Publications
Selected publications
- After the 'Great Studio Pullback of ’08': Late Indiewood and American Independent Film Theatrical Distribution in the Age of Streaming (2008-2019) (Journal article - 2023)
- Indie TV: Industry, Aesthetics and Medium Specificity (Book - 2023)
- Rock around the Clock: Exploitation, Rock 'n' Roll and the Origins of Youth Culture (Book - 2023)
- Acting Indie: Industry, Aesthetics, and Performance (Book - 2019)
- Conning all over the World: Latin American Variations of an American Film Genre (Journal article - 2018)
- The Hollywood Renaissance: Revisiting American Cinema's Most Celebrated Era (Book - 2018)
- American Independent Cinema (Book - 2017)
- What Makes a Film ‘Greek’: Inward Investment, Outward Aspirations and the Case of Jules Dassin’s 'Pote tin Kyriaki/Never on Sunday' (1960) (Journal article - 2017)
- The Routledge Companion to Cinema and Politics (Book - 2016)
- Hollywood's Indies: Classics Divisions, Specialty Labels and the American Film Market (Book - 2012)
2024
When Hollywood Came to Greece
Tzioumakis, Y. (2024). When Hollywood Came to Greece. In The Routledge Companion to American Film History (pp. 259-268). Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781003461647-30
2023
After the 'Great Studio Pullback of ’08': Late Indiewood and American Independent Film Theatrical Distribution in the Age of Streaming (2008-2019)
Tzioumakis, Y. (2023). After the 'Great Studio Pullback of ’08': Late Indiewood and American Independent Film Theatrical Distribution in the Age of Streaming (2008-2019). Media Industries Journal, 10(1).
Down By Law (1986)
Tzioumakis, Y. (2023). Down By Law (1986). In J. Wyatt, & W. Phillips (Eds.), Screening American Independent Film (pp. 243-251). London: Routledge.
Indie (Film On) TV: A Tale of Two Very Close Friends
Tzioumakis, Y. (2023). Indie (Film On) TV: A Tale of Two Very Close Friends. In J. Lyons, & Y. Tzioumakis (Eds.), Indie TV: Industry, Aesthetics and Medium Specificity (pp. 39-58). London: Routledge.
Indie TV: Industry, Aesthetics and Medium Specificity
Lyons, J., & Tzioumakis, Y. (Eds.) (2023). Indie TV: Industry, Aesthetics and Medium Specificity. London: Routledge.
Introduction
Lyons, J., & Tzioumakis, Y. (2023). Introduction. In J. Lyons, & Y. Tzioumakis (Eds.), Indie TV: Industry, Aesthetics and Medium Specificity (pp. 1-19). London: Routledge.
Sofia Coppola, Indiewood, and Performance
Baron, C., & Tzioumakis, Y. (2023). Sofia Coppola, Indiewood, and Performance. In S. Ferriss (Ed.), The Bloomsbury Handbook to Sofia Coppola (pp. 255-278). New York: Bloomsbury.
