Workshop tutor

Chi Yu is a Writer/ Director who graduated with a MA in Filmmaking at the prestigious London Film School in 2013. He was mentored by UK Producer Margaret Matheson in his final year. He was funded by Film London's London Calling and London Calling Plus Schemes and has had films shown at festivals in the UK and Ireland. He has been part of the BAFTA Crew scheme and has devised and taught courses for LFS's Outreach Department.

Andrew Speller is an experienced Cinematographer and Camera Operator with a professional career in the Film industry of over 30 years. An early passion for drawn, painted, photographed, static or moving images, developed into filmmaking.

Documentary experience shaped an intuitive awareness of being able to read situations as they evolved, to find the shots that supported the emotion and an ability to get the camera to where it should be to tell the story, readily transferred to narrative filmmaking in TV Drama and Features.

Luke Whitelock has worked in the film industry for over 17 years. During that time he has been involved with many major feature films including: Inception, Guardians of the Galaxy, Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame, Cruella, The Batman and No Time to Die. Originally from Bournemouth, where he went to university, he now works on productions based at several of the UK’s major film studios, most recently Enola Holmes 2 for Netflix at Shepperton. As his career has progressed Luke has developed a series of tutorials to share his extensive knowledge of Sketchup and Layout.

Helene Oosthuizen is a Script Supervisor on various productions. For more than 20 years, she has worked on over 23 features including SUFFRAGETTE, READY PLAYER ONE, BLITZ, SEX & DRUGS & ROCK & ROLL. In addition to films, her highlights in TV include GAME OF THRONES along with various Commercials.

Awards:

*Script Supervising Golden Globe award for Luther (with Idris Elba) 

*2014-2015 PRIMETIME EMMY AWARD (HONORS) for GAME OF THRONES

Yarit Dor is an IDI certified Intimacy Coordinator, co-founder of IDI-UK and co-director of Moving Body Arts. She is the Education Manager and Lead Instructor for IDI-UK’s Intimacy Coordination Accreditation Programme training intimacy coordinators for the UK and EU industry. Her intimacy coordination credits for TV & Film include: Adult Material (Channel 4), Domina (Sky TV), The Nevers (HBO), White Lines (Netflix), Spanish Princess 2 (Starz) and currently working on shows produced by BBC Studios and Amazon.

Alex Boutellier is a freelance cinematographer with over 15 years of professional experience in the film and television industry. His credits include feature length and short films, documentaries and commercials for television, and web content such as news and advertisements for corporate clients. Originally from Switzerland, he is currently based in the UK.

With over 20 years media experience, Emma Dobinson is a versatile Producer, Production Manager and Trainer, one who has been responsible for developing and delivering successful film, TV, social media and live projects as well as training packages of value, quality and worth. 

Lucy has developed and produced scripted comedy-drama for  ITV1, BBC3, BBC4, Channel 4 and Sky, and has over 20 years experience as an award-winning TV and radio producer.  

Hal Cantor writes television, film, and theatre. SONY PICTURES TELEVISION optioned his personal comedy, TO HAL & BACK. He wrote on FUSION channel's acclaimed special, THE NAKED TRUTH: DIRTY LITTLE SECRETS, which broke The Panama Papers story. Prior to that, his drama pilot MOUTHPIECE was bought by FOX TELEVISION STUDIOS. He wrote THE LAKE EFFECT, a one-hour drama pilot for SHOWTIME, developed with Emmy-winning director Scott Winant. Hal also sold the drama pilot TWILIGHT to SONY PICTURES TELEVISION.