Media Week 2019 Get into Broadcasting – Film, TV and Radio
Speaker biographies:
Chris Lloyd Content Assistant, Radio 1 weekends, BBC Radio 1 As a Content Assistant at BBC Radio 1, Chris works across the weekend shows at Radio 1 (Dev & Alice Levine, Matt Edmondson & Mollie King, Maya Jama). Before Radio 1, Chris has freelanced for brands including NME, Sofar Sounds, Radio 1Xtra, Uncut Magazine, BBC Music TV (Top of the Pops, The Proms), 6Music, and Radio 2. In his spare time he presents a show ‘Foreign Tongues’ at Transmission Roundhouse. Chris studied French & Italian BA at UCL.
Prof Lucie Green Space Scientist and TV & Radio Presenter, BBC Sky at Night / Radio 4
Lucie Green is a science communicator and solar researcher, with a PhD from UCL in Solar Physics. In 2013 she became the first ever female presenter of ‘The Sky at Night’ on BBC TV. Lucie is also a Professor of Physics and a Royal Society University Research Fellow based at the Mullard Space Science Laboratory, UCL’s Department of Space and Climate Physics, where she studies activity in the atmosphere of our nearest star, the Sun. Lucie is very active in public engagement with science and regularly gives public talks as well as supporting her departmental public engagement programme. She sits on the Advisory Board for the Science Museum, is Chair of Governors of the UCL Academy and is Chief Stargazer at the Society for Popular Astronomy. In addition to The Sky at Night, Lucie’s broadcast media credits also include ‘Stagazing Live’ ‘Horizon: the Transit of Venus’ and BBC Radio 4’s ‘The Infinite Monkey Cage’ and ‘Inside Science’.
Zemmy Momoh Junior TV Music Manager, Endemol Shine Group
After graduating from UCL with an MSc in Public Policy and a passion and talent for music, Zemmy pursued a career in media, where she now commissions and produces music for TV programmes.
Charlie Targett-Adams Film Director, Senior Creative/Director, LonelyLeap
Charlie is a multi award-winning director. He has made documentaries, commercials, branded content, music promos, fashion films and multi camera live performances. His films have been shown at Sundance, Rotterdam Film Festival, Hulu, AOL, BBC, Channel 4, CNN, CNBC, Nowness, Wired & GQ.
After graduating from UCL with a History of Art degree, and attending film school in Mexico City, he went straight into directing a documentary for the most successful Spanish rock band of all time, Heroes Del Silencio. Since then he has made documentaries, short films, music videos and live performances for artists including Duran Duran, Roxy Music, Placebo, Plan B, Stereophonics, Bat for Lashes, Graham Coxon (Blur), Crystal Fighters, Angus & Julia Stone, Frazey Ford, Gnarls Barkley, The Staves, The Pierces, Miles Kane and many more.
From there he moved into commercials and branded content for brands such as Mercedes Benz, Ford, Vauxhall, Heineken, Aperol, Diageo, Perrier-Jouët, Wella, Pantene, Braun, Schwarzkopf, Max Factor, Vivienne Westwood, Jaeger, Aquascutum, The National Trust & UNICEF.
Charlie is currently working as Senior Creative/Director of LonelyLeap films.
Julian Dismore TV Series Producer & Media Skills Trainer, Direct Productions UK
Julian is a TV Series Producer / Director and author of ‘TV: An Insider’s Guide’ – a book about how to get into the media. Julian has made award winning shows for BBC1, ITV, Channel 4, Five, Animal Planet and Discovery Channel. Recently he’s edited, directed and series-produced a variety of shows, including ‘Caught Red Handed’ for BBC1, ‘Traffic Cops’ and ‘Casualty 24/7’ for Five, ‘Crash Scene Investigators’ for ITV and ‘Click for Murder’ for Netflix. As Head of Training for Direct Productions UK, he also provides media training for TV professionals, academics and business professionals.