Mission
• Creates author driven documentary films with cinematic storytelling and cross cultural insight.
• Collaborates with media organisations and cultural institutions across film, photography, and visual storytelling.
• Open to commissions, partnerships, and teaching across institutional and independent contexts.
Gaylan Nazhad
Creative Director
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BA-Drama
MA-Documentary by Practice
PhD-Art and Media
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Gaylan Nazhad is a Kurdish British artist working across photography and documentary film, exploring identity, displacement, and cultural and social interaction.
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He began his career in 1992 as a television presenter in South Kurdistan, later moving into theatre directing before developing a body of documentary films and long term photographic projects.
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After graduating from Royal Holloway, University of London in 2009, he went on to lecture internationally, teaching at universities across the Middle East and China.
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Feifei Lyu
Business & Strategy Director
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BA-Marketing
MA-Marketing Analytics
PhD-Business Strategies
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Feifei Lyu is an academic and researcher working in entrepreneurship, business strategy, and sustainable innovation. Her research examines how organisations and entrepreneurs develop new ideas, adapt to changing markets, and build long term business growth.
She has published more than thirty academic papers in leading international journals, including Research Policy, Administrative Science Quarterly, and Family Business Review. Her work has received support from several national research grants, including funding from the National Natural Science Foundation of China.
Before joining SHU UTS SILC Business School at Shanghai University as Associate Professor, she held academic positions at the University of Technology Sydney and China Europe International Business School, and was a visiting scholar at the City University of New York. She also serves on the editorial board of the Asia Pacific Journal of Management and regularly reviews for leading journals in entrepreneurship and management.​​​​​
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