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Key Industry Figures Attend Third Diverse Directors Showcase

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11 NFTS Graduates Nominated for RTS Craft and Design 2019 Awards

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NFTS Students Attend MIPCOM in Cannes and Mingle with TV Stars Ant and Dec!

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Farmageddon Hits The NFTS As Shaun The Sheep Drops In!

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07 Jun 2019

Multi BAFTA winning writer-director Sally Wainwright and BAFTA winning editor, NFTS Head of Editing, Richard Cox discuss making hit series Gentleman Jack

NFTS students were treated to an inspirational day with Sally Wainwright – the multi BAFTA winning writer-director and creator of hugely acclaimed TV dramas including Happy Valley, Last Tango in Halifax and Scott & Bailey. She spent the afternoon with fiction directing students and then gave a Masterclass to the whole school on her latest hit series, Gentleman Jack.  She was joined for the Masterclass by BAFTA winning NFTS head of Editing, Richard Cox, who edited the episodes Sally directed. Richard also edited Sally’s acclaimed single drama about the Brontes, To Walk Invisible and the episodes she directed of Happy Valley.
06 Jun 2019

Oscar winning director Pawel Pawlikowski gives three inspiring NFTS Masterclasses and advises students on finding their own voice

Oscar winning writer-director Pawel Pawlikowski recently spent the day at the NFTS, inspiring students in three great sessions – a morning with the documentary students hosted by NFTS head of Documentary, Peter Dale; an afternoon with the screenwriting and fiction directing students and an evening Masterclass for the whole school - both hosted by co-head of Directing Fiction, Brian Gilbert.
05 Jun 2019

#NFTS Stories: “I doubt I would have found work as quickly as I have without doing the NFTS Natural History MA.”

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). Chris Orr graduated from the NFTS Directing and Producing Science and Natural History MA in 2019 and has already secured a job as a Researcher at Bristol based production company, Plimsoll Productions and is working on a top secret new bluechip wildlife series!
05 Jun 2019

#NFTS Stories: “Studying at the NFTS gave me confidence to lead projects and strive for success.”

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). Yasmin Al-Naib graduated from the NFTS Production Design MA in 2010 and is now working as a set decorator on Hollywood films including Robert Zemekis’ forthcoming adaptation of Roald Dahl’s The Witches which stars Octavia Spencer, Anne Hathaway, Stanley Tucci .
05 Jun 2019

#NFTSStories: “NFTS was great in that I got to meet so many people I still work with now.”

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). Jessica Jones graduated from the NFTS Composing MA in 2016 and has since composed music for numerous TV projects including ITVs Joanna Lumley’s Silk Road Adventures and BBC’s The Ruth Ellis Files as well as working as scoring assistant on films such as Darkest Hour, Paddington 2 and Bumblebee.
04 Jun 2019

NFTS Games Grad Nominated for ‘Women In Games Rising Star’ Award

NFTS Games Design and Development MA graduate, Daisy Fernandez, has been nominated for the Rising Star Award at this year’s MCV Women in Games Awards, which takes place on the 28th June at Facebook's HQ in London and rewards and recognises the contribution of women in the UK games industry.
04 Jun 2019

NFTS Production Design Alumni Work on Hit Film & TV Series from Killing Eve to Dumbo

NFTS Production Design MA alumni are working across a multitude of genres from superhero blockbusters movies like Avengers: Endgame to historical dramas like Mary Queen of Scots, comedies such as Fighting with My Family, animation such as Disney’s Dumbo and smash hit TV Series like Killing Eve.
04 Jun 2019

StoryFutures Academy Partners with Maze Theory to Train Writers to Write for VR Including Opportunity to Work on Peaky Blinders VR Experience

StoryFutures Academy, the National Centre for Immersive Storytelling jointly run by the National Film and Television School (NFTS) and Royal Holloway, University of London, announces a partnership with innovative VR studio, Maze Theory to train writers in the art of writing for VR and to provide an opportunity for one writer to work with them on their upcoming Peaky Blinders VR experience, which is due for release in 2020.
04 Jun 2019

#NFTS Stories: “Studying at the NFTS could not have prepared me more for my career”

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). Steven graduated from the NFTS Film Studies, Programming and Curation MA in February 2019 and is already working in the industry as Curation Officer for film educational charity, Into Film.
04 Jun 2019

#NFTS Stories: “It was through the contacts I made at NFTS that I got my first job.”

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). Katherine Hannaford graduated from the NFTS Directing and Producing Science and Natural History MA in 2019 and has already secured a job at Bristol based production company, Plimsoll Productions working on a landmark wildlife series.
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