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Around DorsetYou are in: Dorset > Features > Around Dorset > Anthony Minghella opens academy  Anthony Minghella Anthony Minghella opens academyAward-winning film director and screenwriter Anthony Minghella has opened a new film-making centre in Bournemouth.
Help playing audio/video The academy is a joint project between Bournemouth's Arts Institute and the university's media school.Μύ Funded by the audio/visual training body Skillset, the centre has received around Β£1m.
It is the only Skillset centre of excellence for film training in England outside the London area.Μύ The academy will provide film-related activities including master classes, summer schools and online learning programmes to develop the south's future screen talent. David Hanson, director of the Bournemouth Screen Academy, told the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ: "Anthony Minghella is very supportive of the academy.Μύ The fact that he came down is testament to how committed and dedicated he is." Mr Minghella, best known for his Oscar-winning films The English Patient and Cold Mountain, received an honorary doctorate from Bournemouth University in 2001.  Bournemouth Screen Academy students He is a member of the Screen Academy Panel selected to support training and development activities within the Screen Academy Network.Μύ He sees achieving academy status as quite an honour: "To have gotten through the obstacles and the very high bar that was set is a huge indication of how strongly this course is recognised. "I think that there will be many brilliant students who will arrive at these doors and it will be the ones who want it sufficiently who will be prepared to add perspiration to the mix." last updated: 18/03/2008 at 14:20 SEE ALSOYou are in: Dorset > Features > Around Dorset > Anthony Minghella opens academy
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