Meet and gain insight into the process of Casting Director Tracey Gillham. Tracey Gillham. Casting Director: After Life. Tracey Gillham is known for After Life (2019), Inside No. 9 (2014) and Mr. Bigstuff (2024)."My charity would be the PSPA (my father died from having PSP, a rare neurological condition). The Association are trying to raise awareness but also provide masses of support to families living with the illness).https://www.pspassociation.org.uk/" TRACEY GILLHAM

Meet and gain insight into the process of TV & Film Director Azhur Saleem.100% of all Donations go to Royal Marsden Cancer CharityAzhur directed the season finale of OUTLANDER: BLOOD OF MY BLOOD (Leftbank/Starz) and is currently directing five episodes of Season 2, including the opening block. He also directed all episodes and executive-produced AFTER THE FLOOD (Quay Street/ITV) and has returned to direct and EP on Series 2. Prior to this, Azhur directed the final block of Neil Gaiman’s ANANSI BOYS (Red/Endor/Amazon), which involved bold use of VFX and honed Azhur’s technical craft. Azhur has also directed on shows such as DR. WHO as well as directing second unit on BAGHDAD CENTRAL (C4, Euston). He was previously mentored by Colm McCarthy and Alice Troughton.Azhur’s style of filmmaking is borne out of a love of contemporary and classic cinema and he has established himself as a dedicated and imaginative filmmaker. Diversity is key to his work and he creates work that challenges the perception of the type of stories BAME filmmakers should be creating. With a love of intelligent genres, he is unafraid to write and direct projects that entertain and still have something to say. Azhur’s writing has earned a number of placements in high-profile screenwriting contests; Finalist 5th ScreenCraft Screenwriting Fellowship, Runner-up ScreenCraft Sci-Fi Screenplay Contest, and Quarter-Finalist Final Draft Big Break Contest.After studying at the London Film School, Azhur’s short films have won a number of awards and played at festivals worldwide. His most recent science-fiction short film, MUSE, stars Paul Ready and Taj Atwal and was selected in the Official Selection at Sci-Fi London Film Festival. He’s worked in branded content having worked with clients such as Hyundai and Ford Motors and also worked in the video games industry directing motion-capture.

Meet and get an insight in to the process of TV / Film Director Nick Murphy when 'Directing Actors'.100% of all Donations go to Mango Tree Orphan Support.Nick Murphy is a BAFTA winning and Royal Television Society Award winning director and writer. He was born and grew up in Merseyside, NW England. A former editor of news and current affairs for the BBC, he began directing documentaries in 1996. A decade later he moved into writing and directing dramas, receiving multiple awards and nominations both at home and abroad. 

Meet and get an insight in to the process of TV / Film Director Andy Wilson.100% of all Donations go to The Halo Trust.Andy started his career as a performer in the alternative theatre and circus, notably appearing with Circus Lumiere and the celebrated French circus Archaos. He also directed and performed with Rational Theatre from 1982-1989. He then made numerous music videos, including several collaborations with the band Underworld, and directed commercials for his own company Impossible Films. A film with Circus Archaos commissioned by La Sept TV in France led to a career in UK TV drama. After winning the Cable Ace award for direction of a mini-series for Cracker, Andy directed Angelina Jolie and David Duchovny in Playing God for Touchstone. More recently Andy has directed episodes of Endeavour, Poirot, Ripper Street and the successful ITV drama Unforgotten.

Meet and get an insight in to the process of TV / Film Director Patrick Harkins.100% of all Donations go to  Pavillion-Easterhouse Youth Drop-In and CommunityPatrick started out as a propman working on the films of Danny Boyle, Terence Davies, Derek Jarman and Bill Forsyth among others. It was while working on Life is Sweet that Mike Leigh encouraged him to become a director. Using begged and stolen 35mm stock, he made his first short The Last Ten Minutes starring Robert Carlyle. It ran in selected cinemas along with Shallow Grave.He continued to make award-winning shorts and travelled with them to festivals around the world, before directing his first feature, The Final Curtain, for DNA/Universal, starring Peter O’Toole, Aidan Gillen and Adrian Lester.In television, Patrick has extensive series experience, including ITV’s noir/cop show Taggart, BBC’s Sea of Souls and Waterloo Road.Patrick opened The A-List for Kindle/BBC (nominated for a Broadcast Award and International Kidscreen Award 2020) before directing Tim Roth, Genevieve O’Reilly and Ian Hart in episode two Tin Star: Liverpool (Series 3) for Kudos/Sky.He directed both Series Two and Three of the Award-winning Guilt starring Mark Bonnar, Jamie Sives and Phyllis Logan, and the opening 3 episodes of Happy Valley S3.Most recently, Patrick directed all six episodes of The Gold S2 for BBC One.

