'Hester Joyce combines creative practice (with expertise in screenwriting, performance and screen biography) and research into screen cultures. She completed a Harry Ransom Fellowship, University of Texas, Austin in 2015. She is the co-editor of Journal of Screenwriting, and the co- author of New Zealand Film & Television: Institution, Industry & Cultural Change (Intellect, 2012) as well as articles and book chapters on screenwriting, screen aesthetics and New Zealand cinema. Hester is Associate Professor in Creative Arts and English, Humanities and Social Sciences, Arts and Social Sciences College, La Trobe University, Melbourne Australia.' (Studies in Australasian Cinema Volume 14, 2020 - Issue 2)
