NFTS alumnus, Michael Lennox and director of multi award-winning TV series, Derry Girls, returned to the School with the show’s creator and writer, Lisa McGee and executive producer and Hat Trick Productions Co-Founder, Jimmy Mulville to deliver an entertaining masterclass revealing why the series has been such a hit.

Welcome to our latest NFTS story, a series of blogs featuring our alumni talking about where they were before they came to the School and where they are now (follow the series by using the #NFTSStories hashtag across Twitter and Instagram). Maria Cerrato Ayala graduated from the NFTS Motion Graphics and Titles Diploma in 2019 and has already secured a job as Assistant Graphic and Motion Designer at Éclair, which was founded in 1907 and delivers innovative technologies, services and products to the Media and Entertainment industry. Maria has worked on blockbuster movies, Dumbo and the highly anticipated Aladdin since starting in January.

Welcome to our latest NFTS story, a series of blogs featuring our alumni talking about where they were before they came to the School and where they are now (follow the series by using the #NFTSStories hashtag across Twitter and Instagram). Giada Liu graduated from the NFTS Film Studies, Programming and Curation MA in February 2019 and is now working at film sales company, Rocket Science as Sales Co-Ordinator.

An incredible two out of the three films selected in the ‘Newcomer’ category of this year’s Green Screen Festival are NFTS Directing Science and Natural History MA graduation films: Now Or Never by Matt Senior and Worlds Beyond Our Vision by Chris Orr.