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David John Lodge CBE (born 28 January 1935) is an English author and literary critic.
Lodge was Professor of English Literature at the University of Birmingham until 1987, and he is best known for his novels satirising academic life, particularly the "Campus Trilogy" — Changing Places: A Tale of Two Campuses (1975), Small World: An Academic Romance (1984), and Nice Work (1988). Small World and Nice Work were both shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Another major theme in his work is Roman Catholicism, beginning from his first published novel The Picturegoers (1960).
Lodge has also written several television screenplays and three stage plays. Since retiring from academia he has continued to publish works of literary criticism, which often draw on his own experience as a practising novelist and scriptwriter.
David Lodge was born in Brockley in south east London. His family home was at 81 Millmark Grove, Brockley, a quiet residential street of 1930's terraced houses stretching from Brockley Cross to Barriedale. His father, a violinist, worked in the orchestra pit of south London cinemas playing music to accompany silent movies. Lodge's first published novel The Picturegoers (1960) draws on his early experiences in 'Brickley' (based on Brockley), and he revisits them again in a later novel, Therapy. World War II forced Lodge and his mother to evacuate to Surrey and Cornwall. He attended school at the Catholic St Joseph's Academy, Blackheath.
Actors: Kevin J. Lindenmuth (producer), Kevin J. Lindenmuth (editor), Kevin J. Lindenmuth (director), Joel D. Wynkoop (actor), Kevin J. Lindenmuth (writer), Rick Poli (actor), Michael Gingold (actor), Mick McCleery (editor), Mick McCleery (director), Mick McCleery (actor), Mick McCleery (writer), Scooter McCrae (actor), Jeffrey Arsenault (actor), Sasha Graham (actress), Billy Franks (composer),
Plot: A lone survivor in the not-too-distant future uses a machine to look back in time and see how his world came to be the way it is. The first story 'Limited Vision' follows a Doctor who is searching for a twin brother who has ruined his life. The second story 'Public Displays of Affection' follows a life-sucking alien who befriends a homeless girl.
Keywords: alien, anthology, independent-film