Film, Animation and Photography staff
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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...
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Barnaby Kent
Senior Technician
Barnaby Kent joined BCU as a Photographic Senior Technician in 2017, where he works part-time from Monday to Wednesday as an integral member of the Digital Technical Team at the Parkside Campus. His primary responsibility is to provide essential support for the university's photography facilities. Outside of his role at BCU,...
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Paul Lander
Senior Lecturer
2005 to present day: As Senior Lecturer in Photography, my overriding aim is to initiate creative pathways of study that will take the student into a journey to fulfil future aspirations and vocations. This pathway of study is intended to contest notions and perceptions of the norm, to creatively experiment and oppose the...