Dr Bence Bardos

Overview

Dr Bence Bardos is a Lecturer in Media Production & Digital Content Creation at City St George’s, University of London. His research looks at creativity and cultural meaning in media studies, with a focus on digital participatory cultures, transformation and reuse, remix culture, and online memes. He is also interested in the areas of social media communication, parody, transmedia storytelling, and copyright law.

Coming from an interdisciplinary academic background of media studies, film studies and film and media practice, Bence has taught in the areas of genre filmmaking, media and marketing, media ethics, fiction and non-fiction filmmaking, screenwriting, horror, film and architecture, and film theory. He has held teaching positions at the University of Kent and Kodolányi János University, Budapest.

Bence holds a PhD in Media Studies and a Masters degree in Film Practice. He has delivered papers at the ECREA European Communication Conference and the Two Decades of Shrek Online Symposium and has recent/upcoming publications in the topics of ironic Shrek fandom, the communicative functions of the Pepe the Frog meme, or the link between 2000s era Cartoon Network and online ‘creepypasta’ horror.

Bence is also a practitioner in film- and media-making, having worked as television editor for AMC Networks International Central Europe, video producer and podcast editor for AHRC research projects, as well as freelance translator and social media content creator. Bence has screenwriting and directing credits in 10+ narrative short films across a decade of independent filmmaking, and his fiction work has been screened and awarded in short film festivals in the European Union, the UK, the United States and Canada. His latest short film project, 'Virgin Bloody Mary' (2025) was awarded the 'Weird King Award' at SPASMO Fest, Italy. He is passionate about fiction filmmaking, storytelling, microbudget cinema, and weird films.

Qualifications

• PhD in Media Studies, University of Kent, United Kingdom, September 2018 - January 2023
• MA in Film with Practice, University of Kent, United Kingdom, September 2016 - August 2017
• BA in Film, University of Kent, United Kingdom, September 2013 - August 2016

Employment

• Lecturer in Media Production & Digital Content Creation, City, University of London, United Kingdom, August 2024 - present
• Associate Lecturer in Screenwriting, Kodolányi János University of Applied Sciences, Hungary, August 2023 - July 2024
• Assistant Lecturer, University of Kent, United Kingdom, January 2022 - July 2024

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