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Curriculum Vitae Rebecca Mark-Lawson Producer Curriculum Vitae Rebecca Mark-Lawson Producer Profile An established talent development film executive, producer and project manager with a passion for developing original and exciting UK talent. Key Skills • Finding and developing new talent • Script reading and project assessment • Project management and delivery Recent Employment History: Tyke Films (Producer) 2013 – Ongoing Tyke Films was set up to work with interesting and diverse talent wishing to develop their voice through little told narratives. The slate includes: Selection of Projects in Development: ‘Skin Lane’ Adaptation of the novel Skin Lane by Neil Bartlett, Shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award in 2007 with director Dominic Leclerc attached to direct. Mr. F’s working life on London’s Skin Lane in 1964 is one governed by calm, precision and routine. So when he starts to have frightening, recurring nightmares, his world falls apart and they become’s an obsession. A chance encounter adds a face to the body that nightly haunts him, and the torments of his sweat-drenched nights lead him deeper into a terrifying labyrinth of rage, desire and shame. Part fairy-tale, part compelling evocation of a now-lost London. ‘Protect Me From What I Want’ Part of a slate of LGBT themed feature film work , an interracial gay love story set in Bradford developed through Creative England’s iFeatures in 2014 with writer/director Dominic Leclerc. ‘Freewheeling’ Feature film by a female Asian writer Yesmien Bagh Ali, Freewheeling is a feel good film about a group of Pakistani women from Bradford who find freedom and independence through mountain biking. ‘Anfield Road’ A part animated coming of age teen drama set in 80’s Liverpool against the Hillsborough disaster and Morrissey. With writer/director Chris Shepherd ‘The National Facility For The Regulation of Regret’ Multi platform interactive project looking at the nature of regret through a set of fictional characters who attend the facility. Part of Crossover Lab at Sheffield Docfest in 2015. [email protected] 07860596854 @beckymarklawson http://about.me/rebeccajmarklawson Curriculum Vitae Rebecca Mark-Lawson Producer In Production: ‘Irene’s Ghost’ An theatrical documentary about the search for an unknown mother and the effects of maternal mental health. Funded by the Maudsley Charity, Wellcome Trust, BFI,Creative England and BBC Storyville. National Film and Television School (Talent Scout) January 2014 - Ongoing Discovering and tracking new talent from education, film industry, theatre, comedy and publishing with a focus on female and BAME talent. Currently running Bridges To Industry, connecting past and current students to industry through employment, commissions and work experience. Sheffield Hallam University (Producing/Script Writing) January 2014 – Ongoing Mentoring and teaching from an industry perspective producing and script writing as an associate lecturer. BFI Academy (Script/Production Tutor/Mentor) November 2013 – Ongoing Teaching script writing and producing skills and mentoring young people in pre production, production and post production. BBC Writers Room (Reader/Assessor) 2013 – Ongoing Reading, assessing and writing reports for film, television and radio competitions and commissioning opportunities. Creative England (Various) 2012 – Ongoing As an approved freelancer I read and assess shorts and features for schemes including iFeatures, iShorts, Funny Girls and individual applications. I mentor filmmakers through iShorts giving them support on story, production and editorial. I have also support individuals through the Elevator scheme, delivering career and business advice. London Short Film Festival (Executive Producer/Previewer) 2010 – Ongoing Advising and delivering industry events, raising sponsorship and finance, overseeing HR, budget, cost reports and funding applications. I also preview for the festival programme. Sheffield Docfest (Event and Panel Producer/ Previewer) 1999 – Ongoing Reviewing entries into the festival, chairing industry sessions, introducing films and hosting q and a’s. Virgin Media Shorts Competition (Curator) 2009 - 2013 Devising and curating online short film competition Virgin Media and the BFI. Selecting films from thousands of entries looking