Dr Alex Widdowson
- Post-doctoral research fellow at Université de Moncton working on the Catalyst Grant funded CONNECT Game Project, an autistic lead co-creation anti-stigma video game research project.
- Denmark-based British animator and director specialising in documentaries that represent neurodiversity and psychology.
- I completed my PhD at Queen Mary, University of London in 2024. I worked on the Wellcome Trust funded Autism through Cinema project
- Festival Director for the Factual Animation Film Festival, London
- Former co-host of the, now defunct, Autism through Cinema Podcast.
- Graduate from Documentary Animation Master’s degree at the Royal College of Art , 2023 Berlin Talents – Doc Station, in addition to the AniDox:Lab and Open Workshop at the Animation Workshop.
- Former lecturer in animation and documetnary at the University of the Creative Arts and The University of Hertfordshire.
- Former artist in residence at the Philadelphia Association, a psychotherapy charity founded by R. D. Laing and colleagues
Contact: alexwiddowson(at)hotmail.com
Instagram @alex_widdowson
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