WHO WE ARE


Casino Royale
Art Director Steve Lawrence
Dialogue Editor Simon Chase

GRADUATES SAY

"THE NFTS is right at the heart of training for the Industry"
- David Yates, Director, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, State of Play, Sex Traffic

"I would not be making films in Hollywood without it. The NFTS was absolutely vital "
- Michael Caton-Jones, Director, Shooting Dogs, Basic Instinct 2, Rob Roy, Scandal

"Going to the NFTS is like your first job, and it gives you an automatic track record."
- Beeban Kidron, Director, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, Hippie Hippie Shake

"The NFTS gave us all a hands-on insight into each other's skills and problems and crafts - despite our pleas of "please-don't-make-me-do-it-I'm-a-writer". Screenwriters are filmmakers. They just get up later."
- Ashley Pharoah, Creator and Writer, Ashes to Ashes, Life On Mars, Where The Heart Is

"What did the NFTS give me? Strength, and confidence in my work."
- Alex Mackie, Editor, St Trinian’s, I Want Candy, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

"In the professional world, young talent rarely gets breaks, but at the School you can prove yourself."
- Nick Park, Director and Animator, Wallace and Gromit - A Matter of Loaf and Death

"The NFTS was a fantastic place to train. The had the facilities, the peer group and the tuition. I learnt a huge amount."
- Sarah Gavron, Director, Brick Lane and Winner of the London Film Festival UK Talent Award and the BAFTA Best New Director Award

"An education in my craft that was second to none. Working with some of the most talented people in filmmaking the NFTS gace me the best start I could have asked for."
- Adrian Rhodes, Re-recording Mixer, Vera Drake, King Arthur, Dirty Pretty Things Chicken Run, Captain Corelli's Mandolin

"The NFTS offered me the invaluable opportunity to actually be the production designer and to experience not just the creative role but all the problems - logistical, monetary and political - that go with it. I graduated feeling prepared for the job."
- Laurence Dorman , Production Designer, Me and Orson Welles, Goal!, Asylum, Young Adam

"Going to film school gives you context as a writer. Scripts are read and criticised in a constructive manner by people without a vested interest. My scripts were read by people like Jack Gold and Stephen Frears."
- Shawn Slovo, Screenwriter, Catch a Fire, Captain Corelli's Mandolin