Debbie Ballin is a filmmaker, writer and academic working across a number of forms including documentary, audio, interactive media, fiction and memoir. She has an interest in the way oral history testimony and archive material can be used to construct compelling resonant stories about the past. Her work explores memory and identity and the way we narrativise and mythologise our personal histories. Recent research projects focus on histories of childhood: including historic childhood hospitalisation and isolation due to tuberculosis and the experiences of children whose parents were protestors. Ballin is interested in the intersections between documentary film, memoir, oral history and historical fiction and recently completed an MA in Creative Writing at Sheffield Hallam University.
Ballin's work has been broadcast in Europe, Canada and the US, and exhibited internationally, including: BFI London Film Festival; Burning Man; Cannes; Clermont Ferrand; Cork Film Festival; Encounters Festival; Foyle Film Festival and the ICA. Commissioners include the BBC, Channel 4, ITV, Screen Yorkshire and the UK Film Council and published in books, monographs, collections and peer reviewed journals.
Ballin is a Senior Lecturer in Filmmaking at Manchester Metropolitan University and a Fellow of The Higher Education Academy.
Ballin's work has been broadcast in Europe, Canada and the US, and exhibited internationally, including: BFI London Film Festival; Burning Man; Cannes; Clermont Ferrand; Cork Film Festival; Encounters Festival; Foyle Film Festival and the ICA. Commissioners include the BBC, Channel 4, ITV, Screen Yorkshire and the UK Film Council and published in books, monographs, collections and peer reviewed journals.
Ballin is a Senior Lecturer in Filmmaking at Manchester Metropolitan University and a Fellow of The Higher Education Academy.