Growing up in northwest London, Kaya Patel (BA Film and LiteratureLink opens in a new windowLink opens in a new window, 2020) considered universities around the UK. But she chose to move to the Midlands for her undergraduate experience because she trusted her intuition.  

Before Warwick, alumna Armani Chante Samuel-Carthy (BA Film and Literature, 2022) found work experience with support from a charity, who help students from underprivileged backgrounds into the creative industry. Fast forward to now, she’s the proud owner of a first-class degree, her own production start-up, a role with Netflix, and even more determination to write her own shows. It’s no wonder she’s been featured on Powerful Media’s Future Leaders 2022/3 list, which recognises 150 of Britain’s most outstanding Black university students.

Lee Kemp (BA Film with Television Studies, 2007) decided to take his career in a different direction by going back to university as a mature student. He now runs his own digital film production company.

Daniel Kelly-Mulhern (who studied Film and Television Studies at Warwick from 2011-14) has written the screenplay for new British horror film 'Dr Jekyll'. The film is due for release in cinemas on October 27th and will be the first in a new line of pictures from Hammer Horror. The film stars Eddie izzard in the title role and had its premiere in Leicester Square this week. View the trailer online at the Empire Cinema website.

We were sad to hear of the death of Film and Literature alumnus James Higginbotham on the 3rd of June, 2023. James studied with us from 1986 to 1989 and is remembered as part of the Film and Television Studies family.