TEACHING & 
FACILITATION

Teaching background Anna has been an Associate Lecturer in Screenwriting at the University of London, Birkbeck College, since 2020, where she teaches courses on the MA and BA programmes. She has also guest lectured at Cambridge University and LAMDA in the UK.
Mentoring and Facilitation Anna has taught and mentored young filmmakers through the BFI Film Academy, a subsidised film-training scheme for 16 to 19 year-olds, and worked as a facilitator for various BFI programmes both in the UK and abroad.
She has mentored young filmmakers and at-risk youth through BAFTA, Eastside Education, Iconic Steps and the Princes Trust in the UK and has run filmmaking workshops in the mental health realm in Toronto with TIFF, Sheena’s Place, St. Michael’s Hospital and The Regent Park Film Festival.
Anna has also worked as a filmmaking tutor with Spectrum Productions in Montreal, which supports youth on the autism spectrum getting into filmmaking and took part as a mentor in the first Stage21 acting workshops for youth with Down Syndrome in partnership with BAFTA and The Arts Council, UK in 2023.
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The Every Day Project

Photo Book

Video poem

Credits
  • Artists: Anne, Dave, Francis, Gulanar, Monica, Palmita, Sanda, Tari, Teresa
  • Artist in Residence: Anna Maguire
  • Workshop Assistant: Gabriel Emmis

BFI Film academy

Eyes wide open

Credits
  • Artists: Students from the BFI Future Film Academy Cohort
  • Facilitator and Lead Tutor: Anna Maguire
Details
Eyes Wide Open (2020) was made with the 2020 BFI Future Film Academy Cohort, written, devised and performed by the students.

Where loyalty Lies

Credits
  • Artists: Students from the BFI Future Film Academy Cohort
  • Facilitator and Lead Tutor: Anna Maguire
Details
Stills from BFI Future Film Academy film created by the group from 2018.

Father | Daughter

Credits
  • Artists: Students from the BFI Future Film Academy Cohort
  • Facilitator and Lead Tutor: Anna Maguire
Details
Stills from BFI Future Film Academy film created by the group from 2016.

LAMDA Foundation

Please mind the gap

Credits
  • Artists: London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art (LAMDA) Foundation students
  • Movement director: Adi Gortler
  • Director: Anna Maguire
Details
This film was created and devised by one of the student groups of the LAMDA Foundation (2025). The LAMDA Foundation is a 12-month, full-time intensive acting course designed for entry-level students in the London Academy of Music & Dramatic Arts.

WAGGGS

I am

Credits
  • Participants in the World Wide association of girl guides and girl scouts
  • Faciltator and Lead Tutor: Anna Maguire
Details
I AM is a film made by the participants of the 2020 Young Woman's Advocacy Forum, supported by the BFI and World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts and facilitated by Anna Maguire.