Oscar winner's tips for Shropshire students
An Oscar-winning film director and editor will be in Shropshire tomorrow to pass on his expertise to county students.
Bryan Oates, who has worked on films including Get Carter, Who Framed Roger Rabbit and The Killing Fields, will speak to sixth form students at Ellesmere College.
A former student himself, he will present a lecture as part of a leadership and entrepreneurship programme called The Edge, which seeks to connect current students to the school's global network of alumni.
He is due to provide an insight into the world of theatre and Hollywood films.
After leaving the college in 1963 Mr Oates worked his way through the world of theatre and film and earned an Emmy Citation for his work with Jane Goodall on her film The Baboons of Gombe.
He won Oscars for The Killing Fields and Who Framed Roger Rabbit and was nominated for The Mission in 1986.
He has worked alongside many famous faces including Steven Spielberg, Richard Attenborough, Elizabeth Taylor and Michael Caine.
Nick Pettingale, director of external relations at Ellesmere College, said: "At Ellesmere we don't see our students as 'batches' to put on an educational conveyor belt but rather believe in the individual.
"Therefore The Edge lectures create a breadth of professional input and real life experience for our students to learn from."
