London, England, United Kingdom
Senior creative leader with 10+ years of experience conceiving, building and delivering ambitious public programmes across film and screen culture. I specialise in developing projects from the ground up: defining a vision, assembling teams, and translating bold ideas into reality. My practice sits at the intersection of strategy, curation and public engagement. I bring deep knowledge of global screen culture, a substantial UK and international network, and a track record of delivering high-level programming that balances artistic ambition with budgetary realities. Alongside my curatorial work, I am the author of two books on film, Unlikeable Female Characters (2023) and Feeding the Monster (2024), and am an in-demand critic, cultural commentator and host. My writing has appeared in BBC Culture, The Guardian, Time Out, MUBI, New Statesman, Little White Lies, NME, Huck and others.
• Overall strategic lead for the Screen Festival, spanning features, series, shorts, talks and immersive content. • Set artistic vision and long-term direction while delivering a high-volume, high-profile public programme within a complex festival infrastructure. • Built, led and managed a core team, alongside multiple external agencies and partners. • Built and maintained senior relationships with filmmakers, studios, distributors, press and stakeholders. • Oversaw end-to-end delivery: tracking, sourcing, curation, negotiation, scheduling, talent, production, and Q&As. • Used audience data, attendance metrics and press analysis to evaluate performance and inform future strategy. • Delivered the most successful SXSW London vertical in its inaugural edition, with 20,000+ attendees and the highest press, audience and social engagement across the festival.
Bylines include BBC Culture, Sight & Sound, Time Out, The Face, Huck, Little White Lies, The Guardian, Tortoise Media, NME, amongst others.
• A highly requested moderator for panel discussions, Q&As and events, and often give talks on film, TV and culture. • Moderator of panels and Q&As for BAFTA, BFI, Netflix, Amazon, MUBI, amongst many others. • I’ve appeared on panels for many film festivals, including the BFI London Film Festival, Rotterdam, Cannes, LSFF, Aesthetica, and many more. • Onstage, I've interviewed everyone from Julia Ducournau to Jamie Lee Curtis, Florence Pugh to Jane Fonda, Remi Weeks to Gaspar Noé, Amy Poehler to Rosamund Pike.
• Co-founded The Final Girls, a London-based screening series exploring the intersections between horror film and feminism. • Curated, produced and hosted screenings and events around the UK and internationally, including a sold-out touring programmes and UK-wide event cinema campaigns. • Developed events in partnership with BFI, Barbican, HOME, • Press coverage on The Telegraph, Broadly (Vice), GQ Spain, BBC Newsnight, Radio4 Women's Hour, Little White Lies, Film4 and more.
Fantastic Fest is the largest genre film festival in the U.S., specializing in horror, fantasy, sci-fi, action and just plain fantastic movies from all around the world. • Scouted, programmed and secured film films for the festival programme. • Hosting Q&As and filmmaking talent.