FILMMAKERS

GERRY GREGG

Gerry Gregg is an International Emmy Award winning Producer/Director. Gregg spent eight years with the Public Service network RTÉ as a Producer/Director, during which time he was at the heart of "Today Tonight" Current Affairs team. Since leaving RTÉ in 1989 to set up his production company, Gregg has established a reputation as one of Ireland's most accomplished film-makers with a distinguished track record in current affairs, documentary and drama production.

HENRY BLAKE

Henry Blake is a British writer/director based in London, who grew up in New Zealand. His critically acclaimed debut feature film COUNTY LINES received its UK premier at the 2019 London Film Festival and went on to receive a BAFTA nomination for best actress as well as 4 BIFA nominations for Best Debut Director for and all three lead actors. Henry was also nominated for the 41st Critics' Circle Film Awards for the Breakthrough British/Irish Filmmaker category.

JAMES DEARDEN

James Dearden English film director and screenwriter known for Fatal Attraction (1987), The Cold Room (1984) and The Contraption (1977).

KRISTY BELL

Kirsty Bell is a UK based filmmaker, producer and executive producer of over 90 feature films, including EP'ing the 2023 Best Short Film Oscar and BAFTA winner An Irish Goodbye. Bell has successfully helped finance over 200 Film and TV projects and 20 new first-time directors create their first film. In 2020 she directed her debut feature film entitled A BIRD FLEW IN which she conceived in lockdown. The film has been selected for over 30 festivals and for 28 award wins & nominations.

KYLA SIMONE BRUCE

Kyla Simone Bruce is a writer/director who also works as a script supervisor for companies including Netflix, BBC and Sky. Her short THE INTERPRETER was long-listed for a BAFTA and awarded Best Student Short & a Special Mention for Best Woman Director at the London Short Film Festival. Kyla was awarded the 2020 John Brabourne Award and was selected for the 2021 BIFA Springboard program.

LEANNE WELHAM

Leanne Welham is a screenwriter / director of documentaries and dramas. Leanne trained as a professional editor before embarking on film and television. Leanne's first feature, Pili, earned her a nomination for the British Independent Film Award (BIFA) by the director of Breakthrough and the British Academy Award of Film Arts Award (BAFTA).

NIALL JOHNSON

Niall Johnson's directing credits include KEEPING MUM (2005, also writer) a black comedy starring Rowan Atkinson, Maggie Smith, Kristin Scott Thomas, and Patrick Swayze. It won the 2006 HBO Comedy Arts Festival Screenplay Award in 2006; and MUM’S LIST (2016, also writer), a true story based on St John Greene’s best-selling memoir, starring Rafe Spall and Emilia Fox. Its release on DVD/VOD in March 2017 saw it reach #1 on the Amazon DVD/Blu-Ray bestsellers chart within a single day.

SADIE FROST

Sadie Frost has over four decades of experience in film, theatre and television. Sadie made her directorial debut with QUANT, a documentary about the iconic British fashion designer Mary Quant which premiered at the London Film Festival. Following her hugely successful debut, Frost will take audiences through the life of the world-famous supermodel, actress, and singer,Twiggy in her upcoming documentary is focused on the life of the greatest ‘IT’ girl of all time.

SPIROS JACOVIDES

Spiros Jacovides was born in London and studied Directing at the Hellenic Cinema and Television School Stavrakos. He completed his Film Studies at the London College of Printing. In 1998, he was a guest student of the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (DFFB). He has written and directed three short films. Black Stone, his first feature film, premiered internationally at Trieste winning the Audience Award for Best Medium-Length Film and a special mention for Beast Feature.