Dr Malcolm Cook
Associate Professor in Film Studies, Director of Programmes

Dr Malcolm Cook is Associate Professor in Film Studies at the University of Southampton.
My research interests include animation, early cinema and film music/sound. I have published a number of journal articles, chapters and books on these areas, including my monograph Early British Animation: From Page and Stage to Cinema Screens (2018). I have also co-edited (with Professor Kirsten Thompson) a collection titled Animation and Advertising (2019). (Further details can be found on the Research and Publications tabs below)
I was appointed Lecturer in Film at the University of Southampton in 2015. I have previously taught at Middlesex University, Central Saint Martins (University of the Arts London), and Birkbeck (University of London). My research informs my teaching on modules about animation, early cinema and film history.
I have a PhD from Birkbeck, University of London. I also hold an MA in History of Film and Visual Media from Birkbeck, and a BA in Film and Literature from the University of Warwick.