Dr Andrew Shail is an independent academic, specialising in film history in Europe and North American before 1920 and the representation of religion in films. His scholarly publications include The Origins of the Film Star System (Bloomsbury Academic, 2019) and the BFI Film Classic on Back to the Future. He is also co-organiser, with Remy Heiskanen and David Glass, of Newcastle upon Tyne’s Skeptics in the Pub group
