Newport Film School

Newport Film School
Ysgol Ffilm Casnewydd
Type Public
Active 1966–2016
Students 500
Location Clarence Place, Newport (1966-1989) Caerleon Campus (1989-2011) & Newport City Campus (2011-2016), Wales
Website https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbKYdpJHR4c

Newport Film School, also known as The International Film School Wales, was part of Newport School of Art, Media and Design at University of Wales, Newport. It was considered the leading institution for the promotion and development of the audiovisual culture of Wales through higher-level education, research and training. It had approximately 500 undergraduate and postgraduate students studying a range of film-related courses.

The Newport Film School was set up in 1966 by renowned documentary film maker John Grierson. BBC documentary director Christopher Morris (An American in Aberfan) lead the Documentary Film BA degree course and award-winning director Florence Ayisi Sisters in Law lead the Film & Video BA course.

In 2004 Oscar-nominated director Ken Russell was appointed visiting professor to the university and annually attended the graduation film presentation evening from June 2004 'Finest Films' where third-year BA graduates showcased their final practical pieces and received awards in the style of traditional film awards such as 'Best Director'.

The film school prided itself on a successful parallel mixture of theory study and practical creativity which it believed drove the unique quality of its filmmakers. Graduates have included such talents as Justin Kerrigan (Human Traffic) and double BAFTA-award-winning Asif Kapadia. In 2011 the school moved from the Caerleon Campus to a £40 million purpose built City Campus in the centre of Newport, however the Newport Film School closed following the 2013 merger between the University of Glamorgan and the University of Wales, Newport.[1] which formed the University of South Wales. Many of the courses relocated to Cardiff, housed in a converted former BT office block, however many of the lecturers found alternative employment elsewhere, notable to Falmouth University were Christopher Morris is now the Director of the School of Film & Television.[2]

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ "University merger 11 April 2013". Southwalesargus.co.uk. 2013-03-21. Retrieved 2013-04-10.
  2. ↑ "Professor Chris Morris". Falmouth University. Retrieved 2017-09-03.
  3. ↑ "Philip John / Director & Writer". Retrieved 31 May 2015.
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