Heads
of Dept
Gillian Lacey
Helen Nabarro
Senior Tutors
Caroline Leaf
Paul
Bush
Orly Yadin
Core Staff
John Osborne
Technical Supervisor
& Webmaster
Helen Stevens
Course
Co-ordinator
Visiting
Tutors
Robert
Bradbrook
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Success at the Stuttgart Festival
of Animated Film
 BEST STUDENT FILM AWARD: '1977'
Directed by Peque Varela.
"We saw a lot of inspired and professionally crafted films, but the film we chose stood out because of its strong personal message. This particular story transcends an exclusively personal experience to the universal theme of finding ones identity. The narration is supported by the appropriate choice of cinematic language, and it managed to captivate us from the first second to the very end."
'Milk Teeth' Directed by Tibor Banoczki won the Special Mention Prize in the Best Graduation Film catagory.
'For The Love Of God' (above) directed by 2007 graduate Joe Tucker, has won the Bruce Corwin
Award for Best Animation at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival.
Winning this award means that the film has qualified for the 2009 Oscars!
Life After School: Recent Graduate work
 Current second year Helen Piercy
has just completed a short animated series commissioned for PITCH, a company providing subscription based mobile phone content.
The series called Sawdust is about a hamster who, after a traumatic experience, becomes the evil HamSaw and proceeds to wreak havock on his fellow rodents in a blood-soaked orgy of sick depravity.
"Time to play? Mmwah-ha-ha-haaaa!"
 2006 graduate Shay Hamais has directed the animation and design of
a three minute title
sequence for Richard Morison at Th1ng, for
the film "Sweeny Todd the Demon Barber of Fleet Street" Directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham-Carter.
2006 Graduate Catia Peres has directed a tariler for the new novel
"The Monsters Of Templton" by Lauren Groff.
Quote from the Guardian:
 "...also achieving success is the aim of a new project to create film-style trailers for books being launched by the Bookseller, in partnership with Random House, internet retailer Play.com and the National Film and Television School (NFTS). The inaugural Book Video Awards will see NFTS students and alumni develop 90-second films based on three forthcoming novels. The winning film-makers have been selected by a judging panel including NFTS director Nik Powell, producer of The Crying Game and Little Voice. Catia Peres has directed The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff (Heinemann)", and can be viewed HERE.
 2006 Graduate
Carl Zitelmann has directed the new trailer for The 'Conflict: Denied Opps' computer game for Eidos Interactive.
CLICK HERE to see it.
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In 2007 we reached a total of 14
National and International Awards.
CLICK HERE to see them and previous years.
Info:
Thinking of applying?
CLICK HERE to check out our frequently asked questions page.
Archive News:
 Living the Dream(works)
In 2006, 2005 Graduate Sharon Colman landed her
dream Job at DREAMWORKS Animation Studios in Los Angeles USA. She is currently working in the story department on 'How to Train your Dragon'. Due for
release in 2009,
the son of a Viking trains his scrawny, toothless dragon to be a brave hero. Based on the children's book of the same name by Cressida Cowell.
Nick Park's NFTS & South Bank Show Special
 The South Bank Show special about the career and musings of Nick Park is now available as a podcast on iTunes. Nick visits the NFTS and talks to Melvyn Bragg about the Beaconsfield roots of Wallace and Gromit. After filming at the school, Nick later gave a masterclass complete with film clips and Q&A to a packed screening theatre. CLICK HERE for pics.
BBC Stream Animation Graduate Films
As part of the Edinburgh Film Festival - McLaren programme (which the BBC are sponsoring this year), the BBC are showcasing the best animation entries on their website. No less than eight films made by
NFTS students past and present are being streamed.
CLICK HERE to visit the site.
South Park Directors Visit NFTS
CLICK HERE to see Trey Parker & Matt Stone visiting the NFTS to screen Team America and give a masterclass that included talk about
the infamous scientology episode!
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