From 'pictures' to formats: Interview with Albert Moran, Brisbane, june 13, 2008, revised april 2010

In the following interview Albert Moran discusses his cultural-educational formation in the fields of film and television studies, moving from Dublin Ireland, to Sydney Australia, and becoming one of the 'first wave' of tertiary education teachers of film and television in Australia. His connection to teriary education institutions in Perth, Western Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Melbourne, Victoria, Sydney, NSW, and Brisbane, Queensland is discused, as is his connection to international dvelopmenst in film and television studies in Canada and the UK. He mentions the many colleagues with whom he has worked and collaborated on research projects, and indicates the critical paradigms that have influenced his various book publications over a period of thirty years.