Charlie Watts is a principal lecturer at the University of Portsmouth for the school of film, media and communication. Charlie is a Professional Avid Certified Instructor and the school academic lead on industry partnerships. He currently teaches on ScreenSkills Accredited courses - BSc Television and Broadcasting and BA Film Production at the University of Portsmouth.

Charlie spent many years as a freelance Avid editor and has extensive experience in post-production, encoding, mastering, television production and broadcast. BSc Television and Broadcasting is a vocational undergraduate course that operates a real TV channel within the curriculum, and this provides a perfect platform to enable and empower students to deliver weekly live TV.

1. Course Leader & Principal Lecturer, Avid Certified Professional

   University of Portsmouth · Oct 2003 - Present

2. Freelance Avid Editor

   Avid Technology · 1997 - 2004

1. Making Virtual Production Real: new and emerging roles

   ScreenSkills · Jan 2022

   ScreenSkills Funded

2. Addressing unconscious bias: basic awareness in the workplace

   ScreenSkills Test · Apr 2021

   ScreenSkills Funded

3. ScreenSkills Safe Return to Set Seminars - Student productions

   ScreenSkills · Mar 2021

   ScreenSkills Funded

4. Coronavirus basic awareness on production training

   ScreenSkills Test · Aug 2020

   ScreenSkills Funded

5. Master of Science (MSc) Creative Professional Practice

   University of Portsmouth · 2011 - 2013

6. Bachelor of Arts Media & Communication

   University of Portsmouth · 1992 - 1996