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MONDAY 1STJUNE 3:00PM
CRISTINA CASALI - PRODUCTION DESIGNER, THE DEATH OF STALIN, DAVID COPPERFIELD, RED JOAN
Cristina Casali grew up in London and trained as a Theatre Designer before moving into Designing for Independent film and high-end TV Drama. Recently Cristina won her second BIFA award for Best Production Design for ‘The Personal History of David Copperfield’ starring Dev Patel, the first BIFA was for ‘The Death of Stalin’. She has also received a BAFTA nomination for her work on ‘Red Riding in the Year of Our Lord 1974’ for Revolution Films. Cristina continues to work successfully across Award winning Film and Tv Shows as varied as ‘Red Loan’ starring Judi Dench and ‘Requiem’ a 6-part series for BBC.
TUESDAY 2NDJUNE 3:00PM
LIZ TRUBRIDGE – PRODUCER, DOWNTOWN ABBEY
Liz joined the BBC from university and worked her way through the ranks to 1st Assistant Director then Script Editor, before landing her first producing role. It was on her first feature, 'From Time to Time' that she started her collaboration with Julian Fellowes, which then led to their partnership on 'Downton Abbey'. Winner of a Primetime Emmy, a Bafta, a Golden Globe and the Producers Guild of America Award, Liz has produced all 6 series of 'Downton Abbey' which has sold in 240 territories around the world & is the most successful British drama export of all time. She has gone on to produce the 'Downton Abbey' movie, which hit the number one spot in both the UK and the US on it's opening weekend. Most recently, Liz exec produced 'Belgravia' a 6-part mini series for ITV which is due to air early in 2020
WEDNESDAY 3RD JUNE 3:00PM
STEPHEN WOOLFENDEN – DIRECTOR DOCTOR WHO, OUTLANDER, 2ND UNIT DIRECTOR HARRY POTTER
Stephen Woolfenden is a freelance film and television director working worldwide. Stephen recently directed for OutlanderSeries 5 and the finale of Fate: The Winx Saga for Netflix & Archery Pictures. Stephen will return to Warner Bros. in 2020 and 2nd Unit Director duties on Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them Part 3. Between August & December 2018, he directed the final block of The Spanish Princess for Amazon/Starz/New Pictures. In April 2018 Stephen completed work as 2nd Unit Director on Detective Pikachu for Legendary Pictures. Stephen's ongoing relationship with Warner Bros. and David Yates has seen him return regularly to Leavesden Studios to work as 2nd Unit Director on Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Pts 1 & 2, The Legend of Tarzanand, most recently, Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them Parts 1 & 2 . Stephen continues to work as a director on high-end television drama such as: Poldark Series 3 (Mammoth Pictures and the BBC), The Halcyon (Left Bank/Sony), Beowulf (ITV), Doctor Who (BBC),Strike Back (Left Bank/Cinemax/HBO), DCI Banks (ITV) and Crossing Lines (NBC). An award-winning film graduate, Stephen was an assistant director for almost twenty years working with directors Tom Hooper, Gillies MacKinnon, Herbie Wise and David Yates. Highlights include: Shine, Hideous Kinky, The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain, State of Play, The Governess and Prime Suspect.
THURSDAY 4TH JUNE 3:00PM
LAURA HASTINGS-SMITH - PRODUCER HUNGER, LITTLE DRUMMER GIRL, HANNA, MACBETH
Hastings Smith's recent productions include the miniseries adaptation by Kenneth Lonergan of E.M. Forster's novel Howards End, in a Playground production for BBC1 and Starz; the comedy feature film Mindhorn, produced with Jack Arbuthnott at Scott Free Productions, written by and starring Julian Barratt (The Mighty Boosh) and Simon Farnaby (Paddington), directed by award-winning theater director Sean Foley. In the same year, Hastings Smith produced the TV movie The Last Dragonslayer, a Blueprint Pictures production for Sky TV that aired on Christmas Day, 2016. While previous work includes short-term projects (with director Romain Gavras at Iconoclast) as well as various feature film developments, Hastings Smith has produced a number of acclaimed feature films, including Justin Kurzel's Macbeth starring Michael Fassbender (12 Years a Slave) and Marion Cotillard (La Vie en Rose), produced with Iain Canning and Emile Sherman at See-Saw Films (The King's Speech, Shame). Hastings Smith produced Steve McQueen's celebrated debut feature Hunger, starring Michael Fassbender, which won the Caméra d'Or on its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival and over 50 other awards. For television, she produced the second series of the multi-award-winning Top Boy and the Warp Films production The Minor Character, written by Will Self and starring David Tennant for Sky Arts Playhouse Presents, which achieved record ratings.
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