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'''Ken McMullen''' (b. 31 August 1948, [[Manchester]]) is an award-winning [[film director]] and [[artist]] living currently in [[London]]. His feature films are distributed worldwide, his documentaries broadcast extensively and his art works exhibited in leading contemporary art galleries in Europe, The [[United States]] and the [[Far East]]. McMullen's films are grounded in [[philosophy]], history, [[psychoanalysis]] and [[literature]]. McMullen's exhibition ''Signatures of the Invisible'' brought together artists and scientists working at [[CERN]], the European [[particle physics]] facility near [[Geneva]]. His other work includes filming conversations with leading physicists at [[Stanford Linear Accelerator Centre]], which he describes as "making a diary of the transition in human culture" because he believes physics is arriving at another shifting point. His latest work ''Arrows of Time'' is a radical new form of cinema consisting of 40 interchangeable elements that deal with literature, [[philosophy]], and contemporary physics. These elements are combined in a different order for each showing. This work premiered at the [[San Francisco Museum of Modern Art|Museum of Modern Art]] in [[San Francisco]] in April 2007.
'''Ken McMullen''' (born 31 August 1948, [[Manchester]]) is a film director, artist and since 2012 Anniversary Professor of Film Studies at Kingston University, London. McMullen's films are grounded in [[philosophy]], history, [[psychoanalysis]] and [[literature]]. McMullen's exhibition ''Signatures of the Invisible'' brought together artists and scientists working at [[CERN]], the European [[particle physics]] facility near [[Geneva]]. His other work includes filming conversations with physicists at [[Stanford Linear Accelerator Centre]], which he describes as "making a diary of the transition in human culture" because he believes physics is arriving at another shifting point. His latest work ''Arrows of Time'' is a radical new form of cinema consisting of 40 interchangeable elements that deal with literature, [[philosophy]], and contemporary physics, premiered at the [[San Francisco Museum of Modern Art|Museum of Modern Art]] in [[San Francisco]] in April 2007.

During the late 1990s and early 2000s McMullen also lectured and took tutor groups and what was then 'The London College of Printing and Distributive Trades' - now the [[London College of Communication]]. Attached to the department of Film and Television studies at the college's Back Hill facility, McMullen was popular with students.


