Basic Facts
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Year of Foundation:
1840
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Year of Receiving CILECT Full Membership:
1997
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Year of Receiving Last State Accreditation:
1970
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Agency (-ies) Who Awarded the State Accreditation:
CNAA
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Name of Director (Rector, Dean, Head of School):
Eleanor Roseblade
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Address:
Watford Road, Harrow, HA1 3TP
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Country:
United Kingdom
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Website:
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Points of Contact
CILECT Contact Person:Head of Screen, School of Media and Communications: Eleanor RosebladeTelephone:+44 20 7911 5000Email:e.roseblade2@westminster.ac.ukCILECT Contact Person:Course Director, Film BA Dr Laura StephensonTelephone:+44 20 7811 5000Email:l.stephenson@westminster.ac.uk
Mission & Strategy
This is one of the most popular undergraduate film course in the UK, with a strong reputation for both its academic and practical teaching. The focus is on collaboration and storytelling within both drama and documentary production and film theory.
Our purpose-built studio facility has two sound stages, a set construction workshop, and extensive post-production facilities. The environment is both academic and practical, scholarly and creative, and all students study film history, criticism and aesthetics alongside their practical work. Students will learn to collaborate creatively in areas such as writing, producing, cinematography, directing, production design, editing and sound.
Degree Areas
Film
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Degree Awarded
BA Honors
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Training Type
Full-Time
Tuition Fees
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Residents
£9,250 per year (approx. €10687 per year)
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Non-Residents
£15,400 per year (approx. €17793 per year)
Number of Students
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Applicants (Male/Female/Other)
338/338
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Enrolled Students (Male/Female/Other)
70
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Students Total (Male/Female/Other)
211
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International Students incl. in Total (Male/Female/Other)
64 (28/36)
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Graduates incl. in Total (Male/Female/Other)
75
Admission Requirements
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Portfolio & Interview
Yes
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Agreements with Foreign Governments
No information
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High Institution Matriculation
No information
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Recognized Prior Expertise
Yes
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Talent Entrance Exams
No information
Language of Studies
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Language of Studies
English
Student Practical Work Obligations
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Fiction Short Films (under 5 min.)
x1
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Fiction Short Films (5-15 min.)
x2
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Fiction Short Films (15-30 min)
x1
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Documentary Films (under 30 min)
x2
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TV Commercials
x1
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Theoretical Research
x1 major piece, x4 minor pieces
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Project Portfolios
Multiple
Graduation Obligations per Student
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Practical Work
Yes
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Written Thesis
Yes
Budget Parameters
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Total Amount from School`s Budget Allocated to Production Annually
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Average Graduation Practical Work Budget per student
Key Teaching Staff
Peter Hort
After reading English at UCL, Peter Hort worked as an assistant film editor at the BBC, and as an offline video editor before moving into production. He was a drama and documentary producer for 15 years, with a focus on international co-production, including ‘Magic’ (Norddeutsche Rundfunk and Lombard Productions), Angleterre Underground (Channel 4, FR2 and Eurimages) and Murder in Padua (Channel 4 and Berlin Film Fund). He has an MA in Film Theory and has been teaching since 2002.
Simon Passmore
Simon Passmore studied English at Cambridge University and then as a graduate fellow at Boston University before returning to Britain with a master’s degree. He then worked for four years as a script editor in the Drama Series & Serials department at the BBC, before producing A Sense Of Guilt for BBC1. After leaving the BBC to set up his own production company, Tyro Films, Simon continued to develop, script edit and produce drama projects for Tyro and other companies, including Seventeen (C4/British Screen), Out Of Hours (Tyro/BBC), Imogen’s Face (Tyro/ITV), An Evil Streak (ITV), Forgive and Forget (ITV), Pretending To Be Judith (Tyro/ITV), Foyle’s War series I & II (ITV) and Whose Baby? (ITV).
