Visiting Professors, Fellows and Practitioners in Residence
Highly acclaimed industry figures from around the world visit the Media School to give guest lectures and share their expertise with students and staff.
Each year the Media School appoints four Practitioners in Residence to work within the school. Between them they deliver over 100 days of high level professional practitioner input.
Some academics and professionals choose to share their expertise in the acclaimed role of Visiting Fellow or Professor. They deliver regular master classes and collaborate with staff on research and professional practice projects.
In addition we have other guest speakers, most recently including Radio 1's Programme Controller Andy Parfitt and Star Wars Producer Gary Kurtz.
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Practitioners in Residence
Working with the Media School in 2011 are:
- Serena Cullen has worked in the British television industry since 1990 on productions such as This Life, Waking the Dead and Holby City. She produced a number of feature films such as The Talented Mr Ripley and the Ian Drury film Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll in 2010. Serena now runs her own production company.
- Jake Wallis Simons, the novelist, journalist and artist, shares his professional expertise with journalism and communication students at BU. Aside from his critically acclaimed novels, he regularly writes about arts and ideas for The Times and Guardian newspapers. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
- Damien Rayfield is co-founder of animation company Fireproof Studios and is an expert in modelling and texturing. Damien’s company have recently collaborated with the giants of the gaming world - Sony, Activision and Bizarre Creations to produce artwork for releases such as DJ Hero and Little Big Planet 2.
Visiting Professors
- Roger Graef, OBE, is an award winning filmmaker, criminologist, and writer. His films have influenced policing and criminal justice policy: the handling of rape victims, race issues, sex offenders, and juvenile justice. In 2004 he was awarded the BAFTA Fellowship for lifetime achievement. In 2006 he was given an OBE.
- Roger Laughton CBE is former Chair of South West Screen and Deputy Chair of the British Film Institute. He is a Fellow of the Royal Television Society and was appointed CBE in the 2000 Queen's Millennium Honours List for his services to Regional Broadcasting. He has a BAFTA for his work on Live Aid.
- Anthony Lilley is Chief Executive of Magic Lantern Productions. He is a BAFTA and Peabody Award winning interactive media producer. As a Member of Content Board of Ofcom, he works extensively on media policy and has advised government departments. Anthony was awarded the OBE for services to media and creative industries in the Queen's Birthday Honours List in 2008.
- Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann has pioneered research into virtual humans over the last 25 years. She was elected Woman of the Year in the Grand Montreal for her pioneering work on virtual humans and presented her artistic work at the Modern Art Museum of New York in 1988.
- Vin Ray is a Journalist and former Director of the BBC College of Journalism. Ray has been at the forefront of developing newsgathering systems, particularly in foreign news.
Visiting Fellows
- Denys Blakeway is one of Britain's most respected Independent Producers. In 1994 he set up Blakeway Productions and quickly established a track record for documentaries about contemporary history and current affairs. For sixteen years his company has built on this reputation and it remains a leading producer of high-end programmes, from journalistic investigations to series about politics, contemporary history and the arts.
- Mark Brayne is Europe Director of the Dart Centre for Journalism and Trauma, and a psychotherapist specialising in trauma, anxiety and depression. He is a former foreign affairs correspondent for the BBC and Reuters, and now supports journalists and news organisations in addressing the reporting and personal impact of traumatic events.
- Duncan Campbell is a freelance investigative journalist, author and television producer, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. He is a former Chairman and Director for the publisher of New Statesman.
- Richard Clemmow is a journalist and producer in factual broadcasting. He is the former Managing Director of the independent production company Juniper, and the former head of BBC TV News. His then company was commissioned by the BBC to produce The Blair Years, a series of interviews with the former prime minister.
- Paddy Coulter is a specialist in media and development with over 25 years professional experience of communications. He is Director of Studies at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford. In 2000 Paddy was given the award of OBE by Her Majesty’s Government for “services to development awareness”. He is a founder trustee of The Media Trust, set up in 1994 to act as a bridge between the media industry and the UK voluntary sector.
- Alex Graham is the Chief Executive Officer of Wall to Wall TV, and has been a leading figure in UK independent television production sector for almost 30 years. Alex has been involved in creating and producing a wide range of hit television, such as Who Do You Think You Are? and New Tricks. He is a fellow of the Royal Television Society and the Royal Society of Arts.
- Peter Hardie is an Artist in Residence at BU. His works include Light on Water, Falling Water, Leaves on the River, Willows and Ripple.