for cinematic stories and directorial talent for the big screen. Ideas Tap (Mentor) 2010/2013 Mentoring filmmakers awarded production funds, advising on script, budgets, shot lists, storyboards, schedules and production issues. [email protected] 07860596854 @beckymarklawson http://about.me/rebeccajmarklawson Curriculum Vitae Rebecca Mark-Lawson Producer Collabor8te (Assessor) 2011/2012 Reading and recommending scripts for the Rankin short film scheme Directors Lab/Talent Lab (Development Producer) 2010/2011 Working with filmmakers to develop their first or second feature film during intensive residential training courses at Edinburgh International Film Festival. Lifesize Pictures (Managing Executive) 2006 – 2011 Developing, devising and delivering the new talent development strategy for the UK Film Council including: • Digital Shorts • Digital Nation • Completion Fund • Cinema Extreme • The Magic Hour • EIFF Talent Lab • Virgin Media Shorts Competition Managing partnerships with Film4, Channel4, BBC Films, BBC Film Network, Skillset, Shooting People and BAFTA as well as regional and national screen agencies and production companies to deliver and promote a slate of training, development and production. Commissioned and developed numerous award winning shorts including: • ‘Pitch Black Heist’ directed by John Maclean (BAFTA Short Film Award winner 2012) • ‘Chalk’ directed by Martina Amati (BIFA Best British Short Award winner 2011) • ‘Baby’ directed by Dan Mulloy (winner Edinburgh International Film Festival Best British Short 2010) • ‘I Do Air’ directed by Martina Amati (BAFTA Short Film Award winner 2010) • ‘September’ directed by Esther May Campbell ( BAFTA 2009 Short Film Award winner) • ‘Jade’ directed by Dan Elliot (Golden Bear winner in Berlin 2009) EM Media (Development Executive for New Talent) 2001 - 2006 Looking after investments, development of projects, assessing potential funding applications, writing and collating funding bids, delivering the new talent development and training schemes including Digital Shorts, Digital Shorts Plus Worked on numerous productions, personal favorites include: Shane Meadows’ ‘Dead Man’s Shoes’ & ‘This Is England’, Michael Winterbottom’s ‘Cock and Bull Story’, Anton Corbin’s ‘Control’, Duane Hopkins’ ‘Better Things’ Keith Fulton, Lois Pepe and Tony Grisoni’s ‘Brothers Of The Head’, Paul Andrew Williams’ ‘London To Brighton’ [email protected] 07860596854 @beckymarklawson http://about.me/rebeccajmarklawson Curriculum Vitae Rebecca Mark-Lawson Producer Freelance Production and Set Work 1995 – 2001 Production roles included Producer, Production Manager, Production Assistant on feature films, short films, pop promos and TV including Ken Loach’s ‘Navigators’ and Penny Woolcock’s ‘Principles of Lust’. Set Runner, 3rd AD, 2nd AD and 1st AD across pop promos, adverts, television, short films and features for companies including Black Dog, Ridley Scott Associates, BBC and ITV First Light/Media Opportunities Base (Film Tutor) 2000 – 2002 Tutored 16 - 20 year old filmmakers in the production process including script writing, development of ideas, managing projects and shooting schedules Rebecca regularly sits on industry juries and panels at film schools, film festivals and industry events including BAFTA, Shooting People, Edinburgh International Film Festival and the London Film Festival, Industry Training Includes: Sheffield College Media Access Course 1994 Sheffield Independent Film Camera/Steinbeck/Avid Editing 1995 Leeds Metropolitan University Creative Production 1998 Prince’s Trust Business Start Up 1998 Yorkshire Training Consortium Starting A New Business 1998 Script Factory Script Reading/Creative Producing 2001 EM Media FOI/Equal Opportunity Training 2002 UK Film Council GIFTS Training 2002 Script Factory Development/Script Report Writing 2003 Phil Parker Art of Screenwriting 2004 Arista The Business of Development 2007 Power To The Pixel Cross Media Workshop 2008 BBC Writers Room The Writers Festival 2013 Trans Media Next Trans Media Specialist Workshop 2013 BBC Comedy Training Loco Comedy Festival 2013 Birds Eye View BEV Filmonomics 2014 Screen Yorkshire Triangle 2014 Creative England Compass 2014 Creative England iFeatures 2014 [email protected] 07860596854 @beckymarklawson http://about.me/rebeccajmarklawson .
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