Film, Animation and Photography staff
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Zuby Ahmed
Programme & Creative Director Video Game Design & Production
Zuby is a seasoned game developer and manager, with a career spanning over 20 years, 15 years of which have been focused within the Games Industry. Starting as a freelance writer for Edge , Zuby went onto work for Digital Image Design , Warthog Games , and EA Games . In 2006 Zuby founded SmashMouth Games (SMG), with a...
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Dr Michael Bickerton
Course Leader
Dr Michael Bickerton is Course Leader on the BSc (Hons) Digital Film Production course. Michael has been producing and teaching film for over twenty-five years. He has international production experience and has taught on prestigious courses (such as the UK Film Council’s 'Introduction to Screenwriting'). He organises the...
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Jaskirt Boora
Lecturer in Photography
Jaskirt is an award-winning multi-disciplinary artist whose work focuses on a socially engaged practice, working with local communities. She is interested in celebrating untold stories while exploring visual representations of gender, ethnicity and place. Jaskirt creates work with the aim to empower and give voice to...
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Dr Gary Bratchford
Associate Professor of Photography
Gary Bratchford is a writer, editor & curator, and an Associate Professor of Photography. Gary co-edits Visual Studies Journal, Visual Culture in Britian and co-edits the Palgrave Book Series, Social Visualities. Formally president of the International Sociological Association’s Visual Research Group, Gary is a Fellow of...
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Steven Chamberlain
Lecturer in Film and Animation
Steven Chamberlain is a lecturer in film and animation. Steven trained as a painter at Central Saint Martins and continued painting for a number of years before becoming a multimedia designer and artist, creating interactive audio visual, installations and projection events. Steven has over a decade experience of...
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Andy Conway
Course Director for BA (Hons) Film and Screenwriting
Andy Conway is a novelist and screenwriter based in Birmingham, who graduated from this institution in 1994 with a 1st in English Language and Literature. He teaches undergraduate courses in Screenwriting, Drama and Adaptation, and also teaches Screenwriting at The National Academy of Writing, Worcester University and Newman...
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Matt Cusworth
Lecturer in Film
After a short stint as an offline editor, Matt decided that production was where his passions lay. Working initially as an assistant director and stand-by prop man for the BBC until he eventually found his calling in the camera department. From his 8 years working in industry, matts television and film credits include:...
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Tony Davis
Senior Technician
Tony is a general Software Support for every level of students and staff, here to aid all aspect of the problem solving required to aid anyone to get their ideas through to fruition. He is experienced in integrating many different software utilities to create new solutions, with extensive knowledge in all things Microsoft...
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Ravi Deepres
Professor of Moving Image and Photography
Award winning artist, photographer and film maker with an international reputation for focusing on the intersection of the still and moving image. Influences of identity, psychology, social conditioning, historical archives, and scientific cosmological research constantly feed his practice. Expressed through conceptual...
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Lianne Forbes
Senior Lecturer and Course Leader in BA Visual Effects
Lianne is a Senior Lecturer with 14 years of high-end VFX film industry experience. Her focus is on forging strong links between the University and industry. She plans to develop student awareness of industry practices and produce more opportunities for them to engage with industry professionals. Lianne has worked on a long...