Academic staff

I am an Associate Professor on the Film Practice course in the School of Creative Arts and Industries. I joined in 2016 having previously worked at Ravensbourne and the University Of Gloucestershire.

I specialise in filmmaking with an emphasis on developing short films, professional opportunities and post production apprenticeships.

As a freelancer I work exclusively in comedy. I am represented for film and TV by Casarotto, and for adverts by Merman with co-director Rachel Stubbings as BARBARA. I've directed work for BBC3, ITV2 and Comedy Central and I was nominated for a BAFTA in 2014 for short film Island Queen.

I'm currently engaged in my PHD researching into Building a Comedy Brand using Networked Technology. My research focuses on comedy and the function of practice as research. I've recently delivered papers at Queen Margaret University, the University of Bedfordshire and LSBU.

I regularly talk on professional panels including 'Routes into the Industry' at Aesthetica Film Festival, 'Directing Comedy' at the Short Com Industry Day at the Edinburgh Fringe, and at the London Comedy Film Festival. At the BFI Future Film Festival I sat on a panel titled 'How to make money and get by'. I also sat on panels for The Smalls Film Festival and Sundance London.

I deliver a number of filmmaking classes for BECTU and the Actor's Cafe, for charity East Side Trust and at a number of universities such as the University of Warwick and the University of Gloucestershire. I've also mentored on a schemes such as 'Shortflix', which was run by Creative England and Sky Arts

I host a number of comedy film nights across London including 'Up Close and Personal With Mister Tibbs' and 'Shooting the Breeze.'

Prizes, awards, and accolades

Best Short Film BAFTA Nomination (Jan 2014)

BAFTA

Best Documentary (Aug 2019)

National Film Awards

Winner of the Audience Award (May 2015)

Leeds International Film Festival

Winner of the Audience Award (Jul 2014)

European Independent Film Festival