Met Film School

Met Film School
Established	2003 (2003)
Type	Open
Director	Jonny Persey
Location	London, United Kingdom
Website	Met Film School

Met Film School is a private film school based at Ealing Studios in London, United Kingdom. Founded in 2003, the Met Film School is part of the Met Film group, which also includes Met Film Production and Met Film Post. The National Film and Television School has been an advisory partner and helped develop the courses, the school is a certified Apple Inc course provider.

Based at Ealing Film Studios, which is the oldest continuously working film studio in the world, the Met Film School offers a range of courses, from a post-graduate Masters in Filmmaking, two-year degree and suite of one-year courses to short, part-time and weekend programmes.

History

The Met Film School opened as the Metropolitan Film School in 2003 with a single class in Clapham in London. The only courses offered were short and weekend courses. In 2007 the school moved to Ealing Studios, rebranded as Met Film School and started offering more study programmes including a two-year BA in Filmmaking. In 2010 the school, in collaboration with Bournemouth University, also introduced an MA in Filmmaking.

Programs

The courses at the school are intensive and highly practical, such as the two-Year BA (Hons) Practical Filmmaking degree, One-Year courses in Filmmaking, Visual Effects & Animation and Cinematography. In addition, the Met Film School also offers a range of Short, Part-Time and Weekend courses, taught by industry professionals.

Notable faculty

• David Freeman, BAFTA winning Editor of The Full Monty, Mickey Blue Eyes and How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (film)
• Chris Bould, Multiple BAFTA-winning Director/Producer of My Friend Joe and Whose Line Is It Anyway?
• David Gamble, Oscar-nominated, BAFTA-winning Editor of Shakespeare in Love, Veronica Guerin (film) and Shopgirl
• Rachel Wood, NFTS Script Advisory Board member, Script Factory Board member and BAFTA Short Film Jury member
• Sasha Snow, DoP camera and lighting department on productions for BBC, Tiger Aspect and Channel 4
• Paul Wheeler, Former BBC Senior Drama Cameraman and Director of Photography of Inspector Morse, Oklahoma and King Lear
• Sarah Gavron, Award-winning Director of Brick Lane (film)
• Orlando Seale, Actor with appearances in The West Wing, Ghost Whisperer, The IT Crowd, Casualty_(TV_series) and films Sleepy Hollow, French Film and Fred Claus
• Jamie Nuttgens, Co-Producer of Red Riding
• Emma Lindley, Producer of Big Brother (BBC2 Documentary)

Notable guest speakers

• David Yates, Director of the final four Harry Potter films, The Girl in the Café, Sex Traffic
• John Landis, Director of Blues Brothers, Burke and Hare, An American Werewolf in London
• Kirk Jones, Writer and Director (Everybody’s Fine and Nanny McPhee)
• John Fletcher, MD of Distribution, Pathe UK
• Aschlin Ditta, BAFTA-Nominated writer of French Film
• Dean Craig, Writer of Death at a Funeral

References

• Ealing Studios
• National Film and Television School
• Bournemouth University
• University of West London Partners
• Tech Music Schools

See also

• Education in England

External links

• Met Film School
• Ealing Studios Website
• National Film and Television School Website
• Bournemouth University
• University of West London Website
• The Film Pilgrim
• BBC Film Network

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