Alexander Sergeant

Dr. Alexander Sergeant is a Senior Lecturer in Film and Media Studies at the University of Portsmouth. He is an acclaimed film historian and theorist, with research expertise in the history of Hollywood cinema, fantasy media, popular animation, psychoanalysis and film theory.

His research has been twice nominated by the British Association of Film, Television and Screen Studies (BAFTSS), first for my co-edited collection Fantasy/Animation: Connections between Media, Mediums and Genres (Routledge, 2018 – nominated for ‘Best Collection’) and, more recently, for Encountering the Impossible: The Fantastic in Hollywood Fantasy Cinema (SUNY Press, 2021 – nominated for ‘Best First Monograph’).

He is the co-founder of fantasy-animation.org and co-host of the Fantasy/Animation podcast.