Rock around the Clock: Exploitation, Rock 'n' Roll and the Origins of Youth Culture
Tzioumakis, Y., & Lincoln, S. (2024). Rock around the Clock: Exploitation, Rock 'n' Roll and the Origins of Youth Culture. London: Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781315544908
2022
Historical Coincidence or Generic Cross-Pollination: 'The Angry Hills' and the Birth of Film Noir in Greece
Tzioumakis, Y. (2022). Historical Coincidence or Generic Cross-Pollination: 'The Angry Hills' and the Birth of Film Noir in Greece. In A. Poupou, N. Fessas, & M. Chalkou (Eds.), Greek Film Noir (pp. 62-80). Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
'Here Comes the Hotstepper': The Hollywood Renaissance, Indie Film, and Robert Altman's Comeback in the 1990s
Tzioumakis, Y. (2022). 'Here Comes the Hotstepper': The Hollywood Renaissance, Indie Film, and Robert Altman's Comeback in the 1990s. In L. Dombrowski, & J. Wyatt (Eds.), Refocus: The Later Films and Legacy of Robert Altman (pp. 117-136). Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
2021
Locating and Localizing Media Industry Studies
Aitaki, G., Papadimitriou, L., & Tzioumakis, Y. (2021). Locating and Localizing Media Industry Studies. In P. McDonald (Ed.), The Routledge Companion to Media Industries (pp. 107-116). London: Routledge. doi:10.4324/9780429275340-10
'Becoming John Hughes': Regional Production, Hyphenate Filmmaking and Independence within Hollywood
Tzioumakis, Y. (2021). 'Becoming John Hughes': Regional Production, Hyphenate Filmmaking and Independence within Hollywood. In T. Shary, & F. Smith (Eds.), Refocus: The Films of John Hughes (pp. 44-63). Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
2020
The Greek Screen Industries: From Political Economy to Media Industry Studies
Aitaki, G., Papadimitriou, L., & Tzioumakis, Y. (2020). The Greek Screen Industries: From Political Economy to Media Industry Studies. Journal of Greek Media & Culture, 6(2), 155-178. doi:10.1386/jgmc_00011_1
The Next Step: Orion Pictures as the New United Artists (1978-1985)
Tzioumakis, Y. (2020). The Next Step: Orion Pictures as the New United Artists (1978-1985). In P. Krämer, G. Needham, Y. Tzioumakis, & T. Balio (Eds.), United Artists (pp. 231-250). London: Routledge.
United Artists
Krämer, P., Needham, G., Tzioumakis, Y., & Balio, T. (Eds.) (n.d.). United Artists. Routledge. doi:10.4324/9780429058332
Introduction to Part 1
Tzioumakis, Y. (2020). Introduction to Part 1. In P. Kramer, G. Needham, Y. Tzioumakis, & T. Balio (Eds.), United Artists (pp. 15-18). London: Routledge.
Introduction to Part 2
Tzioumakis, Y. (2020). Introduction to Part 2. In P. Kramer, G. Needham, Y. Tzioumakis, & P. Balio (Eds.), United Artists (pp. 169-171). London: Routledge.
Journal of Greek Media and Culture
Aitaki, G., Papadimitriou, L., & Tzioumakis, Y. (Eds.) (2020). Journal of Greek Media and Culture (Vol. 6). Intellect.
2019
Acting Indie: Industry, Aesthetics, and Performance
Baron, C., & Tzioumakis, Y. (2020). Acting Indie. Palgrave Macmillan UK. doi:10.1057/978-1-137-40863-1
Converging Indiewood: Spike Jonze, Propaganda Films and the Emergence of Specialty Film Giant USA Films
Tzioumakis, Y. (2019). Converging Indiewood: Spike Jonze, Propaganda Films and the Emergence of Specialty Film Giant USA Films. In K. Wilkins, & W. Moss-Wellington (Eds.), ReFocus: The Films of Spike Jonze (pp. 46-64). Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. doi:10.3366/edinburgh/9781474447621.001.0001
Introduction
Krämer, P., & Tzioumakis, Y. (2019). Introduction. In P. Krämer, & Y. Tzioumakis (Eds.), The Hollywood Renaissance: Revisiting American Cinema's Most Celebrated Era (pp. xiii-xxvii). New York: Bloomsbury.
2018
Conning all over the World: Latin American Variations of an American Film Genre
Tzioumakis, Y. (2018). Conning all over the World: Latin American Variations of an American Film Genre. Screen, 59(3), 350-371. doi:10.1093/screen/hjy041
From Exploitation to Legitimacy: Easy Rider (1969) and Independent Cinema's Journey into Hollywood
Tzioumakis, Y. (2018). From Exploitation to Legitimacy: Easy Rider (1969) and Independent Cinema's Journey into Hollywood. In P. Krämer, & Y. Tzioumakis (Eds.), The Hollywood Renaissance: Revisiting American Cinema's Most Celebrated Era (pp. 111-127). New York: Bloomsbury Academic.
