C. Paul Sellors
C. Paul Sellors Is a Lecturer in Film History, Theory, and Criticism at Edinburgh Napier University. He is the author of Film Authorship: Auteurs and Other Myths (2010) and has published in journals including Screen, Living Pictures, Film and Philosophy, The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, and the Journal of Media Law. Find out […]
Louise Milne
Louise Milne Is a visual anthropologist, a film-maker and a leading scholar in comparative mythology and the history of dreams. Born on Lewis, Louise studied at King’s College Cambridge and Boston University, Mass. She has been working and teaching in Edinburgh since the mid-1990s, playing an instrumental role in the development of various undergraduate and […]
Kerstin Stutterheim
Kerstin Stutterheim Kerstin Stutterheim is an award-winning filmmaker, author, dramaturg, and internationally acknowledge academic, she has been teaching film practice and theory with many years of national and international experience. She joined SACI in September 2021. Before, she was Rector (principal) of the Academy of Media Arts Cologne – KHM (Germany), and Professor of Artistic Research […]
Jaya Jayalakshmi
Jaya Jayalakshmi Prof G D Jayalakshmi (commonly called Jaya) is an award-winning, experienced film-maker, educator and media consultant. Jaya’s industry experience spans eleven years at the BBC, where she was a producer, making mainly documentary films. Then she set up her own production company in order to pursue her interest in fiction filmmaking. Jaya has […]
Kirsten MacLeod
Dr. Kirsten MacLeod Is a Professor, Creative Media Practice, and Programme Leader for the BA (Hons) Television at Edinburgh Napier University. She has worked as a filmmaker and media practitioner for over 20 years in broadcast and community-based media. She received a BA (Hons) in Archaeology & Social Anthropology from Edinburgh University (1991) and an […]
Sana Bilgrami
Sana Bilgrami Born in Pakistan, is an award-winning documentary film director and researcher. In her films, she explores cross-cultural identity and belonging through a variety of stories. She experiments with different techniques, frequently using 8mm film, archive and intimate voice-over. She leads and teaches introductory and advanced level documentary film practice to undergraduate Film and […]
Zoe Irvine
Zoë Irvine Is a sound designer, sound artist and educator working in a variety of genres in film, theatre and art in Scotland and internationally. Zoë is recognised as a highly creative sound designer who can take control of the entire post-production sound on smaller scale films – score, dialogue, ADR, foley and mix. When […]
Alistair Scott
Alistair Scott Biography I am an Associate Professor Film and Television. I am the University Research Theme Lead for Culture and Communities. Since 2022 I have been a member of the Media Studies Commission of FIAT/IFTA (the International Federation of Television Archives). My research and creative practice is focused on two fields: film and TV […]
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 […]
Kay Sheridan
With 8 years experience of working in feature film, TV drama, commercials and documentaries across the UK, Kay then made a move into training development and delivery to project manage Scotland’s Film and TV apprenticeship programme. Going freelance in 2010 Kay has since worked for a range of industry, training and education organisations including Shed Media Scotland, GMAC […]