Tom Hemingway

About

Tom Hemingway is a Teaching Fellow in Film and Television Studies. He holds a BA in Film and Literature (2016) and an MA (2017) and PhD (2021) in Film and Television Studies, all completed at the University of Warwick. His PhD thesis, ‘The Aesthetics of Post-Broadcast Comedy Television’ explores questions regarding style, authorship, and temporality in the original comedy programming for two of the largest subscription-based streaming services - Netflix and Amazon Video.

 

Teaching:

In the 25/26 academic year, I am the convenor for the first-year core module, Film and Television Studies: Essential Skills. I am co-leading the first-year core modules, Film and Television Analysis (Autumn Term) and Film and Television Criticism (Spring Term). I am also convening the core Film Studies module, The Business of Film, and the outside options module, Film Analysis and Methods. I have previously taught on the following modules:

• Film Criticism (first-year core module)
• Theories of the Moving Image/Theories for Film (first-year core module)
• Film Theory (first-year core module)
• Hollywood Cinema (second-year core module)
• Classical Hollywood (second-year core module)
• Film Aesthetics (third-year core module)
• Art of Animation (second and third year option)
• Television History and Aesthetics (second and third year option)
• US Comedy TV (3rd Year and MA)
• Advanced Methods in Screen Studies (MA core module)
  
  

  Publications: 

• 'Autofictional Authenticity: Bo Burnham's Inside, Netflix Comedy and YouTube Aesthetics'Link opens in a new window (co-authored with James MacDowell), in[Transition], 11:2 (2024).
• ‘“Next Episode in 5…” Binge-Watching and Narrative in Streaming Television Comedy’ in Mareike Jenner (ed.) Binge-Watching and Contemporary Television Studies (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2021) pp. 224 – 235.
• 'On the Beach: The 400 Blows', South Atlantic Review, 85:4 (Winter 2020), pp. 51 - 67.

I have had work published in The Conversation:

• TikTok's Wes Anderson trend: why the quirky director's style is ripe for social media parodyLink opens in a new window (May 2023)
• Asteroid City: Wes Anderson's cosmic tale is his most engaging in yearsLink opens in a new window (June 2023)

...in the Offscreen film journal:

• Irony, Control, and Distance in 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou' (May 2018)
• The Objectification of Jennifer Lawrence in Contemporary Hollywood Cinema (May 2017)

...and in Alternate Takes: 

• And the Nominees Are: The 2019 Oscars Best Picture Category (February 2019) 
  
   

  Conference Papers: 

• 'Stare Into the Vacuum of His Eyes: Looking at Bob Dylan and the Reaction Shot in A Complete Unknown', The World of Bob Dylan Conference, Tulsa, Oklahoma, July 2025.
• 'Got Live If You Want It: The Persistence of Traditional Broadcast Forms on Streaming Television', Critical Studies in Television, Edge Hill University (Manchester Campus), July 2025.
• 'It's Not TV, It's A24: Reflections on Contemporary Stand-Up Comedy', BAFTSS Conference, University of Warwick, March 2025.
• 'The Stand-Up Documentary on Streaming Platforms', The Cultural Economy of Comedy Symposium, Leicester Phoenix Cinema and Art Centre, February 2023.
• ‘Soprano, Draper, Underwood … Horseman: Post-Broadcast Adult Animated Comedy' (Guest Lecture), UWE Bristol, October 2021.
• 'Binge-Watching and Narrative in Post-Broadcast Comedy Television', Screen Studies Conference, Glasgow, June 2019.
• 'The Auteur in Post-Broadcast Comedy Television', Department Research Day, University of Warwick, May 2018.