BAFTA in Scotland Committee

Claire Mundell
Chair, BAFTA in Scotland

Claire Mundell is an award-winning producer with over 16 years experience at both at single camera director, creative producer and executive producer level, Claire’s debut feature film, Crying with Laughter recently premiered at The Edinburgh International Film Festival ’09 and was nominated for The Michael Powell Award. As Co-Creative Director of Synchronicity, Claire creates, develops and writes film and TV drama properties for the UK and International market with business and creative partner Justin Molotnikov. Claire spent 10 years in network production at the BBC, where she moved quickly up the ranks to become senior management covering all aspects of production on the way including research, celebrity booking on Saturday morning live show Live and Kicking and Fully Booked, to single camera directing, producing and then Executive Producing.

In her time at the BBC Claire gained a thorough understanding of network production, working across a range of genre including live studio entertainment, factual entertainment and drama. Before joining the BBC, Claire was a production Manager and Researcher working in the independent sector. She sits on the Board of Independent cinema, Glasgow Film Theatre and is also a regular External Assessor for the Lottery Panel of Scottish Screen.

Sandy Ross

Sandy Ross has worked in the television industry for over thirty years. He is currently working as an independent producer with his own company Murrayfield Media. Previously he worked for Granada TV and Scottish TV as a producer and programme executive. Sandy is a previous Chair of BAFTA Scotland and is the current chair of the Salford Conference on Television from the Nations and Regions.

Alan de Pellette

Alan de Pellette is a writer, director and producer. He made his first short film in 2001, and he won Best International Director for his short Declarations at the 2009 New York Independent Film Festival. He recently completed his first feature and is sent to start his second.

Diane Henderson

Diane Henderson is the Deputy Artistic Director of the Edinburgh International Film Festival.

Peter Lawson

Peter Lawson is a lawyer practising in Glasgow with interests in the media and entertainment industry. Currently he is Chairman of the Tron Theatre Glasgow and is legal advisor to a number of public funded arts organisations. He is a Director in Raindog Limited, a film and tv production company, based in Glasgow.

Douglas MacKinnon

Douglas MacKinnon has directed over 50 hours of network TV drama and one feature film, as well as producing and exec producing for BBC Scotland. In the past year, he wrote a report for the Scottish government on the state of the television sector in Scotland.

Sheila Grier

Sheila Grier has been acting since graduating from the RSAMD in 1980. She played Sandra Maghie in Channel 4's Brookside in the mid 1980's which was a real learning curve and opened many doors. She has worked in many TV productions over the years including amongst others: Heartbeat, Sea of Souls, Taggart, Still Game, Doctors and Lip Service. Film work includes Shadow on the Earth by writer/director David Kane, and short film work includes My Daughter's Face. It was through winning a best actress award for this film that Sheila was invited to join BAFTA 12 years ago.
As do all women, Sheila multitasks acting with being a mum ,taxidriver, shortorder cook etc! she is now looking forward to pushing the cause for women in film and TV!

John O'Neill
Treasurer

John is a qualified accountant who has trained and worked with Ernst & Young in both Glasgow and Los Angeles. During this time he worked solely on entrepreneurial business focusing on the SME market, managing client portfolios and advising on a range of issues.
John left Ernst & Young in 1999 and became Finance Director at MTP, a TV commercials production company based in Glasgow. In addition to the commercials production company John also had Board presence for a documentary company and graphic design company within the group.
In 2004 John left this position to set up his own consulting practice and since then has been operating as a Consultant Finance Director and Business advisor to entrepreneurial businesses. John gives advice on a range of issues such as business & financial strategy, business planning, management reporting and performance analysis.

Gill Petrie

Gill Petrie is the Marketing Manager for STV, Scotland's digital media company and pre-eminent media brand that reaches over four million people per month. Having gained a degree in Communication and Mass Media from Glasgow Caledonian University, Gill leads the marketing team at STV and is responsible for on air, online and external facing brand promotion. This includes popular programming such as Taggart, The Football Years and Underbelly, as well as digital and commercial initiatives such as the STV Player and STV Jobs. Gill and her team have secured numerous marketing accolades including multiple Scottish Advertising Awards for the 2010 Fifa World Cup campaign and most recently a Marketing Star Award for the Taggart campaign.