Staff
Jonas Grimas
Module Leader and Term 2 Tutor
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.
Jonathan Mills
Student Recruitment Manager
Jonathan joins the London Film School with over seven years’ experience in Marketing and Student Recruitment for both the Further and Higher Education sectors in Scotland. As a Graduate of Edinburgh Napier University in MSc Marketing, Jonathan recently spent six years working for his alma mater in Student Recruitment Officer roles most notably, for the EU and Home Postgraduate markets.
Karen Warnock
Senior Sound Technician
Before joining the London Film School Karen was a freelance Sound Editor working on feature films, TV dramas and documentaries in South Africa and the UK. Member of the Association of Motion Picture Sound AMPS.
Katrina Rodier
Executive Assistant
Katrina joins the London Film School as an executive assistant. Katrina has an international background and grew up in six countries before arriving in England to study Drama and Events Management at university. In her spare time, Katrina enjoys creative writing, exploring new cities, and volunteering at a North London cemetery. A self-confessed cinephile, Katrina has collected cinema tickets since 2001, and has a penchant for the horror genre.
Kendal Parkinson
Apprentice HR Assistant
Kendal has joined London Film School as an HR Assistant Apprentice, supporting the HR team with administrative tasks, employee records ands and recruitment processes. She has a strong background in people management, training and employee engagement, having previously worked in a supervisory role where she developed key HR-related skills. With a passion for supporting employee development and fostering a positive work environment, Kendal is excited to grow her expertise in HR while contributing to the team at LFS.
Lily Marks
Academic Programme Coordinator
Lily joins LFS from the Royal Academy of Dance, where she worked in partnership with the Jack Petchey Foundation to grant thousands of London state school students’ free access to dance classes. Since graduating in Directing from Bournemouth Film School and training as a contemporary dancer, Lily has made various experimental dance films and continues to explore dance as a form of screen storytelling outside of work. Lily is driven by film industries potential to support and inspire people of all backgrounds and ability and sees her position as Programme Coordinator as an opportunity support the positive evolution of the film industry.
Dr Lucy Kaye
Module 2 Leader, Term 3 Tutor
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.
Her passion lie’s in making creative, character-driven films that can have a universal appeal. She is currently finishing a PhD in Documentary film practise, the feature film from which was selected for the UK Competition at Sheffield Doc Fest 2020.
She has worked in higher education for over 7 years and has been a Visiting Lecturer at University of London Goldsmiths, University College London, Royal Holloway and the University of Exeter.
Marek Budzynski
Editing Lecturer
Marek is an award-winning filmmaker and educator and has worked in all areas of the industry. Starting his career at the London Filmmakers Co-op in 1979 he then went on to graduate from the Royal College of Art in 1983. Since then, he has worked on; music films, commercials, shorts, features and documentaries around the world. He started teaching at Bournemouth Film School in 2010 and has taught in the UK and Europe since.
Mark Barrs
Senior Lecturer, Cinematography
Mark Barrs is a freelance Lighting Cameraman/Operator and working DOP, started in the camera department and worked up through the various grades in television and the film industry based mainly in the UK. His work has taken him all around the world. He has experience in most types of climate and working conditions, from the North Pole, Antarctica, African desert to rainforest, and has experiences in just about all the filming formats, old and new school and the stuff in-between.
Michele Maher
Academic Registrar
Michele joins the London Film School with over 30 years of higher education registry experience leading and managing both small and large teams to achieve their potential in supporting the student journey including recruitment, enrolment, induction, programme support, student records, assessment, quality assurance and enhancement, timetabling, progression and graduation.
Michele’s has had substantial experience and her previous post was at the University for the Creative Arts (UCA) as Campus Registrar based at Farnham and this included responsibility for the registry support in the School of Film and Performing Arts. Prior to joining UCA Michele also worked at Manchester Metropolitan University responsible for the professional support services in the Faculty of Science and Engineering and originally started her higher education career supporting medical and nursing students in a School of Nursing.
As well as experience in registry functions Michele has taken the lead on a number of significant University projects including implementation of assessment policies, new timetabling software and has contributed to the development of several successful collaborative University partnerships.
Michele has a Business Studies degree of which she studied part-time whilst working in Higher Education.
Nesta Morgan
Senior Lecturer - Production Design
Nesta Morgan is an experienced set designer and art director who graduated in interior design, and further studied TV design at Chelsea School of Art which led to her gaining an award from BBC Visions 2000 for Commended New Production designer. Her early art department roles include that of Portrait Artist for the NFT screenplay adaptation of The Merchant of Venice, directed by Trevor Nunn at Pinewood studios, Assistant Art Director on several TV comedy productions such as The Sketch Show, directed by Richard Boden, with further art director and production designer roles on short and feature films, and music video. Nesta has developed her art works in film through storyboarding, practical paintings and painting on set, she enjoys engaging in the design development and portrayal of story through film and media production, and her sketchbooks bring added dimension to film life and real life character events.
Nesta is an experienced tutor of interior design in further and higher education and sees teaching and mentoring as an integral part of her practice.