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Hosted by Young Film Academy · 🇺🇸 US · EN-GB · 99 episodes
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The Young Film Academy Podcast is essential listening for young people looking to find their way into the creative industries. We chat with industry professionals who've worked on the biggest TV shows and movies, demystifying their job role, uncovering how they broke into the industry and learning what they did during their teenage years to set themselves up for success.
Young Film Academy hosts The Young Film Academy Podcast, a tv show with 99 episodes published.
Hosts Dan Allen and Ellen Thomas chat with Ollie George Clark, novelist and screenwriter, about the art, discipline, and challenges of writing fiction. From developing unforgettable characters to crafting compelling plot
Hosts Dan Allen and Ellen Thomas chat with Manav Kher, a re-recording mixer who brings together dialogue, music, Foley, and sound effects to create the final soundtrack audiences hear in film and television. From intimat
Hosts Dan Allen and Ellen Thomas chat with Lauren Sequeira , writer and showrunner whose work spans television development, writers’ rooms, and creating original series. From pitching ideas and developing characters to l
Hosts Dan Allen and Ellen Thomas chat with Nathan Theys , commercial director and filmmaker whose work spans branded content, documentaries, and digital storytelling. Most recently, Nathan directed a documentary series f
Hosts Dan Allen and Ellen Thomas chat with Kiff McManus, a production sound recordist with nearly 30 years of experience capturing audio for film and television. From high-speed car chases on Top Gear to intense one-shot
Hosts Dan Allen and Ellen Thomas chat with Ségolène Veyre , professional animal handler who specialises in training and working with dogs for film and television . From emotional performances to high-energy action scenes
Hosts Dan Allen and Ellen Thomas chat with script supervisor Lucy Hatherly (28 Years Later, A Thousand Blows, Snow White, The Marvels, Ted Lasso), whose role is essential in keeping film and television productions runnin
Host Dan Allen chats with Eleri Jones , director on the long-running hit soap Hollyoaks. Working at an intense pace, Eleri is responsible for bringing compelling drama to life on screen, often shooting multiple episodes
Hosts Dan Allen and Ellen Thomas reflect on the incredible Young Film Academy Awards All Stars event last month and listen to exclusive interviews with students and industry professionals who attended the awards and also
Host Dan Allen chats with Sue Quinn , acclaimed Locations Manager whose work includes the Harry Potter films, Fantastic Beasts, Love Actually and numerous major film and television productions. Sue has helped transform r
Hosts Dan Allen and Ellen Thomas chat with Annie Sulzberger , the Head of Research on Netflix’s award-winning series The Crown. Annie has spent years digging through archives, uncovering complex histories, and shaping th
It’s time for a festive showdown! Dan Allen takes the host’s chair for a special Christmas & 2025 Movie Quiz , putting film knowledge to the test as Ellen Thomas , Ruby , and Lewis go head-to-head. From 2025 releases to
Hosts Dan Allen and Ellen Thomas chat with Teddy Blanks , acclaimed title designer and co-founder of CHIPS , the New York-based design studio behind striking title designs for films and series such as Nosferatu From conc
Hosts Dan Allen and Ellen Thomas chat with acclaimed documentary filmmaker Yemi Bamiro , fresh off the back of his BFI LFF screening of his latest film, Black is Beautiful: The Kwame Brathwaite Story. His work includes O
Hosts Dan Allen and Ellen Thomas chat with Grace Dickinson , a professional animal trainer and handler who works with exotic animals for film and television . From big cats to crocodiles and rats, Grace has brought some
Hosts Dan Allen and Ellen Thomas chat with Steven Bernstein , acclaimed cinematographer, director, and writer , whose work includes the Oscar-winning Monster, Like Water for Chocolate, White Chicks, Scary Movie, SWAT and
Hosts Dan Allen and Ellen Thomas chat with cinematographer Vince Knight , whose striking visuals have shaped everything from genre films to glossy TV and music videos. Vince’s recent work includes the viral horror phenom
Hosts Dan Allen and Ellen Thomas chat with Nick de Semlyen , editor of Empire Magazine—the UK's coolest and world’s biggest movie magazine—and author of Wild and Crazy Guys and The Last Action Heroes. Nick has spent year
Hosts Dan Allen and Ellen Thomas chat with BAFTA & OSCAR-NOMINATED production designer Suzie Davies, whose incredible work includes Saltburn, Conclave, Mr. Turner, Peterloo, The Lost King, and The Zookeeper’s Wife. Suzie
Hosts Dan Allen and Ellen Thomas sit down with writers Max, Miles and Emma to talk all things story, structure and scribbling under pressure — as they take us behind the scenes of writing the epic short film G.L.A.D.I.S
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Ellen Thomas
Chief Medical Officer · Genomics England
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Steven Bernstein
writer, director, and cinematographer
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Alex Gray
storyboard artist and director
1 appearance on this show
Eleri Jones
Hollyoaks
1 appearance on this show
Teddy Blanks
CHIPS
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Nick de Semlyen
Empire Magazine
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Danusia Samal
GREEN RIDER
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