School of Arts and Creative Technologies
Jacob Mulgrew
PhD by Creative Practice
Thesis
Thesis
Serialising Sports: Crafting Sustainable Sporting Narratives for 'Quality' Drama Television
Supervisor: Simon Van Der Borgh
Biography
Biography
Jacob Mulgrew is a screenwriter, educator, and PhD researcher based in West Yorkshire. Jacob has a keen interest in developing film and television drama with an emphasis on strong theme and character - particularly in working-class stories and in the sports-drama genre, which forms the basis for his PhD research.
Alongside his professional practice, Jacob teaches screenwriting and other theoretical film concepts at MetFilm School Leeds and the University of York.
Research
Research interests
Screenwriting practice, sports film/TV, working-class stories, screenwriting in education
