Shian Holt
Shian Holt, Professional Practice Coordinator at Screen Academy Scotland gives her three top tips for working as a freelance in film & TV
Matt Lloyd
Matt Lloyd, the Director of the Glasgow Short Film Festival was at Screen Academy to talk to students about promoting their short films and his top tips for getting the most out of attending film festivals.
Andrea Gibb
Andrea Gibb was an actress for many years before starting to write and was a regular character on All Creatures Great and Small for three seasons. She wrote the feature films Dear Frankie and Afterlife which won her the Scottish Screen Filmmaker of the Year award and the Women In Film and Television script award […]
John Archer
John Archer is a creative leader with considerable experience in film and television production, setting up successful new ventures and spotting and developing new talent. He was head of Music and Arts at BBC Scotland and the founding Chief Executive of Scottish Screen. John recently delivered an insightful masterclass for the students of Screen Academy […]
Wu Wenguan in conversation
Wu Wenguan in Conversation (2014) Highlights of a conversation with Wu Wenguan, renowned Chinese independent documentary filmmaker and co-founder of the Caochangdi Workstation in Beijing. Recorded during a visit he made to Edinburgh in 2014 to screen films from the Folk Memory Project, presented by the Confucius Institute for Scotland.
Nigel Smith
Nigel Smith Has worked as producer, series producer, executive producer, development executive, screenwriter, script editor and story analyst in both public and private sectors in and beyond the UK (BBC, Scottish Screen, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Forged Films, Majestic FilmVerleih), allowing him experience of a variety of screen narrative development practices across a range of film and television genres […]
David Griggs
David Griggs Has a background in Visual Anthropology, Documentary Production, and Web Design. He has produced and directed documentaries in Lesotho, RSA, consulted in Web-based productions for Health Online Project and JISC as well as making short documentaries for Learning and Teaching Scotland. He consulted on the web presence with Hopscotch Films for Mark Cousins […]
James Mavor
James Mavor Leads the Kino Eyes International Masters in Film programme and teaches across the post-graduate courses in screenwriting. He combines teaching with his work as a professional screenwriter. His credits for television span 20 years across soaps, series, and single dramas, including The Bill, Monarch of the Glen and Split Second, a TV movie […]