Thirty years of broadcast filmmaking. Now building what film education becomes in the AI era.

I lead BA (Hons) Digital Film Practice at MetFilm School, research the reform of film education at Bournemouth University, and co-produce documentary work that has won at Sheffield Doc/Fest. Three roles, one question: what should filmmakers learn now?

Mostafa Nagy — filmmaker and educator

Selected credits and contexts

  • Al Jazeera
  • BBC
  • ITV
  • Sky
  • NBC
  • Discovery
  • Disney
  • Sheffield Doc/Fest
  • Routledge
  • MetFilm School at Ealing Studios

Current focus

My work currently sits across four connected areas.

01

Filmmaking

Developing cinematic projects and creative experiments shaped by storytelling craft, visual thinking, and new production workflows.

02

Education

Designing teaching and learning experiences that prepare students for contemporary moving-image practice.

03

Leadership

Contributing to curriculum development, institutional strategy, and academic innovation in film and media education.

04

AI practice

Testing how emerging tools can support ideation, research, production, and reflective practice in ethical and creatively useful ways.

Selected work

A curated set of projects across film, pedagogy, research, and creative technology.

Creative research  /  moving image  /  emerging tools

AI filmmaking workflow project

An exploration of how AI-assisted workflows can support visual development, ideation, and cinematic experimentation without flattening authorship or craft.

Higher education  /  teaching  /  strategy

Curriculum innovation in film education

Practice-led work in curriculum design focused on contemporary industry relevance, student development, and creative pedagogy.

EdD  /  writing  /  practice-based inquiry

Research and reflective practice

Ongoing research into how filmmaking, reflection, and educational practice can generate new forms of knowledge and professional development.

Leadership  /  strategy  /  innovation

Institutional and faculty leadership

Projects and initiatives spanning academic planning, course leadership, and wider strategic development within film and media education.

Research and writing

I write about the changing relationship between film practice, teaching, and technology: from practice-based research and curriculum design to AI-enabled creative workflows and questions of method, authorship, and ethics.

Teaching and leadership

Alongside creative work, I lead and contribute to projects in curriculum design, academic development, and institutional change.

My work in higher education includes film teaching, course and faculty leadership, curriculum innovation, and the development of learning experiences that connect creative practice with industry change. I am particularly interested in how pedagogy can remain critically grounded while responding to new tools, new workflows, and new student needs.

Lab

A place for experiments.

A place for experiments in AI filmmaking, prompt craft, workflow design, and practice-led prototyping.

The lab gathers short-form tests, prototypes, and evolving methods at the intersection of moving-image storytelling and emerging technology. It is where research becomes practice, and where practice becomes material for reflection, teaching, and further development.

Speaking, collaboration, and recent contexts

My work spans film education, creative practice, research, and institutional development, with activity across teaching, writing, public speaking, and collaborative projects.

I engage with questions at the edge of contemporary film and media education: how the field is changing, what practitioners need, and where the possibilities for deeper integration between industry, research, and pedagogy actually lie.

Let’s talk.

I collaborate across education, research, creative development, and speaking. For projects, conversations, invited talks, or strategic collaboration, get in touch here.

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