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Lecture

Professor David Peimer
The Great Directors: Spielberg, Part 2

Saturday 14.09.2024

Summary

In this series we will look at the films of some of the great directors, beginning with Steven Spielberg. Through his films and interviews, we will focus on what makes his movies so good, how he explores his ideas, his film devices, his visual creativity, and his storytelling.

Professor David Peimer

head and shoulders portrait of david peimer looking at camera, smiling

David Peimer is a professor of theatre and performance studies in the UK. He has taught at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, and New York University (Global Division), and was a Fulbright Scholar at Columbia University. Born in South Africa, David has won numerous awards for playwriting and directing. He has written eleven plays and directed forty in places like South Africa, New York, Brussels, London, Berlin, Zulu Kingdom, Athens, and more. His writing has been published widely and he is the editor of Armed Response: Plays from South Africa (2009) and the interactive digital book Theatre in the Camps (2012). He is on the board of the Pinter Centre in London.