Francis Quigley

Studied at East15 Acting School for three years (2011-2014) in acting (BA) developed my skills as a performer and gave me insight into the role of an actor on stage and in front of camera.

After graduating I slowly moved into filmmaking, writing, directing and producing shorts. Accepted onto the Random Acts strand in 2016, directing a short with Channel 4 and Rural Media.

Whilst enjoying the role as director I wanted to develop my understanding of the film set and join The National Film and Television School in 2019 to study 'Assistant Directing and Floor Management'.

Since studying at NFTS my desire to work as an Assistant Director has developed, with a greater grasp of the role and how the AD provides the key communication between all departments on the film set. My attention now is on gaining experience on film sets as a runner/3rd AD, working as a 1st AD for smaller projects such as short films where teams and scale is more manageable and similar to previous experience.