The Hollywood Renaissance: Revisiting American Cinema's Most Celebrated Era
Krämer, P., & Tzioumakis, Y. (2018). THE HOLLYWOOD RENAISSANCE: Revisiting American Cinema's Most Celebrated Era.
2017
American Independent Cinema
Tzioumakis, Y. (2017). American Independent Cinema (Second ed.). Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
What Makes a Film ‘Greek’: Inward Investment, Outward Aspirations and the Case of Jules Dassin’s 'Pote tin Kyriaki/Never on Sunday' (1960)
Tzioumakis, Y. (2017). What Makes a Film Greek: Inward Investment, Outward Aspirations, and the Case of Jules Dassin's <i>Pote tin Kyriaki</i> (Never on Sunday, 1960). FILM HISTORY, 29(2), 1-31. doi:10.2979/filmhistory.29.2.01
2016
From Independent to Indie: The Independent Feature Project and the Complex Relationship between American Independent Cinema and Hollywood in the 1980s
Tzioumakis, Y. (2016). From Independent to Indie. In Unknown Book (pp. 233-256). Wiley. doi:10.1002/9781118758359.ch10
'Having Its Cake and Eating It Too': Contemporary American 'Indie' Cinema and 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding' Reframed
Tzioumakis, Y., & Papadimitriou, L. (2016). 'Having Its Cake and Eating It Too': Contemporary American 'Indie' Cinema and 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding' Reframed. In L. Badley, C. Perkins, & M. Schreiber (Eds.), Indie Reframed: Women's Filmmaking and Contemporary American Independent Cinema (pp. 188-203). Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
Revisiting Contemporary Greek Film Cultures: Weird Wave and Beyond
Calotychos, V., Papadimitriou, L., & Tzioumakis, Y. (2016). Revisiting contemporary Greek film cultures: Weird Wave and beyond. Journal of Greek Media & Culture, 2(2), 127-131. doi:10.1386/jgmc.2.2.127_7
Alternative and Independent Film and Politics: Introduction
Tzioumakis, Y. (2016). Alternative and Independent Film and Politics: Introduction. In Y. Tzioumakis, & C. Molloy (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to Cinema and Politics (pp. 325-327). doi:10.4324/9781315678863-45
Introduction
Molloy, C., & Tzioumakis, Y. (2016). Introduction. In Y. Tzioumakis, & C. Molloy (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to Cinema and Politics (pp. 1-9). Abingdon: Routledge.
Politics 'Indie Style': Political Filmmaking and Contemporary US Independent Cinema
Tzioumakis, Y. (2016). Politics 'Indie Style': Political Filmmaking and Contemporary US Independent Cinema. In Y. Tzioumakis, & C. Molloy (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to Cinema and Politics (pp. 339-353). Abingdon: Routledge.
The Routledge Companion to Cinema and Politics
Tzioumakis, Y., & Molloy, C. (Eds.) (n.d.). The Routledge Companion to Cinema and Politics. Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781315678863
‘Indie doc’: Documentary Film and American ‘Independent’, ‘Indie’ and ‘Indiewood’ Filmmaking
Tzioumakis, Y. (2016). 'Indie doc': documentary film and American 'independent', 'indie' and 'indiewood' filmmaking. STUDIES IN DOCUMENTARY FILM, 10(1), 1-21. doi:10.1080/17503280.2016.1171688
2015
'My Big Fat Life in Ruins': Marketing Greekness and the Contemporary US Independent Film
Tzioumakis, Y., & Papadimitriou, L. (2015). 'My Big Fat Life in Ruins': Marketing Greekness and the Contemporary US Independent Film. In N. Mingant, C. Tirtaine, & J. Augros (Eds.), Film Marketing into the 21st Century (pp. 36-46). London: BFI.
