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.
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.
Lia Devlin
Course Leader MA Film Marketing
Widely recognised across the industry for ground-breaking work during her 10 years at Altitude Film Distribution, where she climbed the ranks from Head of Marketing to Managing Director. Here Lia spearheaded the campaigns on titles such as Moonlight, Amy, Lady Macbeth and The Florida Project and set a new box office record for Altitude in 2023 with indie horror film Talk To Me to become the company’s biggest ever theatrical opener.
Before Altitude, as Theatrical Marketing Director for Momentum Pictures Lia was instrumental in award-winning campaigns for theatrical hits such as The King’s Speech and The Woman in Black. Lia has a deep understanding of the evolving film landscape and a passion for creatively connecting audiences with storytelling.
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.