Director and
Associate Directors

Prof. Ellen Elizabeth SEITER
Director, Programme Director (Research Postgraduate Programme), Academy of Film Chair Professor, Film and Media
Area of Interests

Platform studies / audience research / cognitive neuroscience / stereotyping / children and media / German film and television

Mr. CHAN Norman
Associate Director
Senior Teaching Fellow
Area of Interests

Film Directing / Film Producing / Film Production / Script Writing / Film Marketing / Hong Kong Cinema

Dr. ELLIS-GEIGER Robert Jay
Associate Director
Associate Professor of Practice
Area of Interests

Film Scoring / Music Production / Music Performer (Piano, Trumpet, Voice) / Cinematic 3D Spatial Sound Production (Dolby Atmos and Auro-3D) / Music and Sound Facility Design

  Research Faculty

Prof. ZHU Ying
Founder & Chief Editor: Global Storytelling: Journal of Digital and Moving Images
Professor
Area of Interests

TV and Web Drama and Online Platforms; East Asia Film and Television; Hollywood Film; Global Media Industries; Popular Culture and Digital Media, Gender and Sexuality

Dr. NG Kwok Kwan, Kenny
Director of Centre for Film and Moving Image Research
Associate Professor
Area of Interests

Adaptation, literary and transmedia studies; Censorship, repression and creativity; Critical theory and aesthetics; Cultural memory, preservation and heritage; Hong Kong television, radio and film; Sinophone cinema and popular culture; Transnational cinema and visual culture; Urban culture and cultural geography

Dr. LAU Wai Sim, Dorothy
Programme Director of Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Business Administration (Global Entertainment) Associate Professor
Managing Editor, Global Storytelling: Journal of Digital and Moving Images
Area of Interests

Star studies, fan studies, celebrity culture, celebrity philanthropy, digital culture, screen culture, Hong Kong cinema, East Asian cinema, auteurs

Ms. Juri HWANG
Research Assistant Professor
Area of Interests

Embodied Media, Media Archeology, Medical Humanities, Cross-Modal Perception, Neuroscience of Hearing, Voice, Arts-based Intervention for Social Change

Dr. ZENG Hong
Assistant Professor
Area of Interests

creative industries, gender and visual culture, Sinophone Cinema, contemporary art in Hong Kong and China, digital media, museum studies, nationalism and visual culture

  Faculty of Practice

Ms CHEUNG Ngar Lai Annie
Associate Professor of Practice
Area of Interests

Actress / Solo Performer / Self-revelatory Theatre / Autobiographical Theatre / Arts in Mental Health

Mr. WONG Sau Ping, Adam
Associate Professor of Practice
Area of Interests

Filmmaking / Storytelling / Fine Arts / TVC making

Mr. PO Ka Tsun, Gilbert
Programme Director, Higher Diploma in Creative Film Production
Associate Professor of Practice
Area of Interests

Creative Storytelling / Screenwriting / Film Production / Film Theory and Aesthetics / World Cinema / Film History / Digital Media / Advertising

Mr. Saville CHAN
Associate Professor of Practice
Area of Interests

Filmmaking / Songwriting / Storytelling

  Teaching Faculty

Mr. YING Liang
Program Director of MA in Producing for Film, Television & New Media, Senior Lecturer
Area of Interests

Film Directing, Documentary Practice & Theory, History of Chinese Cinema, Method Acting Studies, Psychotherapy & Cinema, Childhood Education Practice & Cinema

Dr. AU Ka Lai, Sonia
Associate Program Director of Master of Fine Arts in Film, Television and Digital Media
Lecturer
Area of Interests

Chinese Literature / French Modern Literature / Comparative Literature / Chinese-Language Cinema / European Cinema / Literature and Film Adaptation / Cultural Studies / Translation Studies

Mr. TSANG Hing Weng, Eric
Programme Director, Bachelor of Fine Arts (Hons) in Acting for Global Screen
Area of Interests

Film directing, Incubation program, International film festivals, Media and creative industries, Documentary

Miss WANG Hua Hua, Anna
Instructor
Area of Interests

Stage Acting / Film and Screen Acting / Method Acting / Mindfulness / Film Aesthetics / Film Analysis / Film Production

  Post Doctoral

Dr. CHEN Shu
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
Area of Interests

transmedia studies / radio and sound culture / adaptation studies / Sinophone literature and culture / critical studies of feelings and affect

Dr Jakob MORAWSKI
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
Area of Interests

Film / creativity / theatre / drama / aesthetics / narrative / critical theories / scriptwriting / acting

  Professor Emeritus

Prof. Ian AITKEN
Professor Emeritus
Area of Interests

Film Studies / Documentary Film / Film Theory / Film History / Colonial Film Studies / Cinematic Realism

Prof. MAN Kit Wah, Eva
Emeritus Professor
Area of Interests

Comparative Aesthetics / Neo-Confucian Philosophy / Feminist Aesthetics and Philosophy / Gender Studies / Cultural Studies