Matthew Alford

Matthew Alford is a British author.

Academia
In 2008, Alford earned a doctorate from the University of Bath titled "An Application of Edward Herman and Noam Chomsky's Propaganda Model To Hollywood Cinema". He adapted his thesis to write Reel Power: Hollywood Cinema and American Supremacy, whch was published in 2010 by Pluto Press.

Journalism
In 2008, Alford began investigating the disappearance of screenwriter Gary Devore, co-authoring articles about it for The Guardian and Fortean Times. He later produced a documentary The Writer with No Hands about Devore's disappearance.

In 2017, Alford co-authored National Security Cinema: The Shocking New Evidence of Government Control in Hollywood, based on FOIA requests to the CIA and Department of Defense.

Political Activity
In 2024, Alford criticised the US and UK for “sleepwalking into a third world war”. He was the Workers Party of Britain's prospective parliamentary candidate in Bath the UK 2024 general election. . Entering the race, he declared, “this election just became an opportunity to shout like a lion and not vote like a lemming”. He received 230 votes (0.48%).

Books

 * Reel Power: Hollywood Cinema and American Supremacy. London: Pluto Press, 2010. ISBN 9780745329826.
 * 2018. French edition with new introduction by the author. Hollywood Propaganda, Cinéma Hollywoodien et Hégémonie Américaine (Éditions Critiques). Translation: Cyrille Rivallan. ISBN 979-1097331092
 * 2023. Final Cut (Éditions Critiques). French edition with new preface by the author. ISBN 979-10-97331-46-7
 * National Security Cinema: The Shocking New Evidence of Government Control in Hollywood (CreateSpace, 2017). With Tom Secker. ISBN ISBN 9781548084981.
 * 2021. Expanded French edition. L'Empire Vous Divertit: Comment la CIA et le Pentagone Utilisent Hollywood (Investig'Action). Translation: Philippe Stroot. ISBN 978-2930827773

Films

 * Theaters of War (2022) (co-producer)
 * The Writer With No Hands (2014) (producer)