Course Tutors & contributors

An A-Z of industry professionals

The film, TV, games and music industries are continually evolving. That's why we believe in bringing you expertise from professionals who are actively working in the industry.

Whether you opt for an on-demand course or a full Masters degree, you'll learn from seasoned pros and rising stars who work with some of the world's biggest entertainment brands.

It's one of the things that sets ThinkSpace Education apart from the rest.


masters degree tutors

Our Masters degree students are taught live by working professionals, in both group webinars and personal one-to-one sessions. Students also receive detailed and constructive written feedback on their work, and get advice and tips in group review sessions with fellow students.

Christos Andreou

Composer & Multi-instrumentalist

BBC
ITV
Netflix

Sebastian Androne-Nakansishi

Composer & Orchestrator

Awarded "Composer of the Year" International Classical Music Awards

Peter Bateman

Media Composer & Orchestrator

Justice League
Avengers: Age Of Ultron
Shazam!

Matthew BesLer

Sound Designer & Engineer

Minecraft Legends
Mass Effect series
Dragon Age: Origins

Bill Boston

Composer & Orchestrator

Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs
I, Robot

Douglas Black Heaton

Composer & Orchestrator

Angry Birds Blues
Garden Rescue (BBC)
Hiroshima: The Aftermath

Hollie Buhagiar

Composer & Orchestrator

Projects for Sky, Channel 4, Amazon, BFI, Amazon, The Guardian.

Fred Bux

Composer & Producer

Netflix
Disney
Paramount

Liam Cameron

Sound Editor & Designer

BBC
ITV
Channel 4

Jocelyn “Phonewifey” Campbell

Composer & Producer

Good Riddance
Ibiza: The Silent Movie

Danny Champion

Artist Manager & Publisher

Sony Music Publishing
Peerless Music Publishing
DC Music Publishing

SAM CHASE

Film Composer 

Creates both electronic and orchestral music for multiple media.

Jamie Christopherson

Games Composer

Fortnite
The Lord of the Rings: Battle of Middle Earth

Michael Cryne

Media Composer

The Hanged
Star Wars: Shrouded Destiny
Dewborne Dawn

Arhynn Descy

Film Composer & Pianist

Member of AMPAS 
Ivor Novello Award Judge
Acclaimed Music Editor

Yati Durant

Composer & Orchestrator

WDR
HBO
Disney+

James Elsey

Video Game Composer

Grey Skies: A War of the Worlds Story
Evil Dead: The Game

Julie Elven

Soundtrack Vocalist, Concert Soloist & Musician

Horizon Forbidden West
Gran Turismo

Will Farmer

Composer & Orchestrator

BBC
Netflix
Audible

Charles Fernandez

Composer & Orchestrator

The Little Mermaid
Robot Chicken
Aladdin III

Marie-Anne Fischer

Media Composition & Orchestrator

BBC
Netflix
MTV

Claire Fitch

Composer & Sound Designer

Intel
Adobe
AMD

Gene “Machine” Freeman

Music Producer

Owner of The Machine Shop
Worked with Clutch

Jake Gaule

Composer & Sound Designer

Far Cry: Rise of the Revolution
Window
Idoz Games

Joel Grant  

Composer & Audio Engineer

Specialising in Video Games and Movies 
The Storm

LUCY HACKETT

Media Composer & Musician 

Netflix
PMHG
EVC Music

Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres

Composer & Multi-Instrumentalist

The Oil Machine
Love and Other Lies (BBC R4)

