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Nanyang Technological University (NTU)

Nanyang Technological University (NTU)

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  • Basic Facts
  • Mission & Strategy
  • Degree Areas
  • Key Teaching Staff
  • Successful Graduates

Basic Facts

  • Year of Foundation:

    WKWS

  • Year of Receiving CILECT Full Membership:

    2016

  • Year of Receiving Last State Accreditation:

    1992

  • Agency (-ies) Who Awarded the State Accreditation:

    Singapore government; Ministry of Education

  • Name of Director (Rector, Dean, Head of School):

    Prof. Vibeke Sorensen

  • Address:

    31 Nanyang Link, 637718

  • Country:

    Singapore

  • Website:

    https://ntu.edu.sg

  • Points of Contact

    CILECT Contact Person:
    Chair: Prof. Vibeke Sorensen
    Telephone:
    +65 65 14 83 74
    CILECT Contact Person:
    Dr. Kym Campbell
    Telephone:
    +65 67 90 41 84
    Email:
    kcampbell@ntu.edu.sg

Mission & Strategy

Nanyang Technological University’s two Schools – the School of Art, Design and Media (ADM) and the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information (WKWSCI) provide world class education in Digital Filmmaking, Digital Animation, Journalism and Television & Digital media production, together with Communication Studies. Young and research-intensive, Nanyang Technological University (NTU Singapore) is ranked 13th globally. It is also placed 1st among the world’s best young universities.

WKWSCI students become leaders in film and television, journalism, web design, public relations, advertising, and social media. WKWSCI courses, are led by top-notch faculty, feature new and cutting-edge technologies and professional-quality production studios, producing a learning environment that is first class. International recruitment of academic and professional faculty, state-of-the-art communication laboratories, and global institutional affiliations ensure that the School remains a world-class Centre of Excellence.

Digital Filmmaking and Animation students at ADM are immersed in an interdisciplinary School with other majors in Visual Communication, Photography and Digital Imaging, Product Design, and Interactive Media, with international faculty in all areas. ADM Alumni have key positions in major media organisations within Singapore’s media industry and beyond, and many form their own production companies. Short films and Animations have won awards and been screened at festivals internationally.

Key Teaching Staff

Ben Shedd

Field of Teaching: Professor and Academy Award winning Documentary filmmaker
Website Reference: https://benshedd.com/about/
Major Achievements:

Area Coordinator for the Digital Filmmaking BFA. Teaches Production 1 and Production 2, Immersive Imagery for Dome Screens and Virtual Reality. 1978 Documentary Short Subject Oscar THE FLIGHT OF THE GOSSAMER CONDOR. Peabody Award [Shared] PBS NOVA. Member Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Kym Campbell

Field of Teaching: Broadcast & digital media production & performance ; Mobile communication & cultural studies; Science & technology studies; Design & communication; fiction and non fiction programme making.
Website Reference: https://research.ntu.edu.sg/expertise/academicprofile/Pages/StaffProfile.aspx?ST_EMAILID=KCAMPBELL&CategoryDescription=ArtsDesign
Major Achievements:

Nanyang Education Award 2013, 2015, Ministry of Information and Communication Appreciation Award 2011 (Films, TV Shows/Series, Company Management, Awards, etc.) (documentary)

Sebastian Grobler

Field of Teaching: Directing and Acting for Film. Director of fiction films.
Website Reference: https://research.ntu.edu.sg/expertise/academicprofile/Pages/StaffProfile.aspx?ST_EMAILID=SGROBLER
Major Achievements:

Member of the Directors Guild of Germany (BVR) and the European Film Academy (EFA). His theatrical film debut Der ganz grosse Traum (Lessons of a dream) nominated for the German Film Award 2011 (“Lola”) for Best Film, Best Camera and Best Costume Design.

Stephen Teo

Field of Teaching: ; Film history; Genre studies; Cultural studies.
Website Reference: https://research.ntu.edu.sg/expertise/academicprofile/pages/StaffProfile.aspx?ST_EMAILID=STEO
Major Achievements:

Author of Hong Kong Cinema: The Extra Dimensions (London: British Film Institute, 1997), Wong Kar-wai (London: BFI, 2005)

Ross Williams

Field of Teaching: Sound for Film, Audio Post, Sound Design, and Mixing.
Website Reference: https://research.ntu.edu.sg/expertise/academicprofile/Pages/StaffProfile.aspx?ST_EMAILID=RAWILLIAMS&CategoryDescription=artsdesig
Major Achievements:

.): Composer/Sound Designer on numerous independent films and art media.

Hannes Rall (aka Hans-Martin Rall)

Field of Teaching: Area Coordinator for the Digital Animation BFA.
Website Reference: https://www.hannesrall.com/
Major Achievements:

Independent animation director with films shown in 20 countries and 320 film-festivals worldwide, winning 44 international awards. Research and artistic work is focused on exploring adaptation of classic literature for animation and on intercultural collaborations.

Benjamin Seide

Major Achievements:

Visual FX and SFX. Credits include: Martin Scorsese’s Hugo Academy Award Oscar 2012 to team for Best Visual Effects; HBO’s Game of Thrones, Emmy Award Winning Achievement Outstanding Special Visual Effects from the Academy of Television, Arts & Sciences.

Biju Dhanapalan

Field of Teaching: Animaton and SFX.
Website Reference: https://research.ntu.edu.sg/expertise/academicprofile/Pages/StaffProfile.aspx?ST_EMAILID=BIJU
Major Achievements:

One of India’s leading visual effects directors, working in feature films, commercials, and new media.

Hans Peter Bacher

Field of Teaching: Production Design and character development for Animation, illustration and comic-strip-design.
Website Reference: https://one1more2time3.wordpress.com/about/
Major Achievements:

1998 Annie Award for Production Design of MULAN. Member Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Ishu Patel

Field of Teaching: Visiting Professor Teaches Animation and Stop Motion Animation.
Website Reference: https://www.ishupatel.com/
Major Achievements:

25 years at the National Film Board of Canada, International awards include the Britsih Academy Award and two Academy Award Best Animated Short nominations for BEAD GAME and PARADISE PARADIS

Sangjoon Lee

Field of Teaching: Contemporary film and media industries, International Film Festivals; Cold War and Asian Cinema
Website Reference: https://research.ntu.edu.sg/expertise/academicprofile/pages/StaffProfile.aspx?ST_EMAILID=leesj
Major Achievements:

• Major Achievements (Films, TV Shows/Series, Company Management, Awards, etc.): Hallyu (Korean Wave) & social media, 2011 Jay Leyda Award for Academic Excellence

Duffy Andrew Michael

Field of Teaching: Assistant Professor in Public Affairs and magazine publishing. Works in the area of cross-cultural journalism education and online journalism education.
Website Reference: https://research.ntu.edu.sg/expertise/academicprofile/pages/StaffProfile.aspx?ST_EMAILID=DUFFY

Nikki Draper

Field of Teaching: Teaches in the area of film festivals and exhibitions; documentary and digital media production; Perspectives Film Festival and Singapore International Film festival youth jury programme.

Successful Graduates

Elgin Ho

Field of Studies: BFA (Honours), Digital Filmmaking ADM NTU 2009. Also Diploma in Multimedia Art, Film/Video and Photographic Arts 2002 LaSalle College of the Arts.
Website Reference: https://sg.linkedin.com/in/elgin-ho-58527679
Major Achievements:

Freelance Film Director and for Saltfilms 2011-2016

Jac Min

Field of Studies: BFA Digital Filmmaking 2012 ADM NTU
Website Reference: https://www.jacmin.com
Major Achievements:

Creative Founding Partner, Semicolon Productions company. Directing and producing commercials, music videos, promotional films, blending live action and CGI.

Lincoln Chia

Field of Studies: BFA Digital Filmmaking 2009 ADM NTU
Website Reference: https://sg.linkedin.com/in/lincolnchia
Major Achievements:

Diploma in Visual Communication, Advertising and Graphic Design, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts 2002. Freelance Film Director 2016, Co-Founder / Director (Strategic Development) Sproud Private Limited Singapore 2014-201

Nicole Midori Woodford

Field of Studies: BFA Digital Filmmaking 2010 ADM NTU
Website Reference: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicole-midori-woodford-1b60b156
Major Achievements:

Fellow at Asian Film Academy 2010. Film Director: Zhao Wei Films 2014 – Present. Creative Director and Partner GREYXGRAY 2011 – 2014. Part-Time Lecturer at School of Art, Design & Media at NTU

Priscilla Ang Geck Geck

Field of Studies: BFA Digital Filmmaking 2012 ADM NTU
Website Reference: https://sg.linkedin.com/in/priscilla-ang-geck-geck-a9249453
Major Achievements:

Freelance Film Director 2012 – Present (4 years)

Tan Wei Keong

Field of Studies: BFA DigitaL Animation 2009
Website Reference: https://tanweikeong.com/
Major Achievements:

Selected twice for competition at the Annecy Animation Film Festival. “Pifuskin” 2014 “The Great Escape” 2016.

Harry and Henry Zhuang

Field of Studies: BFA DigitaL Animation 2011
Website Reference: https://www.weavingclouds.com/
Major Achievements:

Film “The Tiger of 142b” selected for Official Competition Zagreb Animation Film Festival 2016.

Jiahui Wee

Field of Studies: BFA DigitaL Animation 2014
Website Reference: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jiahui-wee-23776bb4
Major Achievements:

LucasFIlm Animation Ltd Singapore

Joshua Tan and Davier Yoon

Field of Studies: BFA Digital Animation 2011
Website Reference: https://cravefx.com/
Major Achievements:

Founders company Crave FX Singapore. Highly successful animation, VFX and motion graphics company in Singapore.

Ivan Tan

Field of Studies: Bachelor of Communication Studies 2013
Website Reference: https://vimeo.com/ivantan
Major Achievements:

Worked on numerous film projects collaborating with notable local filmmakers such as Anthony Chen, Tan Bee Thiam and Liao Jiekai.

Erwin Nah

Field of Studies: Bachelor of Communication Studies 2010
Website Reference: https://erwinnah.com/
Major Achievements:

Co-founded Konklave LLP, a design collective in motion graphics, video design and graphic design.

Kar Weng, Wong

Field of Studies: Bachelor of Communication Studies 2014
Website Reference: https://www.wongkarweng.com
Major Achievements:

‘Silver’ in Crowbar Award 2012, ‘Most Popular Award’ in Singapore Creative Video Award 2012. Asian Television Award for best broadcast final year school project.

Marcus Goh

Field of Studies: Bachelor of Communication Studies 2007
Website Reference: https://marcusgohmarcusgoh.com
Major Achievements:

Scriptwriter with over half a decade in Singapore’s media industry. Po Point of Entry, Polo Boys, Police and Thief, Incredible Tales, First Class.

Joanne Peh

Field of Studies: Bachelor of Communication Studies 2006
Website Reference: https://joannepeh.com/
Major Achievements:

A leading light in local broadcaster MediaCorp’s stable of artistes. Recipient of the local Star Awards including Best Actress Award, Best Newcomer Award, Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes and more. Awarded the Nanyang Alumni Achievement Award 2015

Jeremy Koh

Field of Studies: Bachelor of Communication Studies 2005
Website Reference: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/about/presentercorrespondent/jeremy-koh/1454646.html
Major Achievements:

Channel NewsAsia’s Correspondent in Beiing

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