Esme Barnaville

Esme Barnaville is a verified film critic at Rotten Tomatoes since January 2019 and has been a writer for BRWC/battleroyalewithcheese since May 2016, specializing as a film critic and editorial illustrator. Barnaville operates as a freelance illustrator and designer through Esme Betamax since August 2011 and serves as a library support assistant at the University of Bristol. From June 2011 to October 2018, Barnaville was the director of the Bristol Comic & Zine Fair, an event promoting DIY and independent publishing. Additionally, experience includes roles as a live music copywriter, volunteer designer at The Cube Cinema, biology technician, shop assistant at HMV, and boxmaker and archives assistant. Barnaville holds a Master of Arts in Illustration: Authorial Practice from Falmouth University and a Bachelor of Science in Philosophy and Psychology from the University of Glamorgan.