Experience

Independent Cinema Office
• United Kingdom
• Movies, Videos, and Sound
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Board Member

  • 2022 - Present

Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival
• Board Member

  • 2016 - Present


British Film Institute (BFI)

• United Kingdom
• Movies, Videos, and Sound
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Curator of Contemporary Fiction Film

  • May 2017 - Aug 2021

  Curating and interpreting contemporary British moving image work and making sure it is comprehensively represented in the national film and television collection. Curating and interpreting contemporary British moving image work and making sure it is comprehensively represented in the national film and television collection.



Freelance Script Editor and Project Assessor

• Freelance Script Editor and Project Assessor

  • 2010 - 2020

  Script analysis and project assessment for feature film, short film and television to inform decision-making for funding bodies. Engaged on a freelance basis for script development and project assessment by organisations including Creative England, Film London, Lighthouse, Northern Film and Media, Creative Scotland, iFeatures, iShorts and Microwave Script analysis and project assessment for feature film, short film and television to inform decision-making for funding bodies. Engaged on a freelance basis for script development and project assessment by organisations including Creative England, Film London, Lighthouse, Northern Film and Media, Creative Scotland, iFeatures, iShorts and Microwave



British Council

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Programme Manager, Film

  • Nov 2011 - May 2017

  International project management and strategic leadership on a range of showcasing and skills initiatives across the EU and the Americas. Deputy to the Head of Film. The British Council is the UK's international cultural relations organisation. The Film department works to profile the excellence and innovation of UK film culture, connecting filmmakers and institutions from the UK with international counterparts around the world. International project management and strategic leadership on a range of showcasing and skills initiatives across the EU and the Americas. Deputy to the Head of Film. The British Council is the UK's international cultural relations organisation. The Film department works to profile the excellence and innovation of UK film culture, connecting filmmakers and institutions from the UK with international counterparts around the world.



Rankin Film Productions

• Head of Development - Collabor8te

  • 2011 - 2013

  Script development and filmmaker relationships. Collabor8te was a short filmmaking initiative designed to unearth new filmmaking talent that ran in the UK and Ireland between 2011-2013. As Head of Development my role was to work with selected new writers on their scripts, manage the submission process of over 1500 scripts per annum, Script development and filmmaker relationships. Collabor8te was a short filmmaking initiative designed to unearth new filmmaking talent that ran in the UK and Ireland between 2011-2013. As Head of Development my role was to work with selected new writers on their scripts, manage the submission process of over 1500 scripts per annum,



Reel Solutions

• United States

• Cinema Programme Adviser

  • 2008 - 2012

  Reel Solutions provides booking services and film exhibition consultancy for arts venues and cinemas in the Yorkshire area and beyond. My role was to work with a small portfolio of venues and help them with their audience development strategies as well as liaising and negotiating directly with UK distributors and pulling programmes together to meet tight deadlines. Reel Solutions provides booking services and film exhibition consultancy for arts venues and cinemas in the Yorkshire area and beyond. My role was to work with a small portfolio of venues and help them with their audience development strategies as well as liaising and negotiating directly with UK distributors and pulling programmes together to meet tight deadlines.



Vision+Media

• Public Relations and Communications Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• New Talent Development and Film Executive

  • 2009 - 2011

  Leading the film and talent development strategy for North West regional screen agency Vision+Media in partnership with the UK Film Council/BFI. Executive Producer of over 25 short films on the Digital Shorts and Green Shoots schemes and responsible for assessment and decision making on lottery funding applications for feature film script development, seed funding, producer led development, short film completion, film festival attendance and freelance training. Overseeing the Vision+Media script reading service. Role included the design, implementation and management of new talent programmes such as: 'Drafted' - a structured development course for 26 film writers; 'Produced By' - a 'hothouse' initiative for producer training and 'Triangle' - a joint screen agency initiative designed to foster creative collaboration and project development between writers, directors and producers from across the North. Show less



Screen Yorkshire

• United Kingdom
• Movies, Videos, and Sound
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Production Coordinator

  • 2007 - 2009

  Supporting the Head of Production and Emerging Talent manager in the delivery of new talent initiatives such as Digital Shorts, Screen Yorkshire's script reading service, 'Sparks' screenwriting course and the Screen Yorkshire Drama Network. Acting as point of contact for all production-related enquiries and liaising directly with regional and national production companies such as Warp X, Kudos, Ecosse, Left Bank and Revolution Films to ensure smooth delivery of projects financed through of the Screen Yorkshire Production Fund. Show less