Emily Caston

Professor Emily Caston is Professor of Screen Industries and Director of the Public Research Institute of Screen Media (PRISM) at the University of West London. She holds a PhD and a double-first BA from King's College, Cambridge. Her career spans senior commercial production roles (including Executive Producer at Black Dog Films/Ridley Scott Associates. She has published books on Hollywood cinema, Music Video and has volumes forthcoming on British Screen Advertising, and the London Screen Clusters. Most recently author of the 2026 West London Screens report, mapping the region's convergent screen economy, she is a Trustee of the Film & TV Charity and former Board Director of Film London.