Board of Trustees

02 July 10

Tim Corrie

Chairman

On leaving Bristol University where he was a founder member of The Drama Department, Tim Corrie went straight to work for John Boorman as his assistant/researcher in BBC Bristol. He subsequently worked in various capacities on a number of films including Isadora Duncan (Karel Reisz) and The Adventurers (Lewis Gilbert). This was followed by a short period at Paramount Pictures in London working alongside Max Setton. On leaving Paramount, he was invited to join Fraser and Dunlop Scripts , as it then was, to help develop that Agency in the realms of film and television. Tim worked for the company (which became PFD) for more than thirty years and held the role of Co-Chairman. In 2007, along with 80 colleagues, Tim left to found a new agency - United Agents. Here Tim continues to represent a large list of clients including some of the top writers, directors and producers in the country.

David Parfitt

Deputy Chairman

David has worked as an independent film and theatre producer for over 20 years. His film credits include Henry V, Peter's Friends, Much Ado About Nothing, The Madness of King George, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Twelfth Night, The Wings Of The Dove (both nominated for four Academy Awards), Shakespeare In Love (winner of seven Academy Awards including Best Picture and four BAFTA Awards including Best Film), Gangs of New York, (Production Consultant), I Capture the Castle, Chasing Liberty and A Bunch of Amateurs. He is currently in pre-production with My Week with Marilyn, which is due to film later in 2010.

In 2007 he co-produced the critically acclaimed theatre production of Elling at The Bush Theatre and in the West End.

Before moving into film and theatre production, David worked as an actor.

Ted Childs

Co-Optee

Biography to follow

Finola Dwyer

Chair of Film Committee

Since relocating to the UK from New Zealand in the early 90’s, Finola’s producer credits include Iain Softley's acclaimed debut Backbeat, Stephan Elliott's Welcome to Woop Woop, Chris Menges' The Lost Son, Sandra Goldbacher's Me Without You, Emmy-nominated Hamburg Cell, Stephen Woolley's directorial debut Stoned and the award-winning Tsunami: The Aftermath directed by Bharat Nalluri, starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Tim Roth, Sophie Okonedo and Toni Collette. Finola made her theatre producing debut with the award-winning, hit West End production Elling starring John Simm. A Sydney Theatre Company production of the play opened this summer, with a Broadway production planned for early 2010. She also Executive Produced Dean Spanley directed by Toa Fraser, starring Peter O’Toole, Sam Neill, Jeremy Northam and Bryan Brown.

Finola’s most recent production is An Education, written by best-selling author and screenwriter Nick Hornby and directed by Lone Scherfig. The cast includes Peter Sarsgaard, Alfred Molina, Dominic Cooper, Rosamund Pike, Olivia Williams, Emma Thompson and Carey Mulligan. An Education was released in the US and UK in October.

Michael Harris

Chair of Finance and Audit Committee

Michael Harris runs his own Soho-based business consultancy practice advising companies and high profile individuals in the media sector. He is also a Trustee and a Treasurer of Comic Relief.

Medwyn Jones

Chair of Commercial Committeee

Biography to follow

Ray Maguire

Chair of Video Games Committee

Ray joined Sony Electronic Publishing Limited in 1993 as Director of Sales for Europe. He was instrumental in setting up the infrastructure of SEPL in Europe prior to the establishment of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE). SCE was then formed in 1994, and in 1995 Ray was promoted to Managing Director of SCE UK to manage the launch of PlayStation 1. In 1997 Ray was again promoted to Vice President/Managing Director and, in August 2002, he was appointed Senior Vice President/Managing Director of SCE UK. In addition to the UK, Ray oversees all the sales and marketing activities for the regions of Ireland, Nordic and Benelux, to name but a few.

In addition to building the PlayStation brand into the success that it is today, Ray has been instrumental in raising over £9 million for Games Aid (the Games industry’s charity of choice). Ray has also been heavily involved with the Paddington Academy and initiated the PlayStation in Education initiative that has seen PlayStation consoles become an invaluable and creative educational tool for its students and in the broader educational sector.

