Lizzie Thynne worked in the Department of Media and Film since 2001 after joining Sussex from UEL and is now in the Creative and Critical Practice group.. She combines teaching, writing and film-making with a particular emphasis on exploring gender, sexuality, identity and representation.

Her feature documentaries have focussed on women's life histories, particularly those in the creative arts.

She recently completed a major AHRC-funded project on one of the first women documentary makers in the UK, Jill Craigie, which has resulted in a film, a book, a journal issue and involves several public events and associated activites.. More info here:
https://www.jillcraigiefilmpioneer.org/

Before working full time in universities, Thynne worked as a freelancer in film production and initially, exhibition. Her entry into film was as Education Officer at the Tyneside Cinema in 1988-89 where she devised courses and events around the cinema programme, including for the first UK Lesbian and Gay Film festival. After studying study film and television production as a post-grad at Bristol (1990 - 91), she worked on both factual and drama projects for Channel Four and ITV. She began making her own films, which focused on how personal narratives are connected to wider political, social and legal changes, for Channel Four's ground-breaking series, 'Out on Tuesday 'and 'Out'. She has since shown her work in both cinema and gallery contexts, including BFI Southbank, Jeu de Paume, and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney.