BAFTA Scotland Committee 2020-2021
Elected
Ewan Angus (Chair)
Dr Matthew Barr
Dani Carlaw
Alex Gaffney
Mark Leese
Angela Murray
Gill Petrie
Toby Stevens
Siobhan Synnot
Sheena Wichary
Co-opted
Ryan Pasi
Committee Bios
Ewan Angus, Chair
Consultant, Producer
Ewan Angus worked for the BBC for 32 years until 2018, more than half that time as Commissioning Editor for television at BBC Scotland. He has extensive experience of tv and film production and co-production within the UK and internationally.
In the course of his career Ewan served as a representative on a number of industry bodies including a previous term as Chair of BAFTA Scotland. He is currently a board member of Creative Scotland and sits on its Screen Committee.
Dr Matthew Barr
Programme Director, Graduate Apprenticeship in Software Engineering, University of Glasgow
Matthew Barr is a lecturer with an interest in learning, teaching and video games, based at the University of Glasgow where he previously convened the university’s game studies course and was the founding editor for Press Start, a student-led, peer-reviewed game studies journal. He is now based in the Centre for Computing Science Education within the School of Computing Science. Matthew is currently Vice Chair of the British Digital Games Research Association (DiGRA) and sits on the board of IGDA Scotland.
Dani Carlaw
Head of Unscripted, Screen Scotland
Before joining Screen Scotland as Head of Unscripted, Dani Carlaw enjoyed a fruitful freelance career as an unscripted TV development executive, series producer and director. Her credits include Scottish BAFTA and Grierson winning BBC Four longform specialist factual documentary ‘Afterlife: The Strange Science of Decay’, BBC One science series ratings winner ‘How to Stay Young’, and BBC Two’s ‘Trust Me I’m A Doctor’.
At Screen Scotland, Dani is dedicated to supersizing the success of the unscripted film and TV sector; from early stage talent development, all the way through to supporting producers and production companies with the funding of theatrical documentaries, TV single programmes, series, and slates of projects, both at the development and production stage. In her first six months at Screen Scotland, Dani has been a key player in the roll out of several unscripted TV partnership initiatives. These include Sky Documentaries, BBC Scotland and BBC Two Factual, Channel 4 Factual, and Channel 4 Daytime.
Alex Gaffney
Commercial and Partnerships Manager, BBC Scotland
Alex has been in this post since 2008 and is responsible for building relationships with the independent production companies in Scotland and working strategically across the BBC with commissioning to actively manage this sector. She is also responsible for the marketing and promotion of the HD studios facilities, post production and technical facilities and staff based at BBC Scotland and the generation of external income for these areas. This external income plays a key part in adding value back into BBC Scotland for the Licence fee payer. She and her client facing team manage and support visiting production teams ensuring excellent client relationships are maintained. Alex is also responsible for developing and building on external partnerships e.g. BBC Scotland’s partnership with Creative Scotland and Alex also represents BBC Scotland on a number of key groups e.g. Creative Clyde and TV Broadcast Working Group. Alex has been with BBC since 1990 in a variety of roles including; Partnerships and External Relations Manager, Sales and Marketing Manager and Manager Information and Archives BBC Scotland.
Mark Leese
Production Designer
Mark Leese is a Scottish based Production Designer working in Film & TV. His career began as a Theatre Set & Costume Designer working for many varied Companies including; The Tron Theatre Glasgow, 7:84 Theatre Company, The National Theatre London, Manchester Royal Exchange and most proudly as Associate Designer for The Traverse Theatre Edinburgh. After 10 years Mark moved into Film & TV where he has become an established Scottish Designer. His work includes; Peter Mullan’s Magdalene Sisters (BAFTA nominated, Golden Lion Winner-Best Film), Ned’s (winner of Best Film at the San Sebastian Film Festival), This is England by Shane Meadows (BAFTA Winner-best British Film), Murder by Birger Larsen (2013 BAFTA Winner-Best Single Drama) and has worked on three films for Steven Poliakoff, Glorious 39, Joes Palace and Capturing Mary. Mark also designed many TV dramas including; Shetland, The Replacement, Remember Me, The Escape Artist, Garrows Law, Case Histories, Single Father and The Book Group. Mark also enjoys his work as a Board Member for The Tron Theatre Glasgow.
Angela Murray
Producer
Ryan Pasi
Content Producer for BBC The Social, BBC Scotland
Ryan has worked on the award winning digital project, BBC The Social since it began in 2016. BBC The Social has published thousands of videos aimed at young Scottish audiences and made by new exciting talent based in Scotland. As a researcher and then producer, he's edited and optimised over 1000 unique videos and commissioned hundreds of new talented contributors, developing their technical skills and ideas. He also currently serves as a board member for the BBC Scotland Executive team.
Prior to this, he started his career with the short film scheme "Jumpcut" in 2013, followed by attending the Edinburgh TV Festival on "The Network" which led to his first job at an independent TV company working in production. Ryan also founded and ran the Glasgow Film Crew; a weekly event that brought together independent grassroots filmmakers to pool resources and make short films.
Gill Petrie
Head of Marketing, STV
Gill has over 20 years experience in media marketing and brand. She leads the marketing team at STV and is responsible for the promotion of the STV brands, platforms and content. STV is Scotland’s home of news and entertainment. STV’s broadcast channel reaches 3.3 million viewers each month and is home to some of the biggest and most popular shows on television. STV Studios is one of the UK’s leading content businesses and is Scotland’s biggest indie.
Toby Stevens
Head of Objective Media Group Scotland
Toby is an experienced programme-maker across multiple genres and is currently Executive Producer and Head of OMG Scotland for Objective Media Group. His television career began in London, with credits including Have I Got News For You, and producer roles on Room 101 and The Weakest Link. He moved to Scotland in 2001, working at BBC Scotland in both Entertainment and Factual departments across a decade in which he helmed series like Comedy Connections, documentary series Glamour’s Golden Age and events such as Hogmanay Live. At OMG he has been credited as Executive Producer on a string of award-nominated and award-winning programmes including It Was Alright in the 70s for Channel 4, Last Commanders for CBBC and scripted piece Eric, Ernie and Me for BBC Four. He is co-opted onto the Bafta Scotland Committee and also serves as Chair of the Awards Sub-Committee.
Siobhan Synnot
Film journalist, Presenter and Producer
Experienced awardwinning radio and TV presenter. Specialises in arts and topical interviews, features and profiles, plus film reviews for TV, radio, print and online for local and international media. Articles and columns published in the Sunday Times, Independent, The Guardian, Scotsman publications, Trinity Mirror Group, Mail, Herald, The Lady, Woman, New Look and The Herald Sun. Regular guest on BBC, STV and BBC Scotland and film events. Recent appearances include three days of live TV from the XpoNorth arts festival, discussing Brexit on Canal Plus, and debating Brexit for the Dinard Film Festival.
Sheena Wichary
Costume Supervisor / Producer, Monitor Pictures
Sheena Wichary is a costume supervisor-turned-producer based in Scotland. She is a double Emmy award winner for her costume supervision work and has worked in the industry for over 20 years across a series of different skillsets before the passion and urge took over to produce content through her own production company. In 2018 she took a career break and graduated from the University of Edinburgh with a Masters in Film Directing. Monitor Pictures is her new production home.
