Find out about 2023’s BAFTA Breakthrough US participants.

These talented newcomers from across film, games and television were selected by their industry peers with former Breakthrough and Learning, Inclusion, and Talent committee member, writer Aadip Desai chairing the process.

To contact a BAFTA Breakthrough participant, email [email protected].

The leading cross-industry figures who helped select 2023’s cohort included;

  • writer and director Susanna Fogel
  • director Janicza Bravo
  • documentary producer Julie Cohen
  • editor Terilyn A. Shropshire
  • composer Isobel Waller-Bridge
  • composer Germaine Franco
  • cinematographer Pawel Pogorzelski
  • production designer Scott Chambliss
  • games product manager Ponappa Somayanda
  • games writer Nick Folkman
  • animation producer Brent Crowe
  • animation writer and director Momo Wang

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The BAFTA Breakthrough programme is supported by Netflix
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Netflix is the main supporter of BAFTA’s flagship new talent scheme