Xavier Mendik
| Xavier Mendik | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
1969 (age 46–47) Birmingham, England, UK | ||
| Occupation | Documentary filmmaker, professor, author, festival director | ||
| Known for | Cult film studies | ||
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Xavier Mendik is an English documentary filmmaker, author, and festival director. He is an Associate Professor in Film and Director of Graduate Studies in the School of Media at Birmingham City University,[1] and formerly at the University of Brighton. He also runs the Cult Film Archive and is the Director of Cine-Excess International Film Festival.
Career
Mendik teaches at Birmingham City University. He runs Cine-Excess and maintains the Cult Film Archive, a large repository of cult films.[2] At Brunel University, he taught classes on "Buffy studies" and other cult media properties.[3][4]
Along with Ernest Mathijs, Mendik is the author of 100 Cult Films, a project of the British Film Institute.[5] The book attracted controversy for its selections.[6][7] With Mathijs, he also co-edited The Cult Film Reader.[8][9][10]
Personal life
Mendik was born in Birmingham, England, UK.[2]
Bibliography
- Mendik, Xavier (2000). Dario Argento's Tenebrae. Trowbridge: Flick Books. ISBN 9781862360228.
- Mendik, Xavier; Harper, Graeme (2000). Unruly Pleasures: the Cult Film and Its Critics. Guildford: FAB press. ISBN 9781903254004.
- Mendik, Xavier; Schneider, Steven Jay, eds. (2002). Underground USA: Filmmaking Beyond the Hollywood Canon. London: Wallflower Press. ISBN 978-0-231-16279-1.
- Mendik, Xavier, ed. (2002). Shocking Cinema of the Seventies. Hereford: Noir Publishing. ISBN 9780953656448.
- Mathijs, Ernest; Mendik, Xavier, eds. (2004). Alternative Europe; European Exploitation and Underground Cinema Since 1945. London: Wallflower Press. ISBN 1-903364-93-0.
- Mathijs, Ernest; Mendik, Xavier, eds. (2008). The Cult Film Reader. London and New York: Open University Press. ISBN 978-0-335-21924-7.
- Mathijs, Ernest; Mendik, Xavier (2011). 100 Cult Films. London: British Film Institute and Palgrave-Macmillan. ISBN 9781844574087.
References
- ↑ "Xavier Mendik". The Birmingham Centre for Media and Cultural Research. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
- 1 2 Young, Graham (2013-11-15). "Midland film festival has X factor". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 2014-06-25.
- ↑ Poole, Dan (2006-08-28). "A guide to unusual degrees". The Independent. Retrieved 2014-06-25.
- ↑ "Study Buffy at university". Metro. 2006-05-16.
- ↑ Mack, Adrian (2012-01-04). "Ernest Mathijs' 100 Cult Films dives into the movies some of us can't stop watching". The Georgia Straight. Retrieved 2014-06-25.
- ↑ Liederman, Marsha (2012-09-06). "Want to make people mad? Pick the top 100 cult films of all time". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2014-06-25.
- ↑ "'100 Cult Films': Some You'd Expect, But 'Star Wars'?". NPR. 2011-12-18. Retrieved 2014-06-25.
- ↑ Abbott, Stacey (Autumn 2010). "The Cult Film Reader (review)". Science Fiction Film and Television. 3 (2): 316–319.
- ↑ Church, David (Spring 2009). "The Cult Film Reader". Film Quarterly. 62 (3). doi:10.1525/fq.2009.62.3.86.
- ↑ Walker, Greg (2008-03-06). "The Cult Film Reader". Times Higher Education. Retrieved 2014-06-25.
Further reading
Interviews
- Sélavy, Virginie (2008-05-01). "Interview with Xavier Mendik". Electric Sheep Magazine. Retrieved 2014-06-24.
- Willis, Paul (2009-08-07). "Zombies give life to our economic blues". CNN. Retrieved 2014-06-25.
- Haigh, Ian (2010-05-03). "What makes a cult film?". BBC News Magazine. Retrieved 2014-06-25.