The London Film School (LFS) is a private film school in London and is situated in a converted brewery in Covent Garden, London, close to a hub of the UK film industry based in Soho. The LFS was founded in 1956 by Bob Dunbar as The London School of Film Technique. It is recognised as one of the best Graduate Film School in the World and a leading private film school in the United Kingdom it is only one of two institutions which solely provides post-graduate film courses in the United Kingdom. The LFS is a Skillset Centre of Excellence.
The school's current director is Ben Gibson and its current chairman is Oscar-nominated Mike Leigh O.B.E.
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