Met Film School

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MetFilm School
MottoCreative. Practical. Connected.
TypePrivate University
Established2003
Location
London
,
United Kingdom
CampusEaling Studios
Affiliations CILECT
Website www.metfilmschool.ac.uk

MetFilm School (MFS) is a private film school based in London within Ealing Studios. MetFilm consists of MetFilm School (London, Berlin and Leeds), MetFilm Production, MetFilm Sales, MetFilm Futures, and ScreenSpace.

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Faculty

MetFilm's Director is Jonny Persey, while the school's CEO is former ICMP's registrar and commercial director, David Howell. The school has an advisory board which includes Sir Alan Parker, Stephen Frears, Heather Rabbatts, Barnaby Thompson, Jill Tandy, Cameron McCracken, Tony Orsten, David Kosse, Michael Gubb. The school has informal ties with the National Film and Television School in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire and many NFTS graduates teach at the MFS. [1]

Principal to the Leeds Campus is Dr.Paul Gormley and to the Campus in Berlin is Robert Lehniger. [2]

History

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Adebukola Oladipupo in MTV Shuga filmed live over 4 countries in 2020

MetFilm School was founded in 2003, by Luke Montagu [3] and Thomas Hoegh, and moved from its original Clapham Junction location to Ealing Studios, London. In 2006, MetFilm launched its production company, MetFilm Production. In 2007, 25 students enrolled on the school first BA course validated by the University of West London. The school launched its BA Practical Filmmaking with 119 students in 2009. MetFilm Production's Little Ashes and French Film were released in the UK and other territories.[ citation needed ]

In 2012, the school opened up a satellite school in BUFA studios, Berlin and in 2015, the school in Berlin collaborated with YouTube to launch a large studio with production and training facilities for YouTube creators and MetFilm students.

In 2016, MetFilm launched 20 new courses in London and two in Berlin.

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References

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