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Alex Widdowson
Alex Widdowson is a British animated documentary director and researcher. He is the Wellcome Trust Ph.D. candidate on the Autism through Cinema project at Queen Mary University of London, an animation and documentary lecturer, formally at the University of Hertfordshire and the festival director of Factual Animation Film Festival. His practice-based research attempts to deepen knowledge about autism representation and animated documentary ethics. He has won thirteen awards for his films, including the UKRI’s Research in Film Award for best doctoral and early career film. Widdowson has been using animation in a documentary context since 2011, focusing on the medium’s potential to address the topics of psychological and neurological difference.
Contact: Room 1.19, Arts One Building, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, UK.