MA Filmmaking

After graduating from Middlesex University with a MA in Film Production and Screenwriting, Nikki joined the BBC in the Children’s department working across both CBBC and Cbeebies gaining experience in multiple roles such as script development, programme acquisition and editorial management. Nikki was responsible for managing numerous productions for CBBC including Charlie and Lola, Shaun the Sheep and Dennis the Menace.

Dominic is an award-winning sound designer and educator and has worked in sound, music, film, and higher education for over 20 years. He graduated from the Welsh College of Music and Drama in Music Technology, where he studied electro-acoustic composition and sound design in Cardiff. He then moved to London, where he worked as a composer for Radio and Theatre, composing high profile projects for BBC Drama.

Steve Gray is a very experienced Lighting Cameraman/Camera Operator and working DOP. He studied at the National Film and Television School in Beaconsfield after doing a degree in photography at Napier University in his native Scotland. He has shot dramas/documentaries/commercials and pop videos, on all formats. He has been nominated for an Emmy twice. Steve has worked in over 120 countries, from filming documentaries in the wilds of Antarctica to being a camera operator on Kate Winslet’s latest HBO drama series, The Regime.

Charis is a UK-based Sound Designer and Educator. With a filmmaking career spanning over 30 years, she has worked with internationally recognised award-winning filmmakers, animators, artists, and photographers.

Jonas Grimås is a BAFTA winning director with over a hundred credits in high-end British and European television drama, short films and documentaries. Parallel to this, he has portrayed the process of painters, glass designers, musicians, conductors and other artists. When not teaching filmmaking at the London Film School he is making films.

Lucy Kaye is an award-winning documentary filmmaker based in London.  She graduated from the National Film and Television school in 2009 and since has worked for the BBC, Channel 4, Vice, The Guardian with subjects ranging from PTSD to Horse Whispering. Her First Cut film for Ch4 received critical acclaim and she was awarded the prestigious Pears Short Film Award for her film Memory Songs.