Professor Huw Davies
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Job title: Dean of Faculty of Arts, Design and Technology
Email: h.davies1@derby.ac.uk
Phone No: 01332 593221
Room: Markeaton Street 004c
Faculty: Arts, Design and Technology
Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Design and Technology, which comprises the School of Art and Design, the School of Humanities and the School of Technology.
Professional interests
- Creative Industries Education. Professional practice as filmmaker, curator and programmer.
- Co-Artistic Director and Chair of Board, Berwick Film and Media Arts Festival, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland (since 2004) www.berwickfilm-artsfest.com
- Board member and Trustee of various arts and cultural organisations including: QUAD Arts, Derby; UK Young Artists; Derby Theatre. Chair of Steering Group for Format International Photography Festival.
Research interests
- Experimental and documentary film and photography and curation.
- Research models for creative arts practice.
Selected Photography and New Media
- 'Unwatched Operations' (Impressions Gallery, York and tour - 1986).
- 'Transitions' (Commission DCHE / East Midlands Arts and tour -1987).
- 'A Place in the Country' (Ffotogallery, Cardiff and tour - Book published by Michael Joseph. 1990).
- 'Home from Home' (Cross Channel Photographic Mission commission and tour -published in 'Soundings' 1993).
- 'A Perfect Society' (Zone Gallery 1995).
- 'Silver to Silicon' (Artec, 1996).
Selected Film Production (Credit as Co-Director/Producer/Writer)
- 'The Ship that Never Returned' (27mins, 16mm, 1987, Greater London Arts/Welsh Arts Council).
- 'The Lighthouse' (25mins, 16mm, 1989, The Discovery Channel/Screen Ventures).
- 'Walking on the Moon' (8mins, 16mm, 1990, KET TV).
- 'Gold Fever' (26mins, 16mm, 1993, Screen Ventures/Northern Arts).
- 'Five Prospects of the Jealous Wall' (5mins, 16mm, 1997, Northern Production Fund).
- 'Folly Obscura' (5mins, 35mm, 1999, Northern Production Fund).
- 'Reflections upon the Origin of the Pineapple' (7mins, 35mm, 2000, Scottish Arts Council/Scottish Screen/Northern Production Fund / National Lottery).
- 'The Perpetual Twilight of Gregor Black' (11mins, 35mm, 2004, Scottish Screen/ National Lottery).
- 'Reconfiguration' (4mins, 4 screen site-specific installation, 2005, Commission by Home Front Recall/Heritage Lottery Fund).
- 'The Changing Face' (3mins, single screen site-specific installation, 2007, Commission by Dott07 / Culture 10 / Welcomes Project).
- 'The Peoples Laws' (4mins, 4 screen installation and digital text display, site-specific installation 2008. Commission by Northumberland Lights / Culture 10)
Broadcast credits include: BBC 1 (UK), BBC 2 (UK), YLE (Finland), RTE (Republic of Ireland), TF1 (France), TF3 (France), The Discovery Channel (USA), Premier (Germany), ORS (Austria), TV2 (Denmark), Canal + (Poland).
Screenings in competition at over 100 international film festivals since 2000 including: Edinburgh (2000 and 2004). Cork (2000 and 2004). Sau Paulo (2000). London (2000 - runner up for TCM best short). Trencianske Teplice (2001). Philadelphia (2001 and 2005). European Media Arts Festival, Osnabruck (2001). Denver (2001 and 2004). Hong Kong (2002). Houston (2002 and 2005 Winner Best Short Film 2002 and 2005). Seattle (2004). Montreal Festival of World Cinema (2004). Los Angeles (2004). MECAL Barcelona (2004 - Winner 'Oblique' prize for Best Short Film). Interfilm Berlin (2004). Tehran (2004). Bratislava (2004). Clermont-Ferrand (2005). Cinequest - San Jose (2005). Arcipelago International Short Film Festival - Rome (2005). Tabor International Film Festival -Croatia (2005). Monterrey International Film Festival -Mexico (2005). Sonar International Short Film Festival, Firenze -Italy (2006 Award of Best Experimental-Visual Short). International Festival of Cinema and Technology (2007 world tour inc USA, Australia, UK).
Selected Curation
Curator of Artist film programme Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival since 2005 which has included: 'Crossing Borders' (2005 - Catalogue ISBN: 978-0-9551203-0-5.), 'Film on Film' (2007 - Catalogue ISBN: 978-0-9551203-1-2) and 'Stagings' (2010 - Catalogue ISBN: 0-9551203-4-9).
Selection panel member of 'Exposure' section of Format International Photography Festival since 2009.
Current research
Curating 'Artists Trail' element of Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival 2011 and 2012.
'The Films of the Jackson & Milne Archives 1924-2005'. Current research on two major collections of family home movies filmed in the Borders, Edinburgh and Glasgow over a period of 80 years. I have been working with the Scottish Screen Archive and National Libraries of Scotland since 2008. Interviewed by STV, Tyne Tees TV, BBC Radio Scotland and The Scotsman in relation to this work in September 2010.
Contribution to 'Photocinema: Working at the Creative Edges of Photography and Film': (ed. Neil Campbell and Alfredo Camerotti for Intellect) currently preparing two sections for forthcoming book.
Additional Interests and Activities
I joined the University in November 2007, having previously held teaching, research and management positions at a number of universities and colleges in the UK and USA over a 20-year period. Prior to taking up post at Derby I was Head of the School of Creative Industries at Napier University, Edinburgh, which included the Skillset accredited, Screen Academy Scotland and the Ian Tomlin School of Music.
I have extensive experience as external examiner and validation/review panel member for over 20 UK universities, including international work for the University of Wales and the Open University in China, India, Russia, Malaysia, Thailand and various EU countries.
Media experience
Various regional and national print, radio and television.
Undergraduate qualifications
- City & Guilds Photography (Ord & Adv), Paddington College, 1981
- BA (Hons) Photography & Film (1st Class), Trent Polytechnic, 1984
Postgraduate qualifications
- MA Graphic Design (Distinction), Manchester Polytechnic, 1985
