Mark David Ryan is a Professor in screen and media industries and a Chief Investigator for the Digital Media Research Centre (DMRC). Ryan is the leading international expert on the Australian horror movie industry and is an expert in screen industries research, Australian cinema, and Australian genre cinema. He was the President of the Screen Studies Association of Australia and Aotearoa/New Zealand (SSAAAZ) between 2015 and 2018 and in this role he led the establishment of the bi-annual SSAAANZ conference. He is the co-editor of several collections on Australian film and television, including Australian Genre Film (forthcoming 2021, Routledge), Australian Screen in the 2000s (2017, Palgrave Macmillan), and the Directory of World Cinema: Australia and New Zealand 2 (2015, Intellect).
US President Donald Trump’s recent announcement of a plan to impose a 100% tariff on movies “produced in foreign lands” could have a massive impact on the global entertainment industry. Film and television production is increasingly part of an interconnected global system. Hollywood’s major studios and global streaming giants use a diverse range of locations […]
