National Film and Television School

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The National Film and Television School (NFTS) is considered the most important film school in the United Kingdom.

The NFTS was established in 1971 and is based in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire close to some of the UK's major film studios, which are mainly located on the northern and western fringes of London. Its mission statement is to: "educate the best creative talent to the highest professional standard for tomorrow’s screen media industries."

Today the NFTS is one of the most renowned educational film and television institutions worldwide.

1 Funding
2 Staff
3 Reputation
4 Alumni
5 External links

[edit] Funding

Until its repeal in 1986, the school was funded partly through a tax on cinema ticket sales known as the Eady Levy, named after then UK Treasury official Sir Wilfred Eady.

The NFTS has since been funded by the UK Government, via (today) the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, and the television and film industries.

Partners include main UK terrestrial and satellite broadcasting companies BBC, ITV, Channel Four, Channel Five and BSkyB, and film studios such as UIP and Warner Bros..

In addition, a large number of public and private donors fund scholarships to assist (chiefly British and EU) students.

[edit] Staff

The school has around 100 full-time staff as well as many top tutors from within the industry, such as Stephen Frears (Fiction Direction), Brian Tufano (Cinematography) and Kim Longinotto (Documentary Direction); (The Day I Will Never Forget, Divorce Iranian Style, Shinjuku Boys).

The school's director is British film producer Nik Powell, and its president is Lord Richard Attenborough. Governors include well known children’s presenter Floella Benjamin, Michael Khun, producer of Being John Malkovich and once Head of Polygram, Tim Bevan of Working Title, Duncan Kenworthy of DNA Films and Andrea Calderwood.