Martin Jones
Liverpool Screen School
Faculty of Arts Professional and Social Studies
Email: M.L.Jones@ljmu.ac.uk
Martin Jones is tutor and coordinator for the LJMU MA Short Film Festival, an annual MA student-led film festival featuring the best in emergent student filmmaking talent from across the globe. He is also a co-project manager for a multi-year Heritage Lottery-funded project documenting the history and legacy of the iconic Liverpool-based company, Littlewoods.
Academic appointments
Lecturer (Sabbatical Cover), Film Studies, Liverpool John Moores University, 2024 - present
Lecturer (Sessional Staff), Film Studies, Liverpool John Moores University, 2022 - 2024
Internet publication
Doughty R, Jones M. 2024. Website: Littlewoods Heritage Project Publisher Url
Artefact
Doughty R, Jones M, Arnold R, Holme P. 2024. Digital Archive: Littlewoods Digital Archive Publisher Url
Film
Doughty R, Jones M. 2023. Oral History Interviews for Former Employees of Littlewoods (30 individual interviews)
Jones M. 2021. Pulling our Strings: Nostalgia and Nostophobia in Puppet Combo Games
Book review
Jones M. 2021. A Critical Companion to James Cameron, edited by Adam Barkman and Antonio Sanna. Lexington, 2019, 220 pp. Murphy J. Alphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media, 6 :244-249 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Exhibition
Doughty R, Jones M, Spark L. Littlewoods Heritage Project Exhibition Publisher Url
Doughty R, Jones M, Spark L. Littlewoods Heritage Project Multimedia Exhibition - The Very Group Publisher Url
Doughty R, Jones M, Spark L. Littlewoods Heritage Pilot Exhibition - Faculty Research Conference
Other
Doughty R, Jones M, Arnold R, Holme P. Digital Archive: Littlewoods Digital Archive Doughty R. Publisher Url
Conference presentation:
Zombie Comedy and Cross - Cultural Narratives in One Cut of the Dead (Ueda, 2017) and Final Cut (Hazanavicius, 2022), Screenwriting Research Network Conference 2024 "Conversation Beyond Script", Palacký University, Olomouc, Czechia, Oral presentation. 2024
Zombie Chaos and Culture Wars in One Cut of the Dead (Ueda, 2017) and Final Cut (Hazanavicius, 2022), MeCSSA Confeence 2024, Manchester Metropolitan University Business School, Oral presentation. 2024
Bringing Communities Together: The LJMU MA Short Film Festival as an educational, professional, and community-building experience, Students at the Heart 2024, Liverpool John Moores University, Oral presentation. 2024
Research Grants Awarded:
QR Funding Early Mid Career, The Wreck of the Sarah Runcorn: The Cultural, Social, and Historical Importance of a Maritime Tragedy, Grant value (£): 1200, Duration of research project: Ongoing. 2023