Dr Giulio Olesen
- u_golesen at bournemouth dot ac dot uk
- Lecturer in Media
- Keywords:
- History
- Media
- PhD Supervisor
Biography
I am a media historian with primary research interests in the areas of Italian cinema and history, film distribution, cinema and social conflict, genre studies, and fandom. My area of expertise concerns horror distribution, Netflix and SVOD distribution, and the cultural and historical significance of Italian exploitation cinema.
I hold a Ph.D. in film studies where I address Italian police thrillers produced in the 1970s. The thesis explores intermedial features of the genre by addressing its link with and use of news media. The films were addressed as historical documents of the negotiation of the blame for state inefficiencies in the struggle against criminality and political violence.
I published an article on the distribution of Italian made-for-television horror films in the 1980s on The Italianist (2025), videogame cosplay in The Routledge Companion of Fan Video and Digital Authorship (2025), part of my doctoral research on the journal Rotura (2023), an interview with the director Sergio Martino in the Journal of Italian Cinema and Media Studies (2017), and I am currently working on a research project on Netflix's horror production, distribution and marketing...
I participated in academic events and conferences in Boston and Chicago (SCMS 24-26), Prague, at Canterbury Christ Church University, the American University of Rome, and The Ohio State University.
moreJournal Articles
- Olesen, G., 2025. Between Two Worlds: Disjointed Trajectories in the Local and Global Circulation of Italian Made-for-Television Horror Series. Italianist, 45 (2), 355-369.
- Olesen, G., 2023. A serial distrust: conspiracy and blame in the Italian poliziottesco and news media. Rotura Journal of Communication Culture and Arts, 3 (2), 12-27.
- Giraudo, G., Olesen, G., Blázquez, E., 2022. DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS. Journal of Italian Cinema and Media Studies, 10 (1), 161-166.
- Olesen, G., 2017. An interview with sergio martino: An american in rome. Journal of Italian Cinema and Media Studies, 5 (2), 261-266.
- Moffat, A.C., Osselton, M.D., Widdop, B., Clarke, E.G.C.. Clarke's analysis of drugs and poisons. Pharmaceutical Pr.
Chapters
- Blázquez, J., Olesen, G., 2025. SPORES PRODUCTIONS: From Cosplay to Fan Filmmaking. Routledge Handbook of Fan Video and Digital Authorship. 342-356.
Theses
- Olesen, G., 2019. State of distrust: interpreting 1970s Italy through the seriality of news media and the poliziottesco. Bournemouth University, Faculty of Media and Communication.
Profile of Teaching PG
- Narrative Constructions
Profile of Teaching UG
- Career Pathways
- Work in the Media Industries
- The Film Industries
- Understanding Media
- Industry Research Project
- Media Perspectives
- Media Scholarship
- The Dissertation