Matthew Alford is a British author.

Career

In 2008, Alford was awarded a doctorate in Film Studies by the University of Bath, which he later adapted as his first book Reel Power: Hollywood Cinema and American Supremacy with Pluto Press. He also started investigating the disappearance of screenwriter Gary Devore, co-authoring cover articles about it for The Guardian Arts supplement and then Fortean Times.[1]

In 2014, Alford produced The Writer with No Hands about Devore's disappearance, which premiered at Hot Docs. Production disagreements led to the film being withdrawn and a new version issued in 2017 with Alford listed only as presenter. Alford's eponymous book had him abandon the research and claim to be an entertainer.[2][3]

In 2017, Alford co-authored National Security Cinema: The Shocking New Evidence of Government Control in Hollywood. The book was partially the basis for the documentary Theaters of War.[4]

Selected works

Books

  • Reel Power: Hollywood Cinema and American Supremacy. London: Pluto Press, 2010. ISBN 9780745329826.
    • 2018. French edition with new introduction by the author. Hollywood Propaganda, Cinéma Hollywoodien et Hégémonie Américaine (Éditions Critiques). Translation: Cyrille Rivallan. ISBN 979-1097331092
    • 2023. Final Cut (Éditions Critiques). French edition with new preface by the author. ISBN 979-10-97331-46-7
  • National Security Cinema: The Shocking New Evidence of Government Control in Hollywood (CreateSpace, 2017). With Tom Secker.
    • 2021. Expanded French edition. L'Empire Vous Divertit: Comment la CIA et le Pentagone Utilisent Hollywood (Investig'Action). Translation: Philippe Stroot.

Films

  • Theaters of War (2022) (co-producer)
  • The Writer With No Hands (2014) (producer)

References

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