Staff
Bobby Pellegrini
Registry Manager
Raised in Austin, Texas, and having spent several years in Oklahoma completing a BA in Communication, Bobby has now relocated to London where he recently completed an MA in International Relations. Prior to joining London Film School, Roberto spent most of his career in International Education, working with the Education Abroad department at the University of Oklahoma. During his seven years with OU, one was spent working with students in Rio de Janeiro, at the OU in Rio study centre. His experience has mainly focused on administrative and advising responsibilities within the International Education field. Moving forward, he is excited to work with students at London Film School to aid in the completion of their degrees.
Candida Moriarty - BA Hons, PGCE, MA
Head of Production Design
Candida’s first degree was in BA (Hons) Three-Dimensional Design - Specialising in Theatre Design (set and costume), after which Candida gained expansive experience working as set and costume designer, art director, co-ordinator, supervisor, maker, and scenic artist in the film, television, theatre, opera, ballet, and live events industries. She worked in the UK and on productions that have filmed/toured internationally.
Candida’s early career design of Extraordinary People (as premiered in London’s West End) was reviewed as excellent in ‘The Guardian' by critic Michael Keith Billington - OBE. Subsequently, Candida designed many theatre productions, but also traversed her skills into film and television work; including contributing to set/costume aspects of BAFTA & OSCAR winning/nominated film and television productions (including Who Framed Roger Rabbit, The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne, Buster, Game, Set and Match, Hi De Hi, Fortunes of War, The Borrowers). She has enjoyed working on a diverse range of over 150 productions including feature and short films, documentaries, drama and comedy series, a few corporate/fashion/music videos, as well as set and costume work for The Nuffield Theatre, The Royal Ballet, The Royal Opera House, and The English National Opera.
Throughout her career, Candida has enjoyed teaching her field of practice. She has been a mentor in the workplace of placement students from Nottingham Trent University, Wimbledon School of Art, and University of the Creative Arts Farnham. In a previous Head of Design role, in a drama school, she designed the productions and taught technical theatre arts students the art department skills to realise the designs. Candida has also been a Production Design Visiting Lecturer at Nottingham Trent University and at Central Saint Martins. Candida taught Production Design to BA Film and Television Students for 10 years alongside being a Course Leader of 12 years for a production degree course which she devised for the UAL, prior to joining LFS.
Candida embraces LFS MAS course particularly because offers practice learning and relevant self-initiated research challenges that demands dedication towards holistic cross department understanding and a collaborative filmmaking approach; supporting skills development that industry seeks. And a real bonus is the super interesting storytelling that comes from the student lead films.
Carmel Collins
Senior Lecturer - Production Design
After graduating in Fine Art Carmel worked as a Theatre Designer in UK, Ireland and Berlin before training in Production Design at the National Film and Television School.
She has extensive experience as Production Designer working internationally on feature films shot in the UK and in Southern Africa, and a wide portfolio of productions including RTS award-winning shorts (‘Decisions’ for Ch 4), TV drama, drama documentaries, commercials and BAFTA award-winning Arts films (Sir Simon Rattle’s ‘Leaving Home’ for Ch 4). Feature films ‘Friends’ directed by Elaine Proctor and ‘Hijack Stories’ directed by Oliver Schmitz gained recognition in Cannes - Special Mention Palme D’Or and Un Certain Regard respectively, both securing international releases.
Carmel has combined teaching with professional practice throughout her career, devising the MA Production Design course at Northern School of Film and Television and teaching at many institutions as a visiting tutor in between film projects, including at University of Westminster, University of the Arts London, University of the Creative Arts Farnham, Royal Holloway University and as a Professional Mentor to Film Glasgow’s JumpCut Summer Production Company.
Charlotte Binns
Registry Administrator
Charlotte joins LFS after completing a diploma in Acting in Stratford Upon Avon, studying English Literature at University in Sheffield and working in various fields from coffee shops and manor houses to dental administration. She has long harboured a love of film and acting, completing several courses with The National Youth Theatre and acting in short films. She is a prolific music lover, teaching herself to play the bass guitar and joining a band a month later, culminating in performing gigs around the UK, her favourite gig played being The Isle of Wight Festival. In her spare time she loves solo cinema trips, playing her guitar, getting out into nature, researching folklore and good films and literature.
Chi Yu
Editing Lecturer; Multimedia Producer
British-born Chi Yu graduated from London Film School with an MA in Filmmaking, where he trained in Directing, Cinematography, Camera Operating, Producing and Editing as well as assisting across numerous film productions. He has worked in various fields as a freelance videographer, teaching assistant and in administration for various organisations.
Ginette Harrold
Library, Film Archive and Festivals Manager
Ginette heads up the Library, Film Archive and Film Festivals and Distribution Dept at London Film School. Ginette has worked in audio- visual archives and organisations for over twenty years and with Film Festivals for over six years. Previous roles include Film Librarian ETV (Soviet Film Archives), Acquisitions and COI collections Manager at Film Images, Asst. Curator Moving Image Collections, Wellcome Trust, Freelance Film Archivist, Welcome Trust, Manager Clips&Footage Ltd, Sales Manager Footage Farm and Film Archive Manager at London Film School. Ginette has a wealth of knowledge on a variety of topics including film preservation, asset management, copyright, IP, rights management, clip sales, and distribution. Archival footage use, and the international film festivals circuit.
Holly Blake
Acting Head of Marketing
Holly coordinates communications at London Film School helping to ensure the exciting work of the school is shared far and wide. With over 14 years' working in PR and communications, across a huge variety of industries and sectors including education, Holly brings with her a wealth of understanding and experience.
Isobel Granger
Administrative Support Officer
Isobel joins LFS from Theatre Royal Drury Lane where she worked as a Welcome Host and as Stage Door Cover. Prior to this, Isobel completed a degree in English and Theatre at Bristol University where she developed a passion for creative writing and all things arts!
Jonas Grimas
Module Leader and Term 2 Tutor
Jonas Grimås is a BAFTA winning director with over a hundred credits in high-end British and European television drama, short films and documentaries. Parallel to this, he has portrayed the process of painters, glass designers, musicians, conductors and other artists. When not teaching filmmaking at the London Film School he is making films.
Jonathan Mills
Student Recruitment Manager
Jonathan joins the London Film School with over seven years’ experience in Marketing and Student Recruitment for both the Further and Higher Education sectors in Scotland. As a Graduate of Edinburgh Napier University in MSc Marketing, Jonathan recently spent six years working for his alma mater in Student Recruitment Officer roles most notably, for the EU and Home Postgraduate markets.