Bennett. Cinematography: Nat Crosby. (Daily Mail. UK)
New from me on Medium in the ZENITE publication. THE GIFT OF THE INTERNATIONAL CLASS: To the student and the teacher. pmarkhamca.medium.com
With thanks to all of my students and alumni!
(Photo by Greg Rosenke on Unsplash)
With thanks to all of my students and alumni!
(Photo by Greg Rosenke on Unsplash)
April 14, 2025 at 5:34 PM
New from me on Medium in the ZENITE publication. THE GIFT OF THE INTERNATIONAL CLASS: To the student and the teacher. pmarkhamca.medium.com
With thanks to all of my students and alumni!
(Photo by Greg Rosenke on Unsplash)
With thanks to all of my students and alumni!
(Photo by Greg Rosenke on Unsplash)
As a published author, I'm so proud to be a member of PEN America:
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Vital at this time! Associate membership also available for those not yet published.
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Vital at this time! Associate membership also available for those not yet published.
PEN America - The Freedom to Write
PEN America stands at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect free expression in the United States and worldwide.
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March 8, 2025 at 6:40 PM
As a published author, I'm so proud to be a member of PEN America:
pen.org
Vital at this time! Associate membership also available for those not yet published.
pen.org
Vital at this time! Associate membership also available for those not yet published.
New on Medium. Cinema: Technical Flaws Reconstrued as Style.
My take on the visual blemishes that signal authenticity.
medium.com/p/b281825da570
My take on the visual blemishes that signal authenticity.
medium.com/p/b281825da570
Cinema: Technical Flaws Reconstrued as Style
From mistake to idiom, from fault to utility
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March 2, 2025 at 12:36 AM
New on Medium. Cinema: Technical Flaws Reconstrued as Style.
My take on the visual blemishes that signal authenticity.
medium.com/p/b281825da570
My take on the visual blemishes that signal authenticity.
medium.com/p/b281825da570
Working-class creatives don’t stand a chance in UK today, leading artists warn
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
48 children in my classroom with 1 teacher when I was 10. Never a second of private education. I have strong feelings reading this.
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
48 children in my classroom with 1 teacher when I was 10. Never a second of private education. I have strong feelings reading this.
Working-class creatives don’t stand a chance in UK today, leading artists warn
Exclusive: Analysis by the Guardian shows a third of major arts leaders were educated privately
www.theguardian.com
February 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Working-class creatives don’t stand a chance in UK today, leading artists warn
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
48 children in my classroom with 1 teacher when I was 10. Never a second of private education. I have strong feelings reading this.
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
48 children in my classroom with 1 teacher when I was 10. Never a second of private education. I have strong feelings reading this.
Deepen your cinematic craft with the filmmaking of BARRY JENKINS in my 3-session course on MOONLIGHT. Dates, times, registration: www.filmdirectingclass.com/classes-1/ma...
From the author of THE ART OF THE FILMMAKER (Oxford University Press)
From the author of THE ART OF THE FILMMAKER (Oxford University Press)
February 12, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Deepen your cinematic craft with the filmmaking of BARRY JENKINS in my 3-session course on MOONLIGHT. Dates, times, registration: www.filmdirectingclass.com/classes-1/ma...
From the author of THE ART OF THE FILMMAKER (Oxford University Press)
From the author of THE ART OF THE FILMMAKER (Oxford University Press)
For my first Bluesky post, may I say something of my approach as a filmmaking educator? My distinctive live courses and consultations I believe yield benefits to students globally whatever their sensibility, perspective, or genre leanings. “The most important teacher I’ve ever had.” Ari Aster.
February 11, 2025 at 7:12 PM
For my first Bluesky post, may I say something of my approach as a filmmaking educator? My distinctive live courses and consultations I believe yield benefits to students globally whatever their sensibility, perspective, or genre leanings. “The most important teacher I’ve ever had.” Ari Aster.