As writer, his recent credits include ‘Leverage’ (60’ radio play, BBC R4, 2011) – Time Out pick of the week – ‘The Patient’ (30’ radio play, BBC R4, 2011) – Time Out pick of the week – and ‘Going To Ground’ (60′ radio play, BBC R4, 2010)
Zoe Allsop
A graduate of BA Film & Television Production, Zoe subsequently completed her MA in Screen Arts at the Northern Media School, Sheffield. She has worked as a Vision Supervisor for Outside Broadcasts worldwide and also in the areas of technological management and research for numerous broadcasters, including MTV Networks and Associated Press Television News.
Her research interests include technological development in digital filmmaking and broadcasting and Digital Cinematography. She is also currently exploring the links between sports coaching and pedagogical theory.
Julie Lambden
Julie’s professional credits in editing include feature films, TV drama, documentaries and independent short films for the BBC and Channel 4. Other work covers design and prop making for films, exhibition design and animation. Julie is responsible for work placements and professional practice on the course.
Ian Green
Educated at the London School of Economics, the Polytechnic of Central London/University of Westminster and the Royal College of Art, Ian has taught part- and full-time at the University since 1978, both on the BA (Hons) Film and Television Production and the earlier MA in Film and Television Studies.
He has also taught on the London University Extra Mural Certificate in Film Studies and at Central Saint Martins School of Art and Design, the London College of Printing and Royal College of Art. His research interests have included narrative and structuralist theory and masculinity in the cinema, and popular forms of television.
Successful Graduates
Asif Kapadia
Since graduating, Asif has worked across fiction, commercials and documentary filmmaking. His most notable works include ‘Amy’ (2016 Documentary), ‘Senna’ (2012 Documentary), ‘The Warrior’ (2003 Fiction film), ‘The Tale of Thomas Burberry’ (2016 Long Commercial). His awards and nominations include:
OSCAR Winner 2016 – Best Feature Documentary (Amy)
BAFTA Winner 2016 – Best Documentary (Amy)
BAFTA Winner 2012 – Best Documentary, Best Editing (Senna)
Sundance Winner 2012 – World Cinema Documentary (Senna)
BAFTA Winner 2003 – Best British Film, Most Promising Newcomer (The Warrior)
BAFTA Nomination 2003 – Best Film not in the English Language (The Warrior)
Seamus McGarvey
Seamus McGarvey has worked extensively across documentary and feature filmmaking as a Cinematographer for the last 20 years. His work includes Atonement, Anna Karenina, We Need to Talk About Kevin, Godzilla, High Fidelity.
BAFTA Nomination 2017 – Best Cinematography (Nocturnal Animals)
BAFTA Nomination 2017 – Best Photography & Lighting: Fiction (Black Mirror)
PRIMETIME EMMY Nomination 2017 – Best Cinematography for a Limited Series (Black Mirror)
BAFTA Nomination 2013 – Best Cinematography (Anna Karenina)
OSCAR Nomination 2013 – Best Achievement in Cinematography (Anna Karenina)
BAFTA Nomination 2008 – Best Cinematography (Atonement)
OSCAR Nomination 2008 – Best Achievement in Cinematography (Atonement)
Ellie Gocher
Throughout her studies, Ellie Gocher wrote and produced 2 award winning films whilst studying on the BA Film and Television: ‘Charity’ (2014) and ‘Offside’ (2015), both of which were directed by fellow student Jimmy Dean. The films were screened across the world and won multiple awards. Since graduating, she has written and produced another short film ‘V’ (2017), directed again by Jimmy Dean. ‘V’ was funded by Film London and was premiered at the BFI London Film Festival. Following this, Ellie won the BFI Future Film Festival New Talent Award and featured on Levile TV’s Top 20 Rising Female Filmmakers list: https://levile.co.uk/2018/03/17/top-20-rising-female-filmmakers-by-levile-tv/
Ellie is still writing new scripts whilst taking ‘V’ to further film festivals.
Babak Anvari
Babak graduated from the BA Film and Television Production course (now BA Film) in 2005. Since then he has directed and written short films, including BAFTA Nominated Short Film ‘Two & Two’. In 2016, after a successful festival run, his first feature ‘Under the Shadow’ was released. Subsequently, the film was nominated for 2 BAFTA awards in 2017, where Babak won the Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer. Babak is currently working on his next feature starring Dakota Johnson and Armie Hammer.