Dr David Hammond

Conductor,Orchestrator & Performer

Winner of the Worshipful Company of Musicians’ Silver Medal

Thomas Hansen

Games Composer & Music Editor

Projects for Ubisoft and Supermassive Games

EMILY HAWKINS

Bootcamp Tutor

Composer & Orchestrator for film, podcasts & music libraries

Alyx Jones

Game Audio Professional

Silver Script Games
The Sound Architect

Tomasz Kaczor

Sound Designer & Composer

Specialising in Animation, Films and Games

Hilgrove Kenrick

Media Composer

12 Monkeys
Judge Rinder's Crime Stories
Suicide Club

Dr. Susan Kinnear

Business Entrepreneur & Manager

Award winner for Business Entrepreneurship and Planning

Kevin kliesch

Emmy-winnng Composer & Orchestrator

Tangled
Shrek Forever After
The Hangover

Dana Kyle

Composer & Songwriter

Assistant composer on:
The Walking Dead
Agents of Shield

Emer Landers

Composer & Orchestrator

Bach is Blue
Forever Hold Your Peace
A Risky Undertaking

Phil Larsen

Grammy Award-winning Music Producer

Kylie Minogue
Swedish House Mafia

BEcky Laverty

Music Producer

Roadburn Festival
Prosthetic Records

greg lester

Sound Designer & Creator 

The Quarry
As Dusk Falls

David Logan

Composer & Sound Designer

Disney/Marvel
Activision
HBO

Norman Ludwn

Composer & Orchestrator

Jurassic World
Star Trek Into Darkness
Inside Out

Tony ManfredonIA

Composer & Orchestrator 

Pittsburg Symphony Orchestra
WMGSO

Kevin Manthei

Composer

The Sims 2
Ultimate Spider-Man
Resident Evil

Charles Mauleverer

Composer & Producer

Assisted on Hostiles plus projects for Sky, HBO, BBC

Roy Merchant 

Mixing Engineer & Producer

Berwick St Studios
Mystic Studios
Dairy Studios

Jack Merrett

Singer, Songwriter & Guitarist

Performed with Black Midi, Black Country New Road

Guy michelmore 

Composer & ThinkSpace CEO

Composed for Marvel, Disney, Lionsgate & Dreamworks

Anne Miller 

Film/TV Music Publisher & Supervisor

Founder of Accorder Music Publishing

Alex Mueller

Entertainment & Media Law Attorney

Chair of the Sports, Art and Entertainment Law Section of Minnesota State Bar Association

MATTEO PAGAMICI

Media Composer

Needle Park Baby 
Goliath
Simulation 

Allison Piccioni

Composer & Orchestrator

Graceland
First Dates
White Collar

Sarah Playford

Composer & Recording Artist

American Nightmare (Netflix)
My Other Suit is Human (BAFTA longlist)

jo QUAIL

Songwriting & Music Production 

Worked with Myrkur, My Dying Bride, Poppy Ackroyd & Caspian 

Charlotte Raven

Composer & Recording Artist

Bones (Debut Album)
Spike Island EP

Emily Rice

Composer & Orchestrator

Tomb Raider
The Mummy
Star Trek: Discovery

Chris Rockall

Music Marketing & Promotion

Island Records 
Universal/ Motown

Robert rodriguez

Bootcamp Tutor 

Composer for EastWest and Spitfire Audio

Sergio Roncchetti

Composer & Sound Designer

Eldest Souls
2021
Rail Route

Christopher Schelechte-Bond

Composer & Orchestrator

Worked with London Fashion Week & New York Film Festival

Andrej Smolijan

Audio Implementation & Sound Mixer

The Dark Pictures Anthology
Solstice Chronicles: MIA
Antisphere

Irwin Sparkes

Songwriter, Guitarist & Singer

The Hoosiers
White Tail Falls

Erasmus Talbot

Media Composer

An Asterix War
Aranceri: Battle of the Oranges
Gauntlet

Gwen Taylor

Singer, Songwriter & Instrumentalist

BBC Introducing
Glastonbury

Kezia Tomsett

Composer, Producer & Vocalist

Flight of the Swans
Magnum: Metaverse

Ross Tregenza

Sound Designer & Composer

Alien Vs. Predator
Gears of War
Team Sonic Racing

Kevin Vail

Sound Designer & Engineer

Far Cry 5
Batman: Arkham City
Watchdogs

Giorgio Vezzini

Sound Designer & Audio Lead

Baldur's Gate 3
Batman: Arkham Knight
League of Legends

Ella Walker

Songwriter & Musician

Michael Kiwanuka
Danger Mouse 
RHODES

Sam Watts

Composer & Orchestrator

The Traitors
Planet Earth (BBC)
The Sarah Jane Adventures

Aurelie Webb

Composer & Orchestrator

What Happened In Skinner (podcast)
The Princess (Hulu)

Michael Worth

Composer & Orchestrator

Rush Hour 3
Blood Brothers
Boxxi

Course & Masters Degree Contributors

Both our courses and Masters degrees offer expertise from some of the industry's very best through on-demand video tutorials and interviews.

DARELL ALEXANDER

Music Agent & CEO of Cool Music

Harry Potter movies
Downtown Abbey
Halo 4

Leighton Allen

Session Bassist & Producer

Calum Scott
The Hoosiers 
Kelvin Jones

Mark Angus

Audio Director & Sound Designer

Alien: Isolation
Telling Lies
Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows Part 2

SPencer bambrick 

Composer & Electronic Artist

Nick Jr. Block Party
Evil Nun
Eternights 

STEPHEN BAYSTED

Composer & Orchestrator

Fast & Furious: Crossroads
The Walking Dead: Assult
Project Cars

NOA BEazley

Composer for Video Games

Re:Awaken
A Token War
Phosfi

HOWARD BLAKE

Film Composer

The Snowman
The Hunger
Flash Gordon

STafford bawler 

Audio Director

Island Extreme Stunts
DiRT
Hungry Shark Shorts

LILLIAN CHAN

Songwriter & Producer

Founder of DYNA & LDN with single "Beam" EP

ED COX

Trailer Music Composer

Has worked for Louder Music Productions in Hollywood
The Meg

BILLY DECKER

Country Producer & Mixer 

Billy Ray Cyrus
Sam Hunt
Chris Young

ERIK DESIDERIO

Media Composer

The Immortals 
The Borgais
Entourage

Lewis Evans

Saxophonist/Flautist/Vocalist The Black Country, New Road

Track X
Concord
Up Song

Aaron Gillespie

Vocalist & Drummer

Paramore
Underoath
The Dangerous Summer

DAN GRAHAM

Trailer Music Composer

Films for Marvel, Lucasfilm, Paramount, Universal, Warner Bros, Sony

ALEX GREEN

Sound Designer  

Working with RubberBandGames on their early access game 'Wobbly Life'
Barry Grint
Mastering Engineer

