About filmcresty

Training the people who run live television

filmcresty is a UK course provider focused on one thing: teaching you to operate and manage the production deck and control room of a live show.

Team collaborating around a table with laptops

Our mission

Make the control room less mysterious

Live production can look impossible from the outside: dozens of screens, a wall of buttons and a director calling shots at speed. At filmcresty we break that down into skills you can practise, repeat and master.

Our courses are built around real equipment and real timings, so what you learn in the gallery transfers directly to broadcast, events and streaming work.

Hands-on time on live production decks
Tutors with gallery experience across TV and streaming
Small groups and honest, practical feedback

What we stand for

Precision

Live television leaves no room for guesswork. We teach exact, repeatable habits at the deck.

Teamwork

A gallery only works when everyone listens. Every exercise is built around clear crew communication.

Calm under pressure

We practise failures on purpose so you know exactly what to do when something goes wrong on air.

Our tutors

People who have run the gallery

From vision mixing to floor management, each tutor brings daily experience of live production to the classroom.

Portrait of a middle-aged man in a suit — Oliver Hastings
Head of Live Production

Portrait of a smiling businesswoman — Priya Nair
Vision Mixing Lead

Portrait of a bearded man outdoors — Marcus Bell
Technical Director

Portrait of a young woman with a warm smile — Hannah Cole
Graphics and Playout Tutor

Portrait of a young man in a shirt — Daniel Chen
Camera Systems Tutor

Portrait of a smiling woman with brown hair — Sophie Whitaker
Studio Floor Manager

Email

[email protected]

Phone

01494 671234

Studio address

Beaconsfield Studios, Station Road, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, HP9 1LG, United Kingdom