Award-winning film professional and researcher with a PhD in Film Studies/Divinity focused on streaming’s liturgical and quasi-religious function. Combines industry experience with teaching and academic leadership across film, broadcast, new media, and streaming/community research.

Isaac D. Pletcher

Award-winning film professional and researcher with a PhD in Film Studies/Divinity focused on streaming’s liturgical and quasi-religious function. Combines industry experience with teaching and academic leadership across film, broadcast, new media, and streaming/community research.

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Award-winning film professional and researcher with a PhD in Film Studies/Divinity focused on streaming’s liturgical and quasi-religious function. Combines industry experience with teaching and academic leadership across film, broadcast, new media, and streaming/community research.

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Skills

Experience Level

Expert

Work Experience

Lecturer in Film and Media Broadcast at Edge Hill University
January 1, 2026 - Present
Supervise learning outcomes and teaching for film and broadcast students including production, production history, new media techniques, writing, communication rhetoric/theory. Deliver lecture load each academic calendar year, collaborate with film and broadcast staff to develop curriculum, and support recruitment events. Research and publish on film, television, media, and online communities.
Practitioner for Screen Acting and Directing (Supervision/Teaching) at University of Huddersfield
January 1, 2023 - January 1, 2026
Supervise curriculum outcomes and teach screen performance and film production students including writing, acting, directing, devising, production, and communication rhetoric/theory. Contribute to curriculum development across programmes and create collaborations between Film and Drama. Member of CXP (Centre for Experimental Practices), helping lead research linking media, performance, contemporary arts, and other practices. Supervise and deliver recruitment events and provide pastoral care as needed.
Tutor at University of St Andrews
January 1, 2022 - January 1, 2023
Support programme development and student assessment. Deliver teaching sessions on film historiography and facilitate student learning outcomes including marking and workshops for student development.
Assistant Professor / Program Director at Louisiana State University (LSU), College of Music and Dramatic Arts
January 1, 2016 - January 1, 2023
Supervise curriculum outcomes and teaching for approximately 75 undergraduates and 7 part-time faculty in the Film/Television program. Develop and implement curriculum to transition the program from B.A. to B.F.A. Deliver full lecture load each academic year and participate in university service (search committees, curriculum committee, DEI committee). Developed and expanded a student film festival into a regional film festival, secured funding and wrote grants for student film production, and oversaw departmental film resources (equipment office, editing suites, greenscreen wall, LED wall). Leveraged regional industry resources for student internships, externships, festival trips, and early-career opportunities. Developed dual enrolment courses and trained teachers for communications curriculum delivery.
Visiting Lecturer at University of Toledo
January 1, 2015 - January 1, 2016
Deliver full lecture load each academic year and develop curriculum expansion.
Visiting Lecturer at Houston Christian University
January 1, 2013 - January 1, 2014
Deliver full lecture load each academic year across Film/Television and English literature/composition departments. Supervise student film production projects.

Education

PhD in Film Studies/Divinity at University of St Andrews, St Andrews
January 1, 2021 - January 1, 2026
M.F.A. in Cinema at Regent University, Virginia Beach
January 1, 2007 - January 1, 2010
M.A. in Shakespeare (and cultural history of Renaissance England) at University of Birmingham, Birmingham
January 1, 2006 - January 1, 2007
B.A. in Film Directing / Literature Teaching/Supervisory at Biola University, La Mirada, California
January 1, 2000 - January 1, 2004

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Industry Experience

Education, Media & Entertainment, Non-Profit Organization, Professional Services