Christopher Thornton
Author, Essayist, Screenwriter, Photographer, and Lecturer

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Conversations Beyond Script, Annual Conference of the Screenwriting Research Network, Olomouc, Czech Republic: September 11-14, 2024.
Delivered a presentation, “When Words Matter.”
English Night, sponsored by a consortium of 10 Polish universities.
Lublin, Poland, November 25, 2021.
Delivered a presentation, “The Forgotten Character: Landscapes in American Film.”
Screenwriting Narratives: Order and Chaos; Annual Conference of the Screenwriting Research Network; Porto, Portugal, September 12-15, 2019.
Delivered a presentation, “Order vs. Chaos: The Delicate Balance.”
Writing for Film, Writing for Television; Annual Conference of the Screenwriting Research Network; Milan, Italy, September 12-15, 2018.
Delivered a presentation, “Characterization: The New Frontier.”
Screenwriting: Fact and Fiction, Truth and the Real; Annual conference of the Screenwriting Research Network; University of Otaga, Dunedin, New Zealand, August 28-31, 2017.
Delivered a presentation, “Biography in Film.”
Screenwriting Between Artistic Freedom and Norms; Annual conference of the Screenwriting Research Network; University of Leeds, Leeds, U.K., September 8-10, 2016.
Delivered a presentation, “Form and Function in Plot Structure: Model or Cage?”
Asian Conference in the Arts and Humanities; Art Center of Kobe, Kobe, Japan, April 7-10, 2016.
Delivered a presentation, “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Justice, Society, and the Movies.”
Adaptations and the Metropolis: 10th Annual Conference of the Association of Adaptation Studies; Senate House, University of London, September 24-25, 2015.
Delivered a presentation, “Artistic License: Exploring the Limits.”
Transnational Screenwriting: A Dialogue Between Scholars and Industry; University of the Andes, School of Communication; Santiago, Chile, May 7–9, 2015.
Delivered a presentation on “Screenwriting for an International Audience.”