Will Brooker is Professor of Film and Cultural Studies at Kingston University, London, and the first British editor of Cinema Journal. He is the author of many books and articles on popular culture and its audiences, including Batman Unmasked, Using the Force, Alice's Adventures, The Blade Runner Experience, Hunting the Dark Knight and the BFI Film Classics volume on Star Wars. He is currently undertaking a year of immersive, performative research into the life, career, styles and experiences of David Bowie, which will result in two books - one about Bowie and one about the research project itself.