COACHING/CONSULTING Over 25 years I’ve taught English pronunciation in its many forms to a wide range of students and professionals, including speech pathologists, interpreters, actors and business people. My skills in analysing individual speaker characteristics have led to my working on many forensic voice comparison cases.

ACADEMIC  I earned my doctorate in Linguistics from UCLA (California, Los Angeles), and I’ve taught at London, Edinburgh and Cambridge Universities.  My publications include research on American and British dialects, and I was a contributor to the Kiel revision of the International Phonetic Alphabet.  I also hold the Trinity College TESOL Certificate.

CREATIVE For my most recent project Magic Piano I wrote the screenplay and arranged the musical score, performed in the film by piano superstar Lang Lang.  I directed Lang Lang and Heather Graham in the feature The Flying Machine, and in short films I’ve directed the likes of Michael Palin (of Monty Python) and David Bamber (of BBC's Pride and Prejudice).  For TV, my writing includes the BBC's top-rated EastEnders. 

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