Peter Wollen Biography

Peter Wollen (born 29 June 1938 in London) is a film theorist and filmmaker. He studied English at Christ Church, Oxford. Both political journalist and film theorist, Wollen's Signs and Meaning in the Cinema (1969) helped to transform the discipline of film studies by incorporating the methodology of structuralism and semiotics. He has taught film at a number of universities and is Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Los Angeles.