Dave Rose
Producer David Rose, Channel 4’s first Commissioning Editor for Fiction, was honoured at a ceremony on 20th April 2010 for his career contribution to British television drama and film. The BFI Fellowship, the Institute’s most prestigious award, was presented by the current Controller of Film and Drama at Channel 4, Tessa Ross, before an audience [...]
Samm Haillay
Third Films
Born Wiltshire, UK 1973. Samm was studying film production when he met director and photographer Duane Hopkins and discovered they shared an interest in cinematic grammar. In 2000 they incorporated Third Films. Two multi-award winning short films followed before completing Duane’s Debut Feature Better Things (Semaine de la Critique 2008). Samm also produces Duane’s gallery [...]
Graeme Rigby
Amber film & photography collective
Graeme Rigby is a member of Amber film & photography collective. A writer by trade, his personal work has included poetry, Dreaming North (Portcullis, 1986), 50 Botanical Travellers (Portcullis, 1990); a novel, The Black Cook’s Historian (Constable, 1992); music/theatre works Jungle Book (Cleveland Theatre / Unicorn, 1987), O’er The Hills (Northumberland Theatre Co, 1988), Big [...]
James Leggott
Senior Lecturer in Film and Television Studies at Northumbria University
James has published on various aspects of British film and television culture, including traditions of social realist cinema, television comedy and reality television. He is the author of Contemporary British Cinema: From Heritage to Horror (Wallflower, 2008) and the co-editor of British Science Fiction Film and Television (McFarland, 2011) and No Known Cure: The Comedy [...]
Hanif Kureishi
Screenwriter
Hanif Kureishi is the author of numerous novels, short story collections, screenplays and plays. In 1984 he wrote My Beautiful Laundrette, which received an Oscar nomination for Best Screenplay. His second film, Sammy and Rosie Get Laid, was followed by London Kills Me, which he also directed. The Buddha of Suburbia won the Whitbread Prize [...]
John Hill
Professor of Media at Royal Holloway, University of London
John Hill is Professor of Media at Royal Holloway, University of London. He is the author, of Sex, Class and Realism: British Cinema 1956–63 (1986), British Cinema in the 1980s (1999); Cinema and Northern Ireland (2006) and Ken Loach: the Politics of Film and Television (2011), co-author of Cinema and Ireland (1987) and co-editor of [...]
John Ellis
Professor of Media Arts at Royal Holloway University of London
John Ellis is Professor of Media Arts at Royal Holloway University of London. His book Documentary: Witness and Self-Revelation was published by Routledge in July 2011; his previous books include Visible Fictions (1982), Seeing Things (2000) and TV FAQ (2007). He is chair of the British Universities Film & Video Council (BUFVC) and was a [...]
Kate Leys
Script Editor
Kate Leys is a script editor who works mainly on feature films. She has been head of development at several companies including Film4, where she was based for 5 years, commission and developing films such as Four Weddings and a Funeral, Trainspotting and The Full Monty. Kate has also been presenter and producer for BBC [...]
Roxy Bramley
Creative Industries Manager at Northern Film & Media
Roxy Bramley is Creative Industries Manager at Newcastle-based development agency Northern Film & Media. Roxy manages funding and support for film development and has designed and managed a wide range of film and television talent development programmes since joining the company in 2006. These include Film4ward in association with Film4 and The Artist’s Cut in [...]