Fi Lewis

Fi Lewis is a burgeoning producer from West London. She loves storytelling and connecting with individuals. Storytelling represents her form of activism, she says, because it enriches lives and helps people to understand themselves and each other.

Fi’s career in the arts began at talent agency Vincent Shaw Associates, which allowed her to move into production roles working for various leading producers across the theatre spectrum. She found herself drawn towards film and television, which led to her becoming a producer in her own right, including producing the live-action short Cur:few (2018), made with funding from the National Film and Television School and EON Productions.

Since starting on BAFTA Elevate, Fi has been focusing on developing long-form projects, with her current slate including a novel adaptation with a supernatural/coming-of-age aesthetic. She’s also working on an animated docu-drama short. Alongside her own projects, she’s also been seeking additional producer-for-hire opportunities. A recent highlight was being attached as a freelance consultant on an episode of Netflix’s One Day, based on David Nicholls’ bestselling novel and starring BAFTA Breakthrough Ambika Mod.

Fi has taken part in various industry training and mentoring initiatives to broaden her knowledge base. This has included Birds Eye View’s Filmonomics: Filmmakers 5 (2017-2018); the Edinburgh International Film Festival Talent Lab (2019); and the inaugural ScreenSkills and S.O.U.L Fest’s Black British Producers programme (2021-2022).

Reflecting her own eclectic tastes, Fi wants to produce a wide breadth of film and television (peppered with a little theatre), unbound to one genre, through collaborations that include and extend beyond her own background – Fi is a Black British woman of Caribbean heritage. She’s quietly determined to shake-up the industry and help level the playing field both on and off-screen, because, as Fi says, inclusivity matters.

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