Ted Lasso
Wonder Woman
Mulan

James Grover

Composer, Songwriter & Vocal Producer

Worked with Beth Mills, We Architects

SIMON GUNTON

Trombone Player

Casino Royale
Blood Dimond
The Bourne Ultimatum

Martin Hadley

Vocalist, Producer & Songwriter

Empty
Suddenly
You Know When To Laugh

Chris haigh

Trailer Composer

Toy Story 4
Guardians of the Galaxy Volume.3
Avengers Endgame

Christine Hals

Media Composer & Vocalist

Frozen
God of War: Ragnarök
Narvik: Hitler's First Defeat

JOHN HARVEY

Sound Designer  

Project Cars
Shameless
Ripper Street

Tom Howe
Composer & Musician

Ted Lasso
Wonder Woman
Mulan

Jake jackson

Orchestral Mixing

Wonka
Avengers: Endgame
Captain America: The First Avenger

rachel james

Composer & Orchestrator 

Crash Down Hearts
James Bond: Goldeneye Reloaded
Five O'Clock Shadow

Bill Laurance
Composer & Pianist

Bloom
Hope EP
Aftersun EP

Matt Lightbound

Sound & Audio Designer

Dead Island 2
Planet Coaster
Jurassic World Evolution

Harry Lightfoot

Trailer Music Composer

Top Gun: Maverick
Avengers: End Game
Black Widow

Perry Montague-Mason

Violinist

No Time to Die
Dunkirk
Mitigation

KRISTOFER MURRAY

Songwriter & Music Artist

Ty Dollar $ign
Chrisette Michele
Bryan-Michael Cox

Milton Nelson

Composer & Orchestrator

Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw
Batman: Arkham Origins
Scrubs

Erik nielsen

Media Composer 

The Adventures of Prince Achmed 
A Fleeting Animal 

ALAN PARKER

Guitarist & Composer

Fallen Angel 
Jaws 3
Coast (BBC)

Anthony Pleeth

Violinist

The Dark Knight
Inception
Gladiator

Andrea Possee

Composer & Orchestrator 

Baymax!
Traitors 
My Life with Puppies

NIC RAINE

Arranger & Orchestrator 

Star Wars: The Clone Wars
A View to Kill
The Living Daylights

MAGGIE RODFORD

MD of AIR Edel & Music Supervisor / Agent

Paddington 2
Murder on the Orient Express

FRANCIS SHAW

Film Composer

Room With A View
The Fourth Protocol
Vendetta

STEVE SIDWELL

Arranger & Composer

Bohemian Rhapsody
Moulin Rouge!
The Voice UK

JAMiE TALBOT

Saxophone Player

Wonka
Avengers: Endgame
Captain America: The First Avenger

Frank turner

Singer/Songwriter 

Undefeated
No Man's Land
Be More Kind

Richard Watkins

French Horn Player

Marry Poppins
Thor: Love & Thunder
Avengers: Infinity War

Richard Wilkinson

Games Composer

Peaky Blinders: The King's Random
Narcos: Rise of the Cartels

Lindsay Wright

Media Composer

The Crown
Law & Order
The Walk-in

GINA ZDANOWICZ

Composer & Sound Designer

Paladins
Bioshock 2

The Thinkspace Office

GUY MICHELMORE

Founder & CEO

TIM JOHNSON

Head of Postgrad Education

DAVID DENYER

Composer & Orchestrator 

MIKE BAUGH

Course Producer & Tutor

EDMUND ROBERTS

Postgraduate Student Support

DR. BLAKE TROISE

CTO & Games Composer 

ANDREA POSSEE

Postgraduate Course Manager 

JO QUAIL

Songwriting & Music Production 

BRADLEY JORDAN

Course Production & Student Support 

HUGH FLOYD

Video Editor

BEN MOORE

Head of Marketing

JAKE FEW

Digital Marketer 

TOM JANES

Course Production

LUCY HACKETT

Composer & Musician  

Academic Governors

GUY MICHELMORE

Founder & CEO

DR. BLAKE TROISE

Head of Technology & Innovation

JOHN GARNHAM

Chair 

SUSAN KINNEAR

Non-executive Director

MATTHEW WYARD

NED & Education Barrister