Oscar spent five years as a festival programmer and Head of Development, working with writers to prepare their features for production - including multi-award-winning The Living and the Dead.
Meanwhile he wrote and sold feature treatments and directed short films and fringe plays - eventually turning freelance last year.
Besides teaching, he directs, writes and hires himself out with his HD camera. He's also a voiceover artist, sometimes interviews famous filmmakers, and hosts short film event FilmFriendsForever.