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==Career==

Van Leeuwen obtained a BA in scriptwriting and direction from the [[Netherlands Film Academy]] in [[Amsterdam]] in 1972. He married an Australian and moved to Australia later in the 1970s.<ref name=bio/> Van Leeuwen worked as a director, script writer, and producer for film and television in both Holland and Australia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uts.edu.au/staff/theo.vanleeuwen|title=Emeritus Professor Theo van Leeuwen|date=n.d.|publisher=University of Technology, Sydney|accessdate=11 July 2015}}</ref> Van Leeuwen has also been noted as a former jazz pianist.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://semioticon.com/semiotix/2013/12/semiotic-profile-theo-van-leeuwen/|title=Semiotic Profile: Theo van Leeuwen|last=Djonov|first=Emilia|year=2013|publisher=SemiotiX|access-date=11 July 2015}}</ref> In 1982, he finished a master's degree at [[Macquarie University]] in [[Sydney]] with a thesis on [[intonation (linguistics)|intonation]]. In 1992, he finished his PhD in linguistics at [[University of Sydney]] with a thesis on uniting linguistics and social theory.<ref name=bio/> Van Leeuwen has taught [[communication theory]] at [[Macquarie University]] and the [[London College of Printing]], and has taught courses at theuniversities Universities ofin Amsterdam, Vancouver, Vienna, Madrid, Stockholm, Copenhagen and Auckland. He was the dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the [[University of Technology, Sydney]] until 2013, when he took a position at the [[University of Southern Denmark]].

==Selected bibliography==