Staff Profile
Dr Lee Goodare
Lecturer
- Email: lee.goodare@ncl.ac.uk
- Address: School of English Literature, Language and Linguistics
Percy Building,
Âé¶¹´«Ã½-upon-Tyne.
NE1 7RU
Role:
- Following an AHRC-funded PhD (2017), supervised by Professor Linda Anderson and Dr Tina Gharavi, I joined Âé¶¹´«Ã½ as an Associate Lecturer.
- Now Lecturer, I am the Module Leader for SEL3403 Screenwriting Portfolio. I work part-time and typically teach and supervise on all Screenwriting modules.
- In addition to my work for the School of English I also taught and supervised for five years, on the MA Film, for the School of Modern Languages.
- I especially enjoy supervision. Following graduation my previous supervisees have moved on to specialise in screenwriting/ production/ filmmaking at the National Film and Television School (NFTS), London; Birkbeck, University of London; Manchester University; University of Salford; and have undertaken roles as TV and publishing interns and runners. Within Âé¶¹´«Ã½, my supervisees have won, e.g., The Cowan, Johnson and Watson Prize for Best File of Original Literary Work in Creative Writing. I encourage all students to enter writing competitions and I update these regularly during modules.
Professional Affiliations:
SRN: Screenwriting Research Network.
BAFTSS: British Association of Film, Television and Screen Studies.
I am a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Writing Overview:
Screenwriting: feature screenplay The Good Iranian (2016-2019), with BAFTA-nominated Tina Gharavi & César-winning Nicolas Peufaillit. [Winner: Cannes 'Breaking Through the Lens' Award].
Film writing: currently editing a forthcoming book of essays for Bloomsbury's Screen Storytellers series on prolific screenwriter and legend-of-cinema, Sylvester Stallone.
Prose: joint winner of Toby Litt's 'Best Opening Chapter' competition; longlisted for The Daily Telegraph's 'Novel-in-a Year' competition.
Short story: shortlisted for the Willesden Herald prize; longlisted for the Asham Award.
Journalism: As a former clinical editor and journalist, I published news & features in The Sun (Health section), Nursing Times, Nursing Standard.
Education and Training:
PhD (AHRC fully-funded studentship), Âé¶¹´«Ã½.
External Examiner Training, Âé¶¹´«Ã½.
PG Cert. Research Skills, Âé¶¹´«Ã½.
MA Creative Writing, Manchester University.
Postgraduate Certificate in Journalism (PMA/Press Association), London.
BA (Hons) English, Birkbeck, London.
R.N./Dip H.E.
My research interests are in the screenplay as literary text; screenwriting/cinema history and film.
Current Teaching (2025/6)
SEL3403 Screenwriting Portfolio
Previous/Other Teaching
Undergraduate Teaching:
SEL2228 Screenwriting
SEL2228 Creative Practice
SEL1000 Creative Writing
Postgraduate Teaching:
FMS8099 MA Screenwriting Dissertation
FMS8353 MA Screenwriting (Now FMS8707)
PhD Teaching:
HSS8004 Qualitative Methodology in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (Marker)
Teaching Awards:
Nominee: Outstanding Contribution to Teaching
Nominee: Best Supervisor
Conference Organisation
'Breaking Boundaries' PhD/Postgraduate Research Conference:
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Articles
- Goodare L. . Journal of Screenwriting 2024, 15(1), 35-58.
- Goodare L. . Journal of Screenwriting 2022, 13(1), 5-24.
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Book Chapter
- Goodare L. . In: Screen Storytellers: The Works of Sylvester Stallone. London: Bloomsbury, 2025. In Press.
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Creative Writing
- Goodare L. Vaselino: A Short Story. Willesden Herald New Short Stories I 2007.
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Edited Book
- Goodare L, ed. . London: Bloomsbury, 2025. In Press.
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Editorial
- Goodare L. Previous journalism: news and features. 2004.
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Reviews
- Goodare L. . Journal of Screenwriting 2024, 15(Trauma, Screenwriting and Suffering), 325-328.
- Goodare L. . Journal of Screenwriting 2025, 16(1), 125-127.
- Goodare L. . Journal of Screenwriting 2024, 14(2), 207-210.