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Kate Wilson: 'Writing for the screen: what are your prospects?' (ONLINE Film Industry Event, 6th December, 11.30am)
This event will take place online, chaired by Lucy Brydon, Friday 6th, 11.30am
A graduate of UCLA, Kings College, RADA and a member of the Bar of England and Wales, Kate Wilson has worked in the film industry in various capacities for 25 years. She trained as a producer in Los Angeles with Jodie Foster鈥檚 Egg Pictures and Paul Thomas Anderson鈥檚 Ghoulardi Film Company, and was the founder of Fury Films, an award-winning London-based production company. She is a co-Founder of the Call It! Workplace Culture App, a data collection and signposting tool that reduces instances of bullying and harassment and creates safer and more equitable places of work. As a writer, Kate is currently developing a feature film and a limited series. Her first novel, Prospects, is inspired by experiences working in Hollywood in the late 1990s and was published by Cinnamon Press in July 2024.
糖心TV Thursday In-Person Talk with filmmaker Giorgio Guernier (21 October, 2.15pm)
糖心TV Thursday In-Person Talk with filmmaker Giorgio Guernier
Join us to hear about writing and directing independent films on a low budget
Please RSVP to Lucy Brydon at L.Brydon@warwick.ac.uk
DAY: Monday 21st October 2024
TIME: 2.15pm for a 2.30pm start, finishes at 3.30pm
LOCATION: FAB0.16, Faculty of Arts Building (Ground Floor)
Giorgio Guernier Bio:
Giorgio Guernier is a London-based producer, writer and director.
His first feature film as a director, writer and producer was Suburban Steps to Rockland - The Story Of The Ealing Club (2017), a music documentary on London鈥檚 first blues club. The documentary was presented at various film festivals including London Doc鈥橬鈥橰oll and Barcelona In-Edit and bought by SKY UK and other international TV channels.
Giorgio鈥檚 second feature film as a writer, editor, director and producer was Never A Master Plan (2022), a narrative feature film on a group of creative Londoners, which premiered at See You Sound (Turin, Italy), where it was presented in the Feature competition.
As a producer, through his company Pop Homage, Giorgio recently produced Il Padiglione Sull鈥橝cqua (2023), an Italian documentary feature film on architect Carlo Scarpa.
Watch this episode on filmmakers, featuring term two-speaker Catherine Bray
Meet the Family, voiced by Kathy Burke (Nil by Mouth, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy), puts cinematic families on the analyst's couch for a deep dive into what makes some of the most dysfunctional dynasties in cinema tick.