2014
An Increasingly Global Presence: Contemporary American Independent Cinema outside the United States
Tzioumakis, Y. (2014). An Increasingly Global Presence: Contemporary American Independent Cinema outside the United States. In D. Baltruschat, & M. Erickson (Eds.), Independent Filmmaking around the Globe (pp. 19-38). Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
Jacques Tourneur
Tzioumakis, Y. (2014). Jacques Tourneur. In Y. Tasker, & S. Leonard (Eds.), 50 Hollywood Directors (pp. 248-257). Abingdon: Routledge.
Between Indiewood and Nowherewood: American Independent Cinema in the 21st Century
Tzioumakis, Y. (2015). Between Indiewood and Nowherewood: American Independent Cinema in the 21st Century. International Journal of Media and Cultural Politics, 10(3), 285-300. Retrieved from http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-issue,id=2814/
American Independent Cinema, Producers
Tzioumakis, Y. (2014). American Independent Cinema, Producers. Oxford University Press. Retrieved from https://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/
2013
American Independent Cinema in the Age of Convergence
Tzioumakis, Y. (2013). American Independent Cinema in the Age of Convergence. Revue Francaise d'Etudes Americaines, (136), 52-66.
The Time of Our Lives: Dirty Dancing and Popular Culture
Tzioumakis, Y., & Lincoln, S. (Eds.) (2013). The Time of Our Lives: Dirty Dancing and Popular Culture. Detroit: Wayne State University Press.
2012
Style Developing and Product Upgrading: Monogram Pictures, the Ambitious B Film and Joseph H. Lewis's Three Contributions to the East Side Kids Film Series
Tzioumakis, Y. (2012). Style Developing and Product Upgrading: Monogram Pictures, the Ambitious B Film and Joseph H. Lewis's Three Contributions to the East Side Kids Film Series. In G. D. Rhodes (Ed.), The Films of Joseph H. Lewis (pp. 11-37). Detroit: Wayne State University Press.
The 'Independent', the 'Indie' and 'Indiewood': Towards a Periodisation of Contemporary (post-1980) American Independent Cinema
Tzioumakis, Y. (2012). The 'Independent', the 'Indie' and 'Indiewood': Towards a Periodisation of Contemporary (post-1980) American Independent Cinema. In G. King, C. Molloy, & Y. Tzioumakis (Eds.), American Independent Cinema: Indie, Indiewood and Beyond (pp. 28-40). London: Routledge.
Reclaiming Independence: American Independent Cinema Distribution and Exhibition Practices beyond Indiewood
Tzioumakis, Y. (2012). Reclaiming Independence: American Independent Cinema Distribution and Exhibition Practices beyond Indiewood. Les Cahiers de l'Afeccav, (4), 1-10. Retrieved from http://map.revues.org/585
American Independent Cinema: Indie, Indiewood and Beyond
King, G., Molloy, C., & Tzioumakis, Y. (Eds.) (2012). American Independent Cinema: Indie, Indiewood and Beyond. London: Routledge.
Hollywood's Indies: Classics Divisions, Specialty Labels and the American Film Market
Tzioumakis, Y. (2012). Hollywood's Indies: Classics Divisions, Specialty Labels and the American Film Market. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
2011
Academic Discourses and American Independent Cinema: In Search of A Field of Studies, Part 2 - The 1990s and beyond
Tzioumakis, Y. (2011). Academic Discourses and American Independent Cinema: In Search of A Field of Studies, Part 2 - The 1990s and beyond. New Review of Film and Television Studies, 9(3), 311-340.
Academic Discourses and American Independent Cinema: In Search of A Field of Studies, Part 1 - From the Beginnings to the 1980s
Tzioumakis, Y. (2011). Academic Discourses and American Independent Cinema: In Search of A Field of Studies, Part 1 - From the Beginnings to the 1980s. New Review of Film and Television Studies, 9(2), 105-131. doi:10.1080/17400309.2011.556928
Love, Truth and the Medium in sex, lies, and videotapes
Tzioumakis, Y. (2011). Love, Truth and the Medium in sex, lies, and videotapes. In R. B. Palmer, & S. M. Sanders (Eds.), The Philosophy of Steven Soderbergh (pp. 33-60). Lexington: University Press of Kentucky.