- Estelle Hughes is the former controller of CITV and is now Managing Director of 3Line Media. She has 20 years experience in TV broadcasting spanning BSkyB, Disney Channels, BBC and ITV, with extensive experience of identifying, developing and launching channels.
- Richard Johns is one of the UK's most prolific and innovative producers of film and TV. As well as making a range of commercially successful and critically acclaimed films he has applied his skills to fostering the next generation of producers, directors and writers across the UK and internationally.
- Matt Locke Matt is recognised nationally and internally as a key figure in PSB Cross Platform Media production. Acting Head of Multiplatform Commissioning Channel 4, London where he's commissioning multi-platform projects for some of Channel 4's biggest brands, including Million Pound Drop, Skins, Misfits, Embarassing Bodies and Big Brother.
- Peter Kosminsky Peter Kosminsky is a British writer, director and producer. Kosminsky has directed two feature films, Wuthering Heights and White Oleander. He is a former Council member of BAFTA, a Fellow of the Royal Television Society, a founding board member of Directors-UK and a winner of the BAFTA Alan Clarke Award for Outstanding Creative Contribution to TV.
- Dr Lischa Ma is currently working on a research proposal at the NCCA (Bournemouth University) to study mechanisms of cardiac disorders using model organism Drosophila. Lischa Ma has also worked at the University of Kent, Dundee and Cambridge.
- Kevin Marsh is the Editor in Chief of the BBC College of Journalism, and was Editor of the Today programme from 2002 to 2006. Kevin was a participant and panellist at the World Economic Forum meetings in Davos in 2004, 2005 and 2006, is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a member of Chatham House.
- Julian McDougall is a British educationalist and media theorist specialising in the study of contemporary media, creative arts education and the role of video games in education.
- Paul Mylrea has had a distinguished career in journalism, governmental and non-government communications. After an initial career as a journalist and correspondent Paul joined Oxfam as Head of Media. He then moved successively to Transport for London as Director of Group Media Relations and Director of Communications at the Department for International Development. Recently he has accepted one of the most visible public relations posts in the UK as the Head of Media Relations & Public Relations at the BBC.
- Marie Oldham has been working in Advertising and Media for 25 years with clients such as McDonalds, Bradford and Bingley, Cadburys, McVities and United Airlines. She is currently Chief Strategy Officer at MPG and works with the Lottery and BBC in developing their communications strategies.
- Eve Pollard OBE is an author, journalist, broadcaster and former editor of the Sunday Mirror and the Sunday Express. She was appointed OBE in the Queen's 2008 Birthday Honours.
- Gavin Rees is An experienced journalist, producer and educator with expertise in working on stories and films which concern challenging trauma and human rights issues. Gavin won the International Emmy for Best Documentary 2006 for his work on the BBC docudrama Hiroshima.
- Gillian Reynolds MBE is a radio critic, journalist and broadcaster. She has been radio critic of The Daily Telegraph since 1975, is a fellow of the Radio Academy, a trustee of the National Museum in Liverpool and a fellow of the Royal Television Society. She was appointed MBE in 1999.
- Dr Arthur Saunders is a physicist who has spent most of his working life in industrial scientific research. He is a Doctor of Science (London University) and Honorary Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society.
- Tony Stoller CBE was Chief Executive of the Radio Authority, and is currently Deputy Chair of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Chair of the Committee of Reference for F&C Asset Management's Stewardship Funds. He was appointed CBE in 2009.
- Hans Timmermans is an internationally respected composer and software developer.
- Paul Watson is an English documentary filmmaker. He started off as a painter and artist, before moving into television in the late 1960's with documentaries. Paul still takes an active part in creating documentaries.
- Murray Weston is retained as Senior Advisor to the British Universities Film & Video Council (BUFVC) following 20 years as CEO - and he is Co-Director, with his partner Emma Ginnett, of Make-Up and Film Services Ltd. He is a Trustee of the Kraszna Krausz Foundation, Chairman of the Film Archive Forum UK and a member of the Archive and History Committee of the Royal Television Society.
- Tim Wright is a digital writer, an interactive producer and a director of XPT Ltd. His writing credits include two BAFTA-winning interactive projects: the comedy self help disk 'Mind Gym' and web & email drama 'Online Caroline'. He also co-developed, devised and scripted the BAFTA nominated science-learning Web drama 'Planet Jemma' and BAFTA nominated online holiday farce 'Mount Kristos'.