Meet and get an insight in to the process of TV / Film Director Charles Sturridge.100% of all Donations go to Medecins Sans Frontieres. https://www.msf.orgTelevision: World In Action (Granada 1978) Coronation Street (1977) Brideshead Revisited (1981, Granada), Soft Targets (1983, BBC), The Storyteller (1988, C4), A Foreign Field (1993, BBC), Gulliver’s Travels (1996, C4/NBC), Longitude (2000, C4), Ohio Impromptu (2001, BBC), Shackleton (2002, C4), No 1 Ladies Detective Agency (2009 BBC/HBO), The Road To Coronation Street (2010, BBC 4), Dates (2013), Da Vinci’s Demons (2015, Starz), Churchill’s Secret (2016, ITV) Career of Evil (BBC 2018) Marcella (ITV 2018) MotherFatherSon (BBC2 2019) Sanditon (ITV 2019-2022) Cobra Rebellion (Sky 2023) Films: Runners (1982), Aria (1987), A Handful of Dust (1988), Where Angel Fear To Tread (1991), Fairytale A True Story (1997), Lassie (2005), The Scapegoat (2012)

Q&A Format Meet and get an insight in to the process of TV / Film Director Edward Hall!100% of all Donations go to Dementia UK!Acclaimed theater, television, and film director Edward Hall returns to Chicago Shakespeare to take on the role of Artistic Director, Carl and Marilynn Thoma Chair. The appointment marks a homecoming for Hall, who has maintained close ties with the company since he directed the Rose Rage trilogy of Henry VI, Parts 1, 2, and 3 at Chicago Shakespeare in 2003, garnering significant critical acclaim and the Jeff Award for Best Direction. This epic theatrical event went on to play the Duke on 42nd Street, marking Chicago Shakespeare’s off-Broadway and NYC debut. In February 2024, he is set to direct this season’s Richard III starring 2023 Tony Award-nominee Katy Sullivan in the Courtyard Theater. Son of British theater legend and Royal Shakespeare Company founder Sir Peter Hall, Edward Hall has built his love of Shakespeare around original interpretations of the Bard’s plays, making this a central focus of his own career. In 1997, he founded the ensemble-based Propeller Theatre Company, performing Shakespeare’s plays in London’s West End and on tour to Australia, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, the United States, and beyond. He has directed Julius Caesar, Henry V, and The Two Gentlemen of Verona for the Royal Shakespeare Company; and his production of The Taming of the Shrew was included alongside Barbara Gaines’ Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2 as part of the RSC’s Complete Works Festival in 2006/07. The New York Times Magazine raved of his career, “what Edward Hall seems to do is work at the cellular level, cracking the DNA code of the text and replicating it onstage.” Hall led London’s Hampstead Theatre for nearly a decade as Artistic Director and Joint Chief Executive, where he was known for ground-breaking work, including the Olivier Award-winning Sunny Afternoon, Chariots of Fire, The Judas Kiss, and Ecstasy—all of which transferred to the West End. In 2019, he staged the UK premiere of the Pulitzer prize-winning Cost of Living, starring Adrian Lester and Katy Sullivan. Following his appointment to Hampstead Theatre in 2010, Hall took the company from the brink of bankruptcy through a dramatic transformation into one of the nation’s most successful theaters for new work development—producing over 100 world premieres. While at Hampstead, he championed wider accessibility in the theater industry: he launched the Downstairs incubator space for early career playwrights, rolled out discount ticket programs, young writers’ programs, and as far back as 2013 began innovating with “freestreaming” on global digital platforms. His extensive film and television credits include 2019’s Blithe Spirit starring Dame Judi Dench, Dan Stevens, Isla Fisher, and Leslie Mann, as well as Gentleman Jack, Restless starring Hayley Atwell and Charlotte Rampling, Partners in Crime, The Durrells, and the season finale for series 4 of the resoundingly successful Downton Abbey. Upcoming releases include the Sky TV holiday film Joy To The World, starring Timothy Spall as Father Christmas.

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Q&A Format Get an insight in to the process of Director Matthew Moore Matthew made his debut as writer/director with the short films Julian and The Amber Amulet, which won back to back Crystal Bears at The 62nd and 63rd Berlin International Film Festival.Most recently Matthew directed 6 episodes across seasons 2 and 3 of Tony McNamara's Emmy winning comedy series The Great for Hulu and MRC Entertainment, starring Elle Fanning and Nicholas Hoult. In addition to directing, Matthew was also a part of the writers room for season 2 Other SVOD and network directing credits include Colin from Accounts for CBS Studios, BBC2 and Binge, Diary of an Uber Driver, a half hour limited comedy series for ABC which Matthew set up and directed all 6 episodes, Bump for Stan and Offspring for Network 10. Awards include the AACTA Award for Best short fiction film, The AWGIE Award for for best short screenplay, selection at Les Cesars Golden Night of The Best Short Films of the Year in Paris and the Oscar Qualifying Grand Prix from the Heartland Film Festival. Matthew has also beennominated three times for Best Direction of a TV Comedy at the Australian Director Guild Awards for Diary of an Uber Driver and The Great and Colin from Accounts respectively.

Get an insight in to the process of Writer / Director ALICE SEABRIGHT! Alice Seabright is a writer and director based in London who was named as a 2019 Screen International Star of Tomorrow. Alice is currently show running her original series Chloe for the BBC – she will write four out of six episodes, direct the 1st block, and serve as executive producer. She recently directed episodes 4 and 5 of Sex Education Series 2, which dropped on Netflix earlier this year, as well as writing episode 3 for Sex Education Series 3. Prior to life as a writer/director, Alice has worked in Development at Heyday Films and Brilliant Films.