London Film Academy

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London Film Academy
Established 2001
Location London, United Kingdom
Coordinates: 51°28′55″N 0°11′54″W / 51.4819°N 0.1983°W / 51.4819; -0.1983
Website www.londonfilmacademy.com

The London Film Academy (LFA) is a UK film school situated in Fulham, London. Founded in 2001 as a non-profit making trust, the LFA provides practical courses on a variety of film-making skills.[1][2][3] The school's joint principals are Anna MacDonald and Daisy Gili.[3]

History

Based within a converted Methodist Church on Walham Grove, the London Film Academy was founded in 2001 with a grant of £200,000 from the David Game Foundation. The stated ethos was to produce practical film courses that focused on the art of celluloid filmmaking, with lecturers that were active within the film industry.[1][3][2]

In January 2006 the LFA formed a partnership with Club Panico. Panico was created in the mid eighties and has patrons that include Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones and Sir Ben Kingsley. Together with the LFA, Panico now serves as a stepping stone to industry for post graduate students.[4][5]

The London Film Academy launched its first Digital VFX Certificate, with funding assistance from the EU MEDIA Plus scheme, in 2007. Aimed specifically at film, and for students with previous industry experience, it was listed as incorporating pre-visualization, matte and motion capture work amongst other VFX techniques.[6]

In 2012 the LFA launched LFA Productions; a professional money making arm. It has the stated aim of using the wide network of LFA Alumni to invest in and produce professional standard output for sale to the television market.[7][8]

The LFA holds its yearly graduation show at the BFI Southbank. The schools annual awards for 2013 were presented by Alice Lowe and Nic Roeg.[3] Daisy Gili and Anna MacDonald have served as joint principals of the LFA for ten years, and remain so as at 2013.[3]

Accreditation

The London Film Academy was reviewed by the QAA (Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education) in November 2012. The result was a positive affirmation of LFA standards.[9] The LFA's Writer-Diploma Course is Creative Skillset Approved.[10]

Tutors

Amongst the academy's tutors are cinematographer Phil Meheux; directors Laurence Moody, Mamoun Hassan, and Stuart Urban; novelist and screen writer Jeremy Sheldon; and filmmakers Asif Kapadia and Richard Kwietniowski.

Partners

The academy's partners include Apple, Arri, Cannes Film Festival, Goldsmiths, University of London, Kodak, New Horizons Film Festival, Riverside Studios, and Deluxe Entertainment Services Group Inc.

Courses of study

The college provides a variety of film-making courses, taught either in London or in the Algarve, Portugal (in association with the Algarve Film Commission).[11]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Monahan, Jerome (19 February 2002). "Shooting stars". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bullmore, Chris (18 February 2002). "Lights, camera, inaction". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Ivan-Zadeh, Larushka (28 October 2013). "Anna Macdonald and Daisy Gili: We created the London Film Academy". Metro. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  4. ↑ About Film Schools. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  5. ↑ "Pitched for perfection". The Anglo-Celt. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  6. ↑ "London Film Academy launch Digital Film VFX Course". DMN Newswire. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  7. ↑ McDonald, Andrew (9 March 2012). "London Film Academy launches indie". C21 Media. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  8. ↑ Khalsa, Balihar (9 March 2012). "London Film Academy to launch female-led indie". Broadcast Now. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  9. ↑ Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  10. ↑ Creative Skillset. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  11. ↑ DiáriOnline (23 April 2011). "London Film Academy promove três cursos práticos no Algarve". Retrieved 4 January 2014 (Portuguese).

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