Julie Lobalzo Wright

Biography

Julie Lobalzo Wright holds a BA in English with an emphasis on Film Studies from the University of Colorado at Denver, MA in Film Studies from Queen Mary, University of London and a PhD in Film Studies from King’s College London. Most of her research is concerned with crossover stardom, particularly male popular music stars in British and American cinema. She has published on David Bowie’s film stardom and Ice Cube’s position as an actor/producer in contemporary Hollywood, in addition to more widely on film stardom and music and film.

Research Interest

Her main research interests are in film and music stardom and the connection between the two industries, in addition to multimedia stardom, Hollywood stardom and masculinity in popular culture. She has recently co-edited a book examining longevity and fading in film stardom and a monograph based on her thesis, with chapters that explore the crossover stardom of Bing Crosby, Elvis Presley, Kris Kristofferson, Will Smith and Justin Timberlake. She is next co-editing a collection that explores the generic classification of musical films (working title- Musicals at the Margins) and an article that investiagtes the representation of star bodies in popular animation.