Teaching staff

MIREN ITXASO DEL CASTILLO AIRA

Knowledge area

Audio-visual Communications and Advertising

Department

Audio Visual Communications and Advertising

Centre

Faculty of Social and Communication Sciences

Electronic mail

mirenitxaso.castillo@ehu.eus

Miren Itxaso del Castillo Aira (6-10-1972). Bilbao.



Formation

• Bachelor degree in Journalism in University of Basque Country (1990-1995)

• Master in Film and Television Studies in University van Amsterdan (1995-96). Title of dissertasion “New Basque Cinema”

• Master in Creative Documentary in Pompeu i Fabra University, Barcelona (2008-2010)



Proffesional experience

• Scripwriter, coordinator and director of several TV programs, documentaries and series in ETB, Basque TV (1999 -2012)

• Specific collaborations in Advertising and Social Media projects (2010-2012)

• Lecturer in Audiovisual and Publicity Department in Faculty of Social Science and Communication, University of Basque Country (2013- Now)



Research

• Phd Researcher on Female Monsters in Horror Audiovisual. (2014- Now)



Chapters:

• La teoría del contacto in Sierra&Cadaval (Coord.) “En el punto de mira: investigaciones sobre comunicación en la era digital”, Madrid: McGraw Hill, 2017

• El cine liminal. La hibridización en “A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night” (Annapour, 2014) in Madrid: Tecnos, 2018.



Articles:

“Found Footage Horror”, Signa: Revista de la Asociación Española de Semiótica, ISSN 1133-3634, Nº 26, 2017, págs. 815-824