FACULTY
Faculty
2026
Dr. Mihali Paleologou
Composition
Dr. Mihali Palaeologou is a composer with varied musical output. His award-winning music has been performed in Europe, the USA, Japan, China, and Australia. He is a passionate Film Music educator and conductor. Mihali is the Founder of the Fusion Film Scoring Workshops and the Artistic Director of the Berlin International Film Scoring Competition. He is currently teaching Music and Sound for Film at the Aristotle University of Thessalonilki.
Mihali most recently composed the music for the film is Raul Wallenberg: Missing Inaction', directed by Emmy Award-winner Brian Mait and Brad Rothschild, narrated by Oscar winner Jamie Lee Curtis, BAFTA winner Jake Gyllenhaal, and Golden Globe Winner Brian Cox. The score was recorded in Kyiv by Orchestra Ukraina.
Kate Simko
Composition
Kate is a composer, electronic music producer, and leader of her ensemble London Electronic Orchestra. Blending influences from her hometown, Chicago, alongside her training in classical music, Kate is a prolific producer whose catalogue includes albums, EPs, soundtracks and original compositions.
Kate formed her classical-electronic ensemble, London Electronic Orchestra, which has released a studio album and performed internationally. Kate’s music has been licensed by ABC Television, Victorinox, and Giorgio Armani, and she has written original music for films and TV featured on the BBC, Netflix and PBS.
In Autumn 2020 Kate joined the faculty of the Royal College of Music as a Professor of Composition for Screen.
photo credit Rui Pignatelli
Dr. Fredi Devas
Film Making Process
Primetime Emmy nominee Dr. Fredi Devas is a wildlife filmmaker who cares deeply about the natural world and the challenges it faces. Having worked on Meerkat Manor and Nick Baker’s Weird Creatures, he joined the BBC to work on Frozen Planet and then Wild Arabia. On Planet Earth II he decided to leave the wildernesses behind to produce and direct working with composers Hans Zimmer, Jasha Klebe and Jacpob Shea.
Jenna Fentimen
Composer Agent
Career Development
Jenna is Head of Agency for the Manners McDade composer roster, both in the UK & Internationally. Jenna came from a background in Music Supervision. Previously in production music at Deep East Music – representing catalogues and managing bespoke projects for clients such as the BBC, MTV and Sky. She founded the Women Composers’ Forum in Autumn 2018, which has since merged with the LA-founded Alliance For Women Film Composers, with Jenna named UK Director of Relations and elected to the AWFC board for three terms. In 2019 Jenna was awarded a place in the Alternative Power 100 List, and in 2020 became the Music Industry Advocate for under-represented talent directory, Free The Work.
Thessaloniki International Film Festival
Film industry professionals and collaborators of the Thessaloniki International Film Festival.
Past Faculty Members Include
Laura Harrison
Composer Agent
Laura is a Talent & Creative Manager working across both the Manners Faber agency and the publishing team for Manners McDade, Faber Alt and Faber Music. Prior to joining Manners McDade in 2022 she gained 12 years experience in music supervision at independent creative music agency Soho Music, where she worked across all areas of music research, licensing and composition, holding the positions of Music Supervisor, Music Director and General Manager of Music Supervision. Laura comes from a classically trained background with a Masters Degree in Music Composition from Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, UK.
Tim Harrison
Film Sound
He began his career in 2004, co-founding narrative audio company Aumeta. In 2009 he designed his first feature film, Sus, with the next years seeing him work alongside Ai Weiwei on Sunflower Seeds (2010) and with Damon Albarn on The Boy in the Oak (2012). Recent years have seen him work on Black Mirror (2018), Censor (2021) and Flux Gourmet (2022), which won Best Sound at the British Independent Film Awards.
Steve Fanagan
Film Sound
Steve Fanagan (MPSE, CAS) is a BAFTA (Normal People) and EMMY-nominated (Game Of Thrones) sound designer, supervising sound editor, and re-recording mixer who has worked on a broad spectrum of projects across film and television. In 2011 he won an MPSE Golden Reel Award for his work on series 1 of Game Of Thrones. In 2016, he was nominated for an HPA Award (Hollywood Professional Association), an International Music+Sound Award and an MPSE Golden Reel Award for his work on Lenny Abrahamson's Oscar®-nominated drama, Room.
Lesley Jackson
Composer Agent
Lesley established UK Film Music in March 2019 following several years representing and managing prominent and award-winning composers from the UK and mainland Europe. With a career history including international marketing and the Visual Arts, Lesley is keen to bring a different approach to representation.
Peter Albrechtsen
Film Sound
Peter Albrechtsen is an award-winning Danish sound designer, mixer, and music supervisor working on both feature films and documentaries. Recent credits include festival favorites The Distant Barking of Dogs, and sound effects recording for Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk. A member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences since 2017. Peter also works as a music supervisor and has collaborated with internationally acclaimed musicians like Jóhann Jóhannsson, Antony Hegarty, and Efterklang.
Laura Rossi
Composition
Laura Rossi is a composer for film, television and concert music. Credits include London to Brighton, The Cottage, BBC Eichmann Show, Song for Marion, Hurricane and Battle of the Somme and Ancre. In 2016-17 one hundred orchestras worldwide performed the score for the Battle of the Somme live with film. Concerts were watched live by over 37,000, performed by 4,200 musicians, and televised live on BBC1 with the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Laura is lecturer for film music at the London Film Academy and Guildhall School of Music
Zesses Segglias
Orchestration
A composer of sonic bodies and lingual structures. His compositional output focuses on the relationship between the sound of voice and its semantic, as defined by language. Much of this repertoire is staged, although concert pieces also share the same principle.
Michali Lapidakis
Composition
Michalis Lapidakis is a Professor of Composition at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and since 2009 director of the Contemporary Music Lab of A.U.Th. He has studied with A. Stout, Th. Antoniou, Β. Rands, O. Messiaen, P. Boulez, T. Takemitsu, and I. Xenakis among others.
He has received commissions from orchestras and contemporary music ensembles like Camerata, Symphony Orchestra of Bulgaria, Orchestra of Colours, Sate Orchestra of Thessaloniki, Alea III, e.t.c. His works are published by the music house "Philippos Nakas" and have appeared with various labels