Peter Wollen

Historian, Film theorist

1938 –

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Who is Peter Wollen?

Peter Wollen is a film theorist and writer. He studied English at Christ Church, Oxford. Both political journalist and film theorist, Wollen's Signs and Meaning in the Cinema helped to transform the discipline of film studies by incorporating the methodology of structuralism and semiotics.

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Born
Jun 29, 1938
London
Spouses
Nationality
  • England
Profession
Education
  • Christ Church, Oxford
Employment
  • University of California, Los Angeles
Lived in
  • London

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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