Leonard, Richard 1963- (Richard James Leonard)
Leonard, Richard 1963- (Richard James Leonard)
PERSONAL:
Born 1963. Education: Undergraduate degrees in arts, education, and theology; M.Theol.; graduate study at London Film School; Melbourne University, Ph.D. Religion: Roman Catholic.
ADDRESSES:
Home—Australia. Office—Australian Catholic Office for Film & Broadcasting, Newman College, University of Melbourne, 887 Swanston St., Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia.
CAREER:
Ordained Jesuit priest, writer, lecturer, and film critic. Australian Catholic Office for Film & Broadcasting, Parkville, Victoria, director. Lecturer in cinema and theology, United Faculty of Theology; visiting professor at Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome; juror at international film festivals in Venice, Berlin, Hong Kong, Brisbane, and Melbourne. Member of Australian Catholic Media Council.
MEMBER:
Australian
AWARDS, HONORS:
Honorary fellow, Australian Catholic University.
WRITINGS:
Beloved Daughters: 100 Years of Papal Teaching about Women, David Lovell (Melbourne, Australia), 1996.
Movies That Matter: Reading Film through the Lens of Faith, Loyola Press (Chicago, IL), 2006.
Preaching to the Converted throughout the Sundays and Feastdays of the Year, Paulist Press (New York, NY), 2006.
BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:
PERIODICALS
Publishers Weekly, June 26, 2006, review of Movies That Matter: Reading Film through the Lens of Faith, p. 48.