Michael O'Pray (1945-2016), a film scholar and former professor at the University of East London. He was best known for his books The Struggle for Form: Perspectives on Polish Avant-Garde Film, 1916-1989 (2014)-coauthored with Kamila Kuc-and Avant-Garde Film: Forms, Themes and Passions (Short Cuts) (2003), he was also an important champion of the work of his friend Derek Jarman, writing the first complete critical study of his films to be published in the UK: Derek Jarman: Dreams of England (1996).