LFS attracts high calibre award winning tutors who have developed current best practice throughout their experience in the film industry which is unique compared to its competitors. Staff are highly valued and also supported with ongoing professional development as well as working and collaborating with other industry professionals that feeds into the teaching and learning experience students get whilst studying at LFS.
In addition to the Head of Department is our full-time staff, and a wide range of visiting lecturers, guest speakers and panellists visit us regularly.
Charis Coke AIPS, MAES, FHEA, MIMIS
Course Leader MA Filmmaking - Senior Leadership Team
Charis is a UK-based Educator and Sound Designer with over 30 years’ experience working with internationally recognised award-winning filmmakers, artists, animators, and photographers. Alongside her creative practice, she has made significant contributions to higher education, holding roles including Programme Director, Senior Lecturer, Visiting Lecturer, and External Examiner across Film Production, Television, and Journalism courses at institutions such as the University for the Creative Arts, Southampton Solent University, the University of Westminster, the University of Portsmouth, and Regent’s University.
As a Sound Designer, Charis has collaborated with leading artists including Daria Martin and Turner Prize winner Charlotte Prodger, and her work has been exhibited and screened internationally at venues and festivals such as Tate Modern, Locarno, Cannes, Edinburgh, and the London Short Film Festival. She serves on film festival juries and advisory boards, including the International Moving Image Society, and is a member of the Audio Engineering Society Accessibility Sub-Committee. Her practice spans fiction, documentary, and artists’ moving image, with a focus on spatial representation and movement in sound.