Greek Cinema: Texts, Histories, Identities
Papadimitriou, L., & Tzioumakis, Y. (Eds.) (2011). Greek Cinema: Texts, Histories, Identities. Bristol/Chicago: Intellect/University of Chicago Press.
2010
From the Business of Cinema to the Business of Entertainment: Hollywood Cinema at the Age of Digital Technology
Tzioumakis, Y. (2010). From the Business of Cinema to the Business of Entertainment: Hollywood Cinema at the Age of Digital Technology. In R. C. Sickels (Ed.), American Cinema in the Digital Age (pp. 11-31). New Haven: Praeger Press.
2009
Adapting 'Oleanna' for the Screen: Film Adaptation and the Institutional Apparatus of American Independent Cinema
Tzioumakis, Y. (2009). Adapting 'Oleanna' for the Screen: Film Adaptation and the Institutional Apparatus of American Independent Cinema. In J. Callens (Ed.), Crossings: David Mamet's Work in Different Genres and Media (pp. 139-161). Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
The Spanish Prisoner
Tzioumakis, Y. (2009). The Spanish Prisoner. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
2008
Entertainment in the Margins: Orion Pictures Presents a Filmhaus Production of A David Mamet Film
Tzioumakis, Y. (2008). Entertainment in the Margins: Orion Pictures Presents a Filmhaus Production of A David Mamet Film. In R. C. Sickels (Ed.), The Business of Entertainment: Vol. 1 - Movies (pp. 153-177). New Haven: Greenwood Press.
Edgar G. Ulmer: The Low-end Independent Filmmaker par excellence
Tzioumakis, Y. (2008). Edgar G. Ulmer: The Low-end Independent Filmmaker par excellence. In G. D. Rhodes (Ed.), Edgar G. Ulmer: Detour on Poverty Row (pp. 3-23). Lanham: Lexington Books.
Performance in American Independent Cinema: David Mamet's Practical Aesthetics in Action (in Greek)
Tzioumakis, Y. (2008). Performance in American Independent Cinema: David Mamet's Practical Aesthetics in Action (in Greek). In C. Adamou (Ed.), The Actor between Stage and Screen (pp. 110-123). Athens: Kastaniotis.
2007
Bridging Mainstream and Independent Cinema: The Question of Aesthetics in John Sayles's Early Films
Tzioumakis, Y. (2007). Bridging Mainstream and Independent Cinema: The Question of Aesthetics in John Sayles's Early Films. In K. Kontovrakis, & D. Mouzaki (Eds.), John Sayles (pp. 26-33). Thessaloniki: Thessaloniki International Film Festival.
2006
Marketing David Mamet: Institutionally Assigned Film Authorship in Contemporary American Cinema
Tzioumakis, Y. (2006). Marketing David Mamet: Institutionally Assigned Film Authorship in Contemporary American Cinema. The Velvet Light Trap, 57, 60-75.
The Poetics of Performance in the Cinema of David Mamet: Against Embellishment
Tzioumakis, Y. (2006). The Poetics of Performance in the Cinema of David Mamet: Against Embellishment. Journal of the Midwest Modern Language Association, 39(1), 88-99.
American Independent Cinema: An Introduction
Tzioumakis, Y. (2006). American Independent Cinema: An Introduction. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press.
2004
Major Status, Independent Spirit: The History of Orion Pictures (1978-1992)
Tzioumakis, Y. (2004). Major Status, Independent Spirit: The History of Orion Pictures (1978-1992). New Review of Film and Television Studies, 2(1), 87-135. doi:10.1080/17400300410001679115