Author Patricia Di Risio

Patricia Di Risio

Patricia Di Risio completed her doctoral thesis at the University of Melbourne under the supervision of Professor Barbara Creed. Her research interests focus on the on and off-screen role of women in screen-based creative industries. Patricia’s forthcoming (2024) monograph Gender and Genre in 1990s Hollywood: Challenging Definitions of Sex, Women and Femininity (Bloomsbury Academic) outlines the important impact of the representation of unconventional women and femininity on genre filmmaking practices. Patricia has taught screen studies at a variety of tertiary institutions in Italy and Australia and currently teaches screen studies and media communications at Monash College (Monash University Pathways). Patricia has also worked as a freelance theatre reviewer and currently contributes to the online magazine, Stage Whispers, specialising in reviewing adaptations of films for the stage.

Venezia 81

Patricia Di Risio

November 2024

Festival Reports

Lido, Venice. The Venice Film Festival is always a sizzling event, with the glitz and glamour of numerous major stars (e.g. Antonio Banderas, George Clooney, Angelina Jolie, Nicole Kidman, Brad Pitt) gracing t...