Our senior teaching staff – including Heads of Department and Course Leaders – are distinguished professionals with a host of credits and awards to their names.
They include celebrated directors, producers and cinematographers, including Alex Garland (Annihilation, Ex-Machina), Brian Gilbert (Wilde, The Gathering), Lesley Manning (Ghostwatch), Ian Sellar (Venus Peter, Prague), Chris Auty (Crash, Blood and Wine), Stuart Harris (Wetherby) and Oliver Stapleton (The Cider House Rules, My Beautiful Launderette), former Director of the London Film Festival, Sandra Hebron, and acclaimed television entertainment director David G Croft (The Crystal Maze, Shooting Stars).
They are supplemented by dozens of visiting tutors from across the creative industries, as well as a programme of masterclasses from leading names from across film, television and games.
Heads of Department and Course Leaders

Alex Garland
Alex Garland
Associate DirectorCredits include Annihilation, Ex-Machina and The Beach

Caroline Amies
Caroline Amies
Head of Production DesignCredits include In the Name of the Father, Land Girls, Ladies in Lavender

Peter Ansorge
Peter Ansorge
Course Leader, TV Drama: Creating the BibleEx-Channel 4 Head of Drama. His commissions included A Very British Coup and Traffik

Chris Auty
Chris Auty
Head of Producing; Course Leader, Creative BusinessCredits include Stealing Beauty, Blood and Wine, Crash

Robert Bradbrook
Robert Bradbrook
Head of AnimationDirecting credits include Home Road Movies, Dead Air, The Journey

Simon Broadley
Simon Broadley
Course Leader, Factual DevelopmentWith 25 years industry experience, Simon is a Development Executive at IMG Productions

Simon Clark
Simon Clark
Head of Location Sound RecordingCredits include The Crown, Mars and Wolf Hall.

Richard Cox ACE
Richard Cox ACE
Head of EditingCredits include Gentleman Jack, Trauma, Happy Valley, Doctor Foster, Last Tango In Halifax, Doctor Who

David G. Croft
David G. Croft
Head of Television EntertainmentDavid has worked for many years on hit shows such as Crystal Maze and Shooting Stars

Peter Dale
Peter Dale
Head of DocumentaryPeter spent 18 years in the field before becoming Head of Documentaries at Channel 4

Brian Gilbert
Brian Gilbert
Co-Head of FictionCredits include Vice Versa, Wilde, The Gathering

Alison Goring
Alison Goring
Head of NFTS ScotlandCredits include Cloud Atlas, This is England 86 and Mad Dogs

Hugo Hansell
Hugo Hansell
Course Leader, Motion GraphicsHugo has developed brand identities for BBFC, WFTV and campaigns for BFI, Film4, Pathé

Stuart Harris
Stuart Harris
Co-Head of CinematographyAcclaimed film, commercials and music video cinematographer. Winner of the D&D Pencil

Sandra Hebron
Sandra Hebron
Head of Screen ArtsFormer Artistic Director of BFI London Film Festival; current programmer at Pingyao International Film Festival

Bex Hopkins
Bex Hopkins
Head of Production ManagmentCredits include Mad, Sad and Bad, Nits and Cross My Heart.

John Keane
John Keane
Head of ComposingCredits include A Very British Coup, Hornblower, Anna Karenina (TV series), Hideous Kinky

John Lee
John Lee
Head of Model MakingCredits include Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Isle of Dogs and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Tom Lewis
Tom Lewis
Course Leader, Sports ProductionTom has been in the sports television industry for almost thirty years.

Richard Lingard
Richard Lingard
Course Leader, Assistant Directing/Location ManagementCredits include The Escapist and Looking for Victoria

Lesley Manning
Lesley Manning
Co-Head of FictionCredits include Ghostwatch, Leila, Honeycombe Lodge

Chris Pow
Chris Pow
Head of Sound DesignChris has tutored the Sound Design course for over 20 years. His credits include The Last Thakur
Paul Reddish
Paul Reddish
Course Leader, Science and Natural HistoryCredits include Attenborough in Paradise, The Future is Wild

John Rowe
John Rowe
Head of Digital EffectsJohn has over 30 years experience in the DFX Industry and education

Deborah Rowland
Deborah Rowland
Head of Marketing, Distribution, Sales and ExhibitionDeborah has over 24 years’ experience in entertainment marketing and film distribution.

Ian Sellar
Ian Sellar
Co-Head of FictionCredits include Venus Peter, Prague, Home Road Movies

Oliver Stapleton
Oliver Stapleton
Co-Head of CinematographyCredits include My Beautiful Laundrette, The Grifters, Shipping News

Ian Stubbs
Ian Stubbs
Course Leader, Cameras, Sound and Vision MixingPreviously Head of Playout and Cameraman at the BBC

Alan Thorn
Alan Thorn
Head of GamesAlan Thorn is a multidisciplinary game developer, author and educator with 17 years industry experience.

Brian Ward
Brian Ward
Head of ScreenwritingCredits include The Interpreter and Death Defying Acts

Tim Wright
Tim Wright
Course Leader, Creative ProducingTim is a digital writer and cross platform producer with more than 20 years’ experience