==Selected filmography==
==Selected filmography==
* ''[[Hamlet Within]]'' (2022)
* ''[[Moments with Mujica]]'' (2021)
* ''[[The Ghost Within, film]]'' (2020)
* ''[[OXI: An Act of Resistance]]'' (2014)
* ''[[An Organization of Dreams (film)|An Organization of Dreams]]'' (2009)
* ''[[An Organization of Dreams (film)|An Organization of Dreams]]'' (2009)
* ''[[Arrows of Time (film)|Arrows of Time]]'' (2007)
* ''[[Arrows of Time (film)|Arrows of Time]]'' (2007)
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* ''[[Lumin de Lumine (film)|Lumin de Lumine]]'' (2001)
* ''[[Lumin de Lumine (film)|Lumin de Lumine]]'' (2001)
* ''[[Seven Sighs (film)|Seven Sighs]]'' (1995)
* ''[[Seven Sighs (film)|Seven Sighs]]'' (1995)
* ''[[Lucky Man (film)|Lucky Man]]'' (1994)
* ''Lucky Man'' (1994), Documentary.
* ''[[There We Are, John (film)|There We Are, John]]'' (1993)
* ''[[There We Are, John (film)|There We Are, John]]'' (1993)
* ''[[1867 (film)|1867]]'' (1990)
* ''[[1867 (film)|1867]]'' (1990)
* ''[[1871 (film)|1871]]'' (1990): a period film about the rise and fall of the Paris Commune in 1871. Screened in the [[Un Certain Regard]] section at the [[1990 Cannes Film Festival]].<ref name="festival-cannes.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/204/year/1990.html |title=Festival de Cannes: 1871|accessdate=2009-08-07|work=festival-cannes.com}}</ref>
* ''[[1871 (film)|1871]]'' (1990): a period film about the rise and fall of the Paris Commune in 1871. Produced by [[Stewart Richards]] and screened in the [[Un Certain Regard]] section at the [[1990 Cannes Film Festival]].<ref name="festival-cannes.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/204/year/1990.html |title=Festival de Cannes: 1871 |accessdate=2009-08-07 |work=festival-cannes.com |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120302020314/https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/204/year/1990.html |archivedate=2012-03-02 }}</ref>
* ''[[Partition (1987 film)|Partition]]'' (1987): set in the turmoil surrounding the transfer of political power in [[British Raj|British India]] from [[United Kingdom|British]] to [[India]]n hands and the [[Partition of India|partition of the subcontinent]] into [[History of Pakistan|The Dominion of Pakistan]] and [[History of the Republic of India|The Republic of India]] in 1947.
* ''[[Partition (1987 film)|Partition]]'' (1987): set in the turmoil surrounding the transfer of political power in [[British Raj|British India]] from [[United Kingdom|British]] to [[India]]n hands and the [[Partition of India|partition of the subcontinent]] into [[History of Pakistan|The Dominion of Pakistan]] and [[History of the Republic of India|The Republic of India]] in 1947.
* ''[[Zina (film)|Zina]]'' (1985): comparable to a twentieth century [[Antigone]], the [[Zinaida Volkova|''titular daughter'']] of [[Leon Trotsky]] discusses memories of her life and her father with the [[Berlin]]ian [[psychotherapist]] [[Arthur Kronfeld|Professor Kronfeld]].
* ''[[Zina (film)|Zina]]'' (1985): comparable to a twentieth century [[Antigone]], the [[Zinaida Volkova|''titular daughter'']] of [[Leon Trotsky]] discusses memories of her life and her father with the [[Berlin]]ian [[psychotherapist]] [[Arthur Kronfeld|Professor Kronfeld]].
* ''[[Being and Doing (film)|Being and Doing]]'' (1984)
* ''[[Being and Doing (film)|Being and Doing]]'' (1984)
* ''[[Ghost Dance (film)|Ghost Dance]]'' (1983): a journey into beliefs and myths surrounding the existence of ghosts and the nature of cinema.
* ''[[Ghost Dance (film)|Ghost Dance]]'' (1983): a journey into beliefs and myths surrounding the existence of ghosts and the nature of cinema.
* ''[[Patrick Hughes (film)|Patrick Hughes]]'' (1980)
* ''[[Patrick Hughes (film)|Patrick Hughes]]'' (1980)
* ''[[Patrick Heron (film)|Patrick Heron]]'' (1979)
* ''[[Patrick Heron (film)|Patrick Heron]]'' (1979)
* ''[[Resistance (film)|Resistance]]'' (1976)
* ''[[Resistance (1976 film)|Resistance]]'' (1976)
* ''[[Lovelies and Dowdies (film)|Lovelies and Dowdies]]'' (1974)
* ''[[Lovelies and Dowdies (film)|Lovelies and Dowdies]]'' (1974)
* ''[[Joseph Beuys at the Tate and Whitechapel (film)|Joseph Beuys at the Tate and Whitechapel]]'' (1972)
* ''[[Joseph Beuys at the Tate and Whitechapel (film)|Joseph Beuys at the Tate and Whitechapel]]'' (1972)
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==External links==
==External links==
*{{imdb name|0573427|Ken McMullen}}
*[https://kenmcmullenarchive.com/ Ken McMullen Archive]
*{{IMDb name|0573427|Ken McMullen}}
*[http://www.symmetrymagazine.org/cms/?pid=1000484 Ken McMullen]. ''symmetry'': a joint Fermilab/SLAC publication. Accessed August 9, 2007.
*[http://www.symmetrymagazine.org/cms/?pid=1000484 Ken McMullen]. ''symmetry'': a joint Fermilab/SLAC publication. Accessed August 9, 2007.
*[https://kenmcmullenfilms.wordpress.com/ken-mcmullen-biography/%20https://kenmcmullenfilms.wordpress.com Ken McMullen Wordpress]

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Latest revision as of 18:40, 23 May 2024

Ken McMullen (born 31 August 1948, Manchester) is a film director, artist and since 2012 Anniversary Professor of Film Studies at Kingston University, London. McMullen's films are grounded in philosophy, history, psychoanalysis and literature. McMullen's exhibition Signatures of the Invisible brought together artists and scientists working at CERN, the European particle physics facility near Geneva. His other work includes filming conversations with physicists at Stanford Linear Accelerator Centre, which he describes as "making a diary of the transition in human culture" because he believes physics is arriving at another shifting point. His latest work Arrows of Time is a radical new form of cinema consisting of 40 interchangeable elements that deal with literature, philosophy, and contemporary physics, premiered at the Museum of Modern Art in San Francisco in April 2007.

During the late 1990s and early 2000s McMullen also lectured and took tutor groups and what was then 'The London College of Printing and Distributive Trades' - now the London College of Communication. Attached to the department of Film and Television studies at the college's Back Hill facility, McMullen was popular with students.

Selected filmography

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References

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  1. ^ "Festival de Cannes: 1871". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2009.
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