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Teddy Champion
Teddy Champion
Associate Professor of Media and Film Studies
Office:
121 Berte Humanities Building
Contact Information:
Birmingham-Southern College
Campus Box 549028
900 Arkadelphia Rd
Birmingham, AL 35254
Office Phone: (205) 226-7841
Office Fax: N/A
E-mail: [email protected]
Brief Career Background:
Teddy Champion is a native of Florence, Alabama, and has served as an assistant professor at Samford University and the University of Southern Mississippi, teaching courses in film production and media studies. Teddy has over 15 years of experience as a film producer, documentary producer, production manager and location sound recordist for clients such as A&E, BBC, CMT, Discovery Channel, E! News, History Channel, National Geographic Channel, NBC and VH. In 2003 he earned an MFA in film directing and screenwriting from Columbia University, and in 2016 he received a PhD at the University of Alabama where his dissertation focused on working-class southerners in modern reality television. His current area of research involves media and entertainment history, with a particular interest in the South and southern content in film and television.
Educational Background:
PhD, University of Alabama, 2016
MFA, Columbia University, 2003
BA, Vanderbilt University, 1996
Areas of Academic Interest:
- Film and media history and theory
- Film and television production
- Documentary
- Location sound recording
Research Interests:
Southern film and media history
Courses Taught:
MFS 210 Film Analysis
MFS 222 ScreenwritingMFS/HON 250 History of Documentary FilmMFS 260 African American CinemaMFS 310 Film and Media TheoryMFS 322 Advanced ScreenwritingMFS 340 Sound Recording and DesignMFS 360 Genre and Auteur StudyMFS 397 Media and Film InternshipMFS 470 Seminar and Senior Conference