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 Trinians, 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




