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My research focuses on film and media production, particularly screenwriting and creative collaboration. I also study broader issues related to Danish/Nordic cinema and drama series, among them questions of industry structures, of practitioners’ agency and authorship and of cultural and film policy.

From September 2019 until February 2023 I am the Principal Investigator of the research project Reaching Young Audiences: Serial fiction and cross-media storyworlds for children and young audiences supported by Independent Research Fund Denmark.

Primary fields of research

Selected research topics are:

• film and media production
• screenwriting
• fiction for children and young audiences
• creativity theory and creative collaboration
• industry structures
• Danish/Nordic cinema and television drama series
• practitioners’ agency and issues of authorship
• cultural and film policy
• film criticism

 

Teaching

I have been teaching and supervising at BA and MA levels on the following topics:

• film and media production
• screenwriting
• creativity theory and creative collaboration
• industry structures
• Danish/Nordic cinema and television drama series
• practitioners’ agency and authorship
• cultural and film policy
• film criticism

Current research

From September 2019 until February 2023 I am the Principal Investigator of the research project Reaching Young Audiences: Serial fiction and cross-media storyworlds for children and young audiences supported by Independent Research Fund Denmark.

Before that I have been working on the European research project Mediating Cultural Encounters Through European Screens:

http://mecetes.co.uk

and the Danish research project What Makes Danish TV Drama Travel?

http://danishtvdrama.au.dk

I have also organised three international research workshops Commissioning Creativity and Funding Films together with Inge Ejbye Sørensen at The University of Glasgow

http://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/cca/research/ccpr/researchinccpr/commissioningcreativityandfundingfilmsworkshops2016-17/

 

Possible conflicts of interest

I have been a film critic for the daily Danish newspaper Information since 1999 and I regularly do presentations and occasionally preprare reports for the national and international film and television industries. I am a board member of The Danish Film Institute, The Association of Danish Film Critics and Carl Th. Dreyers Mindefond and I am a member of the Adjudication Committee for The Nordic Council Film Prize.

Selected publications

1. Published

   Transnational European Television Drama: Production, Genres and Audiences

   Bondebjerg, I., Redvall, E. N., Helles, R., Lai, S. S., Søndergaard, H. & Astrupgaard, C., 4 Nov 2017, Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. 318 p.

   Research output: Book/Report › Book › Research › peer-review

2. Published

   Writing and Producing Television Drama in Denmark: From The Kingdom to The Killing

   Redvall, E. N., 2013, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. 256 p. (Palgrave studies in screenwriting).

   Research output: Book/Report › Book › Research › peer-review

3. Published

   European Cinema and Television: Cultural Policy and Everyday Life

   Bondebjerg, I. (ed.), Redvall, E. N. (ed.) & Higson, A. (ed.), 1 Jun 2015, Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan. 265 p. (Palgrave European Film and Media Studies).

   Research output: Book/Report › Anthology › Research › peer-review

4. Published

   Film and Media Production as a Screen Idea System

   Redvall, E. N., 2016, The Creative System in Action: Understanding Cultural Production and Practice​. McIntyre, P., Fulton, J. & Paton, E. (eds.). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 139-154 16 p.

   Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

5. Published

   The Writing of Television Drama: Issues of Creative Collaboration and Authorship in Danish Writers’ Rooms

   Redvall, E. N., May 2016, A Companion to Nordic Cinema. Hjort, M. & Lindqvist, U. (eds.). Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, p. 491-509 19 p.

   Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

6. Published

   Craft, creativity, collaboration, and connections: Educating talent for Danish television drama series

   Redvall, E. N., 2015, Production Studies, The Sequel!: Cultural Studies of Global Media Industries. Banks, M., Conor, B. & Mayer, V. (eds.). New York: Routledge, p. 75-88 14 p.

   Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

7. Published

   Danish Directors 3: Dialogues on the New Danish Documentary Cinema

   Hjort, M., Bondebjerg, I. & Redvall, E. N., 26 Feb 2014, Bristol: Intellect. 430 p.

   Research output: Book/Report › Book › Research › peer-review