Krishnendu Majumdar

Chair of Learning and Events Committee

Krishnendu is an award-winning director. He won the John Brabourne Big Five Film Award and a Mental Health in Media Award in 2008. He was nominated for a BAFTA in 2005 for his directing and also as Best Director in the Broadcast Young Talent awards. He has been uniquely trained on both the prestigious BBC Production Trainee scheme and the ITN News Trainee scheme.

At the BBC he worked on a range of output including Watchdog, Newsnight Review, Art That Shook The World and at BBC Films and BBC Radio Drama. At ITN he worked as a producer across all of the output - ITV News, Channel 4 News and Five News.

He is currently developing his first feature film Deep Cut with Andrew Eaton at Revolution Films and also directing a major TV series – Karl Pilkington’s Seven Wonders of the World, Exec Produced by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant.

Films produced and directed include: The Happiness Salesman; True Stories: What’s Killing Darcus Howe? (More4 / C4) Bleach, Nip, Tuck: The White Beauty Myth (C4); The World’s Smallest Man and Me (C4); Michael Howard: No More Mr Nasty (BBC2); Coked Up Britain (Sky) and the BAFTA-nominated Who You Callin' A Nigger? (C4).

Andrew Newman

Deputy Chair of Television Committee

Biography to follow

Nik Powell

Deputy Chair of Film Committee

In the early 1970s, Nik Powell set up Virgin Records with Richard Branson. In 1982, he formed Palace Productions with Stephen Woolley and exec-produced all productions, including Neil Jordan's award winning Company of Wolves, Jordan's Oscar-nominated & Cannes award winning Mona Lisa and Neil Jordan's Oscar winning The Crying Game. In 1992 Nik and Stephen formed SCALA Productions where they produced Terence Davies' The Neon Bible, the Oscar nominated and Golden Globe winning Little Voice by Mark Herman and Fred Schepsi's Last Orders. Nik's latest film is Ladies in Lavender starring Dame Judi Dench.

Sophie Turner Laing

Co-Optee

Sophie joined Sky in 2003 as Director of Film Channels & Acquisitions. She was promoted to Deputy Managing Director, Sky Channels and Services in 2004 and was appointed to the Executive Committee of Sky in 2007 as Managing Director, Entertainment. Prior to joining Sky, Sophie was Controller, Programme Acquisitions at the BBC for five years (incorporating the roles of Acting Head of Business Affairs [1998], Acting Director of Marketing [2001] and Acting Director of Television [2002] into her duties). Prior to the BBC, Sophie held management roles at Flextech and was the joint-founder and Deputy Managing Director of HIT Entertainment. In addition to her current responsibilities at Sky, she is also a Governor of National Film & TV School, Co-Opted Crew Member for Variety Club (UK) and a Co-Opted Trustee of BAFTA.

John Willis

Chair of Television Committee

John Willis is Chief Executive of Mentorn Media and Group Creative Director of Tinopolis plc. John started his career at Yorkshire Television where he directed a string of award winning documentaries including Johnny Go Home and Alice - A Fight for Life. In 1988 he moved to Channel 4 as Controller of Factual Programmes before being promoted to Director of Programmes in 1993. During his time at Channel 4 successes included Trainspotting, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Cutting Edge, Father Ted, Big Breakfast and True Stories. After Channel 4 he moved to United Productions as Chief Executive where United made Hornblower, Paul Watson's Wedding in the Family and Alan Bleasdale's Oliver Twist. He represented United on the Boards of both Channel 5 and ITN broadcaster WGBH. He returned to England in 2003 to join the BBC as Director of Factual and Learning programmes which included The Secret Policeman and Planet Earth. He was a member of the BBC Executive Committee. In late 2006 he joined Mentorn, producers of Question Time for the BBC as well as factual drama like The Government Inspector and A Very Social Secretary.

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