Our Tutors & Guest Speakers
London Film Academy tutors are accomplished, professional freelance filmmakers and industry practitioners.
Our team of regular and guest tutors, all experienced industry professionals and practitioners, teach across our BA and MA programmes as well as our short courses. They have produced award-winning feature films, TV dramas, shorts, documentaries, corporate films, music videos, and commercials, bringing this wealth of professional knowledge, experience, and insight to their teaching at LFA.
While it’s impossible to list all our tutors and their achievements, we have highlighted a few examples of recent tutors and their film work below.
DIRECTING
- Dan Turner: 'The Man Inside', 'Girl Number 9'
- Dan Zeff: ‘Gangsta Granny Strikes Again’, ‘The Queen and I’
- Sam Clemens: 'The Waterhouse', 'Doctor Who: The Sixth Doctor Adventures'
- Tiarnan O'Sullivan: 'Playing Dead'
PRODUCING
- Becky Knapp: ‘Uncle’, 'Rollin' with the Nines'
- Gavin Humphries: 'Pin Cushion', 'The Curse'
- Jacob Thomas: 'Perfect 10', 'Making Noise Quietly'
CINEMATOGRAPHY
- Giovanni Compagnoni: 'Us Among the Stones', 'Breadcrumbs to Tokyo'
- Hayden Rountree: 'Auckward Love', 'Down Harrison Drive'
- Luca Rocchini: 'Twist', 'Small Change'
- Matt Gillan: ‘Caterpillar’
PRODUCTION DESIGN
- Fleur Whitlock: 'Heads of State', '10,000 BC'
SCREENWRITING
- David Lemon: 'Containment', 'Faintheart' and 'Haven'
- Emma Millions: ‘Terrornet’, ‘Off Their Rockers’
- Michael Holden: ‘Sherlock Holmes’, ‘Alice Through the Looking Glass’
EDITING / SOUND DESIGN / GRADING
- Alex Lopera: ‘Mrs Khan’, 'Fabulous Phoebe’
- Fola Oyeleye: ‘Untold Stories: Hair on Set’
- Kostas Mastorakis: 'Sunburn', 'Oya: Rise of the Suporisha'
- Lisa Fischer: 'Renegade Inc.'
- Martyn Bray: ‘Manhattan’, ‘How to be a Ballerina’
- Robert Bourke: 'Son', 'Benefits Britain 1949'
- Tom Rowson: 'The Long Ride', 'All Stretched Out'
SOUND RECORDING
- Lauri Kelleher: ‘Grand Designs’
- Martin Wilson: 'Pete Versus Life', 'Big Bad World'
- Kostas Mastorakis: 'Sunburn', 'Oya: Rise of the Suporisha'
- Robert Bourke: 'Son', 'Benefits Britain 1949'
DOCUMENTARY
- Manuela Maiguashca: 'The Thompson' Carnation'
- Yolanda Barker: 'Ashes', 'First Do No Pharm'
At LFA, students benefit from guest speakers who are leading professionals in the film and TV industry, sharing their expertise, insights, and real-world experience. While it’s impossible to list them all and all of their achievements, we have highlighted a few examples below along with some of their notable film work.
- Alice Lowe Award-winning Writer/Director/Actor: 'Sightseers', 'Prevenge', 'Black Mirror: Bandersnatch'
- Babak Anvari BAFTA-winning Director: 'Under the Shadow', 'Hallow Road'
- Callum Turner Actor, Writer: 'Masters of the Air', 'Fantastic Beasts Trilogy', 'Emma'
- Camilla Hall Documentary Filmmaker: 'Subject'
- Eddie Hamilton Editor: 'Top Gun: Maverick', 'Mission: Impossible - Fallout', 'M: I - Dead Reckoning Part 1', 'M: I - The Final Reckoning', 'Kingsman: The Golden Circle', X-Men: First Class', Kick-Ass'
- Hossein Amini Screenwriter: ‘Drive', 'Obi-Wan Kenobi', The Alienist', 'Snow White & The Huntsman'
- Ivana MacKinnnon Producer/Associate Producer: 'Slumdog Millionaire', 'Beast', 'Centurion'
- Jan Harlan Executive Producer: 'A Clockwork Orange', 'The Shining', 'Full Metal Jacket', 'Eyes Wide Shut'
- Pia Di Ciaula Editor: 'The Crown', 'A Very English Scandal', 'Tyrannosaur'
- Prano Bailey-Bond Writer and Director: 'Censor'
- Ralph Eggleston Art Director, Animator, Writer and Director: 'Inside-Out', 'Finding Nemo', 'Monsters Inc.', Wall.e'
- Sarah Gavron Director: 'Rocks' 'Suffergette'
- Steven Knight Writer, Producer, Director: 'See', 'Peaky Blinders', 'Locke', 'Dirty Pretty Things', 'All the Light We Cannot See'