George Fleming

Assistant Professor

1.16 (Media Lab) and 1.40 FAB

george.fleming@warwick.ac.uk

I am an Assistant Professor and media practitioner with over 20 years of experience in media productions and university education. My professional and practice work includes television documentaries, sports programming, award-winning short films, and feature film writing. I also have extensive experience developing film and media projects with community organisations, corporate companies, arts bodies, and universities. Over my 20 years as a media professional, I have taught and worked with young adults in a wide range of formal and informal educational settings, developing their filmmaking, media production skills, and professional practice. My extensive teaching skills have been honed by my continued work as a successful freelance practitioner and as an artistic and managing director.

Research Interests:

My research has focused on the notion of cultural democracy and cultural pluralism and the application of these ideas and theories to community and socially engaged arts practice. I am currently engaged in a PhD by Practice, in which I will explore these concepts through the production of several research papers and accompanying media artefacts.

In 2022, I directed 'Cod's Head Culture for the Poor,' a 60-minute documentary examining the British Community Arts Movement and its relationship with Cultural Democracy. In 2024, I directed 'The Life and Intercultural Work of Rachel Davis Dubois.' Currently, in 2025, I am engaged in field research, exploring Dubois's use of group conversation as a way to engage with community arts. This research will result in a documentary, 'You, Me and Cultural Democracy,' set for completion in February 2026.

Teaching and supervision:

I am the strand leader for media practice in the 'Media and Creative Industries' degree. MCI was ranked No. 1 in The Guardian's best universities in the UK for 2023 and 2024. I am the module convenor for the following modules.

LP102 Media Lab 1
LP105 Screenwriting in the Digital World
LP304 Media Lab Major Project
LP306 Dissertation

Selected Film and Media Projects: George Fleming IMDB

Broadcast / Festival Documentaries and Factual Programming:

May God go with you (1999) Bristol Film Festival - Director
Merely Playing (1999) Carlton Television - Director
Anonymous Humorous' (2003) Carlton Television - Producer
I'm not as nice as you think I am (2000) Channel 5
Philip - The Power behind the Throne, (2000) Channel 5
Diana - Not the fairytale Princess (2000) Channel 5
Anne - Portrait of a Princess. (2001) Channel 5
Ice Hockey UK (2006) 27-hour long programmes (North American Sports Network)
Great Lives - Molly Parkin (2011) BBC - Sound Operator
Random Acts – (2016) Channel 4 - Facilitator

Feature Films and Short Dramas

Kyle (2007) - Seattle Film festival and Los Angeles Film Festivals - Producer

Wrists (2010) New Jersey Film Festival - Producer

After Cease to Exist (2012) - Sound Operator

Wormholes (2013) Southampton Film Festival - DOP

Twilightofthefreakingods (2014) Stan's Cafe Theatre - Film Director

Nobody Nose (2015) Reel Access and Open Theatre Production - World Autism Festival, Krasnogorsk, Siberia -Director and Facilitator

Life and Love in Ten Songs (2015) Reel Access and SIFA Fireside - Director

Public Engagement Media Projects / Films

For Reel Access Limited.

Welsh National Opera

Royal Shakespeare Company

Birmingham Hippodrome

Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery

The Rural Media Company

National Portrait Gallery

The Ikon Gallery

First Light Movies

Corporate Productions

I have also produced films for several corporate clients which include:

Castrol

Gallagher

Pfizer

Jaguar

The British Council

AXA

Capital One

Research Films and Conference Papers:

(2023/24) 'In Pursuit of a Convivial Cultural Democracy' A 45-minute documentary exploring participatory conversations' relationship with conviviality as a way to develop cultural democracy.

(2022) 'Cod's Head Culture for the Poor' A 60-minute documentary examining the British Community Arts Movement and its relationship with Cultural Democracy.

(2019) ‘A Return to Cultural Democracy’ Documentary film and panel discussion as part of 3^rd CAMEo International Conference. The University of Leicester.

(2017) ‘Opening Doors with Women and Theatre’ Documentary film and panel discussion as part of the 1^st CAMEo International Conference. University of Leicester

(2016) 'The other side of the cure, Birmingham's foray into inter-war health propaganda films' Symposium 'Before the Welfare State: New Perspectives on Welfare in Britain, 1800-1940’ University of Leicester.

Qualifications:

BA (Hons) Visual Performance (Dartington College of Arts)

MA Film Production and Visual Cultures (Staffordshire University)

Current: PhD (University of Glasgow)

I am a Fellow of the Higher Education Authority (FHEA) and I am currently the Chief External Examiner for the University of Westminster School of Media & Communication (Undergraduate)

Office hours

Autumn & Spring Terms

Thursdays 10 am - 12 noon

Meetings by appointment only.

Teaching:

LP102 Media Lab 1

LP105 Screenwriting in the Digital World

LP304 Media Lab Major Project

LP306 Dissertation

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