Paul Wallis

Role

Paul Wallis is a Lecturer working within NTU's School of Art and Design who specialises in teaching practical filmmaking skills and post-production.

Paul also acts as a Senior Fellow HEA, lead reviewer for NTU’s Professional Recognition Programme, and a Post Graduate Researcher pursuing a Professional Doctorate (EdD) at NTU Doctoral School. His thesis examines the understanding of sustainability in the UK screen sector and related higher education programs.

Since 2010, he has been working as a personal tutor and has provided pastoral support, professional and academic guidance to many filmmaking students who study on the Filmmaking pathways at NTU. He has mentored through the Screen Skills Mentoring Network and developed a wide range of filmmaking and film technology modules at NTU.

He teaches post-production editing, sound, and colour grading workflows, sharing my expertise in software like Da Vinci Resolve, Avid Media Composer, Pro Tools, Adobe Creative Suite, and Krotos Studio.

Additionally, he works with Paul Smith (Filmmaking Course Leader) to support Year One students in the 80-credit Script to Screen module, and also works closely with final-year students on their major film projects, helping them achieve success at national and international film awards.

As a BAFTA ALBERT trainer for Education, he oversees the sustainability of student film productions at NTU. His work involves introducing students to the BAFTA network and supporting their journey to becoming BAFTA ALBERT graduates.

The research that underpins Paul's Doctoral Studies integrates 25 years of teaching in higher education, 40 years in the UK creative industries, and work with BAFTA ALBERT to develop the ALBERT Education Partnership and the Applied Skills for a Sustainable Media Industry Course – a learning programme that is now delivered across 40 higher education institutions across the UK.

Career overview

Since 2011, Paul has worked in partnership with NTU's School of Art and Design initially on the FdA Media Creatives course part of the Skillset Academy. In 2021, he took secondment to the BA (Hons) Filmmaking course and became a full-time NTU employee in August 2024, joining the Design and Digital Arts team.

After graduating from the University of Sheffield in August 2000 and before working for NTU he worked in various teaching and management roles at Nova Centric, part of the Confetti Media Group. My main duties included leading education delivery teams and providing quality education and training in the creative industries, covering film, TV, media, sound, and audio production, as well as music performance, production, and recording courses.

His expertise in the creative industries and entertainment business stems from a diverse career across the UK. In the 1980s and 90s, Paul supported club management at Rock City Nottingham, assisting guest artists and tour managers while pursuing a successful music career. In the late 90s, he worked for JMP Nottingham in tour management and stage production at venues across the UK, including London's Leicester Square.

This continued until he graduated from Sheffield University in June 2000. During his undergraduate studies, Paul began his teaching career and entered film and video production, creating sound designs and compositions for TV adverts, music videos and other promotional materials.

Overview of Paul's career:

• Since graduating in 2000, alongside teaching and completing my PG Cert. in Teaching and Academic Practice at NTU, Paul has maintained an active professional profile as a creative industries practitioner. For several years he produced and edited music videos for the Future Sounds of Nottingham NUSIC sessions, filmed content at the Nottingham Splendour Festivals, The Nottingham Royal Centre, and created charity video productions for Nottingham Forest Football Club, the NHS, and documented the Nottinghamshire County Show in 2022 and 2023.
• In 2016, he became a founding member of the BAFTA ALBERT Education Partnership, and a BAFTA ALBERT Trainer. He collaborated with BAFTA and other Higher Education partners on the development of education resources for the Applied Skills for a Sustainable Media Industry Course. This course is now delivered across over 40 UK universities and recognised by all broadcasters and major screen production organisations in the UK. His work with BAFTA is a cornerstone of his research, CPD, and scholarship.
• In 2021, he took a secondment with the BA Hons Filmmaking Course
• In 2022, he became the interim module leader for the 80-credit 2nd Year Narrative Production and Audience module. In this role, he designed the module and developed students’ practical filmmaking skills, including visual storytelling, digital film camera technologies, lighting, sound production, and stabilisation.
• Paul collaborated on the UK Heritage Funded Sky Scape Project, working on three documentary shorts screened at Cresswell Crags to celebrate its recognition as a Heritage Site and Archaeological Park.
• In 2023, he worked as Camera/DOP on Lars Koens' experimental film Asteroid, that premiered at Alchemy Film and Arts 2024.
• In 2024, he produced, directed, and edited his inaugural experimental film, The Gravitation of the Lens. The film explores the relationship between a camera operator and their camera.
• In September 2024, he was asked by Lars Koens, the MA Filmmaking Course Leader, to lead the 100-credit MA Film Project Module – a way for him to share his wide range of experience and knowledge of filmmaking with postgraduate students at NTU.