Lesley Marx

Lesley Marx (19**-) is a lecturer, academic leader and film- and theatre critic.

Her tertiary qualifications were all acquired at UCT. She taught in the English department at UCT from 1979-2002, serving as Head of Department from 1997-2000. She then served as a Deputy Dean in the new Faculty of Humanities and established the Centre for Film and Media Studies in 2003.

She taught and published on literature, film and topics in South African and American culture. Her publications include a monograph on American author, John Hawkes, and essays in the fields of film studies, adaptation and cultural studies. Her recent teaching, research and publications centre mostly, but not exclusively, on American and South African film and adaptation studies.

She lectured in, and later served as head of, the English Department at the University of Cape Town,followed by stints as the Deputy Dean in the new Faculty of Humanities and Founding Director of the Centre for Film and Media Studies.