Peter Markham

A man under an umbrella. This is actor Alan Bates playing Guy Burgess.

New and boosted on Medium in the BABEL publication, MY THREE LESSONS FROM DIRECTOR JOHN SCHLESINGER:
medium.com/babel/my-thr...
Photo: Alan Bates as Guy Burgess in AN ENGLISHMAN ABROAD (BBC). Director:John Schlesinger. Screenplay: Alan Bennett. Cinematography: Nat Crosby. (Daily Mail. UK)

06.05.2025 21:17 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Globe of the world over the palm of a hand.

New from me on Medium in the ZENITE publication. THE GIFT OF THE INTERNATIONAL CLASS: To the student and the teacher. pmarkhamca.medium.com
With thanks to all of my students and alumni!
(Photo by Greg Rosenke on Unsplash)

14.04.2025 17:34 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

PEN America - The Freedom to Write PEN America stands at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect free expression in the United States and worldwide.

As a published author, I'm so proud to be a member of PEN America:
pen.org
Vital at this time! Associate membership also available for those not yet published.

08.03.2025 18:40 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Help.

04.03.2025 06:12 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Cinema: Technical Flaws Reconstrued as Style From mistake to idiom, from fault to utility

New on Medium. Cinema: Technical Flaws Reconstrued as Style.
My take on the visual blemishes that signal authenticity.
medium.com/p/b281825da570

02.03.2025 00:36 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Please see Ophuls’ Reckless Moment Dan.

28.02.2025 03:56 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Working-class creatives don’t stand a chance in UK today, leading artists warn Exclusive: Analysis by the Guardian shows a third of major arts leaders were educated privately

Working-class creatives don’t stand a chance in UK today, leading artists warn
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
48 children in my classroom with 1 teacher when I was 10. Never a second of private education. I have strong feelings reading this.

21.02.2025 18:35 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Deepen your cinematic craft with the filmmaking of BARRY JENKINS in my 3-session course on MOONLIGHT. Dates, times, registration: www.filmdirectingclass.com/classes-1/ma...
From the author of THE ART OF THE FILMMAKER (Oxford University Press)

12.02.2025 18:46 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

For my first Bluesky post, may I say something of my approach as a filmmaking educator? My distinctive live courses and consultations I believe yield benefits to students globally whatever their sensibility, perspective, or genre leanings. “The most important teacher I’ve ever had.” Ari Aster.

11.02.2025 19:12 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

👍

10.02.2025 16:55 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0