Met Film School

Private Film School at Ealing Studios, London

MetFilm School
Motto	Creative. Practical. Connected.
Type	Private University
Established	2003
Location	London , United Kingdom
Campus	Ealing 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.

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

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.

In 2024, MetFilm School was acquired by BIMM University.

Alumni

Tunde Aladese, Nigerian actor and screenwriter^[4]

External links

The Guardian: "The media industry is changing fast, but universities aren't keeping up"
EalingToday: "William Boyd from MetFilm School has already won two prizes for 'The Trespasser'"
Broadcast: "MetFilm School partners with hire firm Procam"
London Post: "Winners revealed at Smart Screen Creative Awards 2018"
The World News: "Would be graduates from Burnley, Pendle and Ribble Valley warned to get university applications in before January deadline"

References

^ "Pathways to the NFTS". National Film and Television School.
^ Czyzowska, Elise (3 November 2022). "MetFilm School Berlin welcomes new Principal Robert Lehniger". MetFilm School. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
^ Sampson, Annabel (11 June 2020). "The American Aristocrat keeping Mapperton House on the map". Tatler. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
^ Jack, Fisher (1 July 2020). "Nigerian Actress / Screenwriter (Tunde Aladese) Writes Coronavirus Hit African Lockdown Series – Sponsored by UN". EURweb. Retrieved 2 July 2020.