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''.
In 2014, Alford produced ''
The Writer with No Hands
''The Writer with No Hands'' is a 2017 British documentary feature film, which follows unemployed academic Matthew Alford as he tries to establish that the accidental death of Hollywood screenwriter Gary DeVore was, in fact, an assassination by ...
'' about Devore's disappearance, which premiered at
Hot Docs
The Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival is the largest documentary festival in North America. The event takes place annually in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The 27th edition of the festival took place online throughout May and June ...
. Production disagreements led to the film being withdrawn and a new version issued in 2017 with Alford listed only as presenter.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.
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''.
Selected works
Books
*''Reel Power: Hollywood Cinema and American Supremacy''. London: Pluto Press, 2010. .
**2018. French edition with new introduction by the author. ''Hollywood Propaganda, Cinéma Hollywoodien et Hégémonie Américaine'' (Éditions Critiques). Translation: Cyrille Rivallan.
**2023. ''Final Cut'' (Éditions Critiques). French edition with new preface by the author.
*''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
External links
Author pageIMDb Profile
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British male non-fiction writers
British investigative journalists
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
21st-century British male writers
British foreign policy writers
British film historians