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Meet our experts

All of our teaching team are industry practitioners who know their field inside out. Between them they’ve got BAFTA’s, Golden Globes, and critically acclaimed TV shows, documentaries and games to their name.  Why not show them your work?

John Yorke

John is one of the world’s leading experts in narrative and Into the Woods is the bestselling book on narrative in the UK and Europe. John’s worked on some of the world’s most lucrative, widely viewed and critically acclaimed TV drama, from EastEnders to Shameless, Life on Mars to Wolf Hall. His teaching has produced a generation of successful storytellers – with nominations and wins for BAFTA, RTS, Golden Globe, Emmy and Oscar Awards. 

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Course Directors

Your course director curates what you’ll be learning and oversees the project.

Caroline Marchal

Caroline Marchal

Video Games

Peter Dale

Peter Dale

Documentary

Richard Benson

Richard Benson

Communications

Emma Millions

Emma Millions

Pitch Decks & Script Dev

Caroline Young

Caroline Young

Script development

Lucy Drake

Lucy Drake

Production Accounting

Jeff Melvoin - credit: Martha Melvoin

Jeff Melvoin

Emmy-winning US Showrunner

Tutors

Your tutor is your main teacher. They’ll be in the forums, setting you tasks and regularly reading your work.

Kieran Grimes
Kieran Grimes

Screenwriting

Matt Telfer
Matt Telfer

Script Development

Stephanie Wessell

Documentary

Piers Clifton
Piers Clifton

Screenwriting

Ben Southwell
Ben Southwell

Documentary

Shimon Alkon
Shimon Alkon

Video games & XR

Stuart Maine
Stuart Maine

Video games

Craig Behenna
Craig Behenna

Screenwriting

Mark Catley
Mark Catley

Screenwriting

Tim Mercier

Documentary

Peter Benson

Novel

Joanna Nadin

Novel

Emily Barr

Novel

Annika Bluhm

Screenwriting

Moderators

Moderators sit in during workshops and are available for any burning questions you might have.

Chay Collins
Chay Collins
Emily Unwin
Mandy Byatt
Holly Holdsworth
Maria Carranza
Lucy Barker
Helen Liston

Core Team

At the heart of JYS, meet the people who keep the cogs turning behind the scenes.

Katherine Press
Katherine Press

Staff writer

Susannah Marriott
Susannah Marriott

Founding Director

Nic Drew
Nic Drew

Technical Director

Christina Bunce
Christina Bunce

Founding Director

Emily Ronan
Emily Ronan

Marketing & Brand Manager