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National FIlm and Television School (NFTS)

National FIlm and Television School (NFTS)

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

Basic Facts

  • Year of Foundation:

    1971

  • Year of Receiving CILECT Full Membership:

    1974

  • Year of Receiving Last State Accreditation:

    1971

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

    DCMS

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

    Dr. Jon Wardle

  • Address:

    Station Road, Beaconsfield, Bucks, HP9 1LG

  • Country:

    United Kingdom

  • Website:

    https://www.nfts.co.uk

  • Points of Contact

    CILECT Contact Person:
    Director: Dr. Jon Wardle
    Email:
    JWardle@nfts.co.uk
    CILECT Contact Person:
    Personal Assistant to the Director: Sarah Collins
    Telephone:
    +44 14 94 73 14 77
    Email:
    scollins@nfts.co.uk
    CILECT Contact Person:
    Head of International Dept. Hemant Sharda
    Telephone:
    +44 14 94 73 14 52
    Email:
    hsharda@nfts.co.uk

Mission & Strategy

The mission of the National Film and Television School is to be the best film school in the world – and widely acknowledged as such, serving the audio-visual part of the creative industries.

Degree Areas

Filmmaking and Television

  • Degree Awarded

    MA

  • Training Type

    Full-Time

Tuition Fees

  • Residents

    £14800

  • Non-Residents

    £26000

Number of Students

  • Applicants (Male/Female/Other)

    1428 (male 820, female 594, other 14)

  • Enrolled Students (Male/Female/Other)

    2516 (male 1458, female 1058)

  • Students Total (Male/Female/Other)

    324 (male 169, female 155)

  • International Students incl. in Total (Male/Female/Other)

    150 (male 70, female 80)

  • Graduates incl. in Total (Male/Female/Other)

    2516 (male 1458, female 1058)

Admission Requirements

  • Portfolio & Interview

    Yes

  • Agreements with Foreign Governments

    No information

  • High Institution Matriculation

    No information

  • Recognized Prior Expertise

    Yes

  • Talent Entrance Exams

    No information

Language of Studies

  • Language of Studies

    English

Student Practical Work Obligations

  • Fiction Short Films (under 5 min.)

    2

  • Fiction Short Films (15-30 min)

    3

  • Documentary Films (under 30 min)

    5

  • Classic Animation Films

    varies from year to year

  • Computer Animation Films

    varies from year to year

  • TV Series (Drama/Sitcom) Episodes

    varies from year to year

  • TV Shows (Reality, Game, Talk, Info, etc.)

    3

  • Computer Games

    5

Graduation Obligations per Student

  • Practical Work

    Yes

  • Written Thesis

    Yes

Budget Parameters

  • Total Amount from School`s Budget Allocated to Production Annually

    varies from year to year

  • Average Graduation Practical Work Budget per student

    varies from year to year

Key Teaching Staff

Brian Tufano

Field of Teaching: Cinematography
Website Reference: https://nfts.co.uk/who-we-are/heads-department
Major Achievements:

Trainspotting, Quadrophenia, Billy Elliott

Brian Ward

Field of Teaching: Screenwriting
Website Reference: https://nfts.co.uk/who-we-are/heads-department
Major Achievements:

The Interpreter

Bex Hopkins

Field of Teaching: Production Management
Website Reference: https://nfts.co.uk/who-we-are/heads-department

Helen Nabarro

Field of Teaching: Animation
Website Reference: https://nfts.co.uk/who-we-are/heads-department
Major Achievements:

Robbie the Reindeer

Dean Humphreys

Field of Teaching: Post-production
Website Reference: https://nfts.co.uk/who-we-are/heads-department
Major Achievements:

The Pianist, Interview with the Vampire, Taken, Primeval

Fraser Barber

Field of Teaching: Sound recording
Website Reference: https://nfts.co.uk/who-we-are/heads-department
Major Achievements:

Black Mirror, The Tunnel

John Rowe

Field of Teaching: Digital Effects
Website Reference: https://nfts.co.uk/who-we-are/heads-department

Dick Fontaine

Field of Teaching: Documentary
Website Reference: https://nfts.co.uk/who-we-are/heads-department
Major Achievements:

World in Action, Beat this: a hip-hop history

Linda Myles

Field of Teaching: Fiction
Website Reference: https://nfts.co.uk/who-we-are/heads-department
Major Achievements:

The Commitments

Jon Weinbren

Field of Teaching: Games Design and development
Website Reference: https://nfts.co.uk/who-we-are/heads-department

Chris Auty

Field of Teaching: Producing
Website Reference: https://nfts.co.uk/who-we-are/heads-department
Major Achievements:

Crash

David G. Croft

Field of Teaching: Tv Entertainment
Website Reference: https://nfts.co.uk/who-we-are/heads-department
Major Achievements:

Whistle Test, Live Aid, Shooting Stars, Crystal Maze

Caroline Amies

Field of Teaching: Production design
Website Reference: https://nfts.co.uk/who-we-are/heads-department
Major Achievements:

In the Name of the Father, Ladies in Lavender

Dominic Power

Field of Teaching: Screen Arts
Website Reference: https://nfts.co.uk/who-we-are/heads-department

Nik Powell

Field of Teaching: Producing
Major Achievements:

The Crying Game, Company of Wolves, Mona Lisa

Successful Graduates

Michael Lennox

Field of Studies: Directing
Major Achievements:

BAFTA for ‘Boogallo and Graham’; also Oscar nomination

Daisy Jacobs

Field of Studies: Directing
Major Achievements:

Bafta for ‘The Bigger Picture’, also Oscar-nominated

Una Gunjak

Field of Studies: Directing
Major Achievements:

European Best short: ‘The Chicken’

Eva Riley

Field of Studies: Directing
Major Achievements:

Cannes selected for ‘Patriot’

Melissa Iqbal

Field of Studies: Screenwriting
Major Achievements:

Nicholl Fellowship awarded by MPAA

Peter Akar

Field of Studies: Documentary
Major Achievements:

Grierson Award for documentary

Yann Demange

Field of Studies: Director
Major Achievements:

’71

Charlotte Bruus Christiansen

Field of Studies: Cinematography
Major Achievements:

The Hunt

Nicolas Chaudeurge

Field of Studies: Editing
Major Achievements:

Still Alice, Fish Tank

Tom Green

Field of Studies: Directing
Major Achievements:

Monsters: Dark Continent, Misfits

Regina Moriarty

Field of Studies: Screenwriting
Major Achievements:

Murdered by My Boyfriend

Lewis Arnold

Field of Studies: Directing
Major Achievements:

Misfits, Humans, Cucumber

Terence Davies

Field of Studies: Directing
Major Achievements:

Distant voices, Still Lives

Michael Radford

Field of Studies: Directing
Major Achievements:

Il Postino

Lynne Ramsey

Field of Studies: Directing
Major Achievements:

Ratcatcher

David Yates

Field of Studies: Directing
Major Achievements:

Harry Potter

Nick Park

Field of Studies: animation
Major Achievements:

Wallace and Gromit

Mark Baker

Field of Studies: animation
Major Achievements:

Peppa pig

Oliver Stapleton

Field of Studies: Cinematography
Major Achievements:

The Grifters

Dario Marionelli

Field of Studies: Composing
Major Achievements:

Atonement

Nick Broomfield

Field of Studies: Documentary
Major Achievements:

Kurt and Courtney, The leader, his driver…, Biggie and Tupac

Roger Deakins

Field of Studies: Cinematography
Major Achievements:

Skyfall, True Grit

Kim Longinotto

Field of Studies: Documentary
Major Achievements:

Dreamcatcher

Max Berman

Field of Studies: production design
Major Achievements:

Game of Thrones

Sarah Gavron

Field of Studies: Directing
Major Achievements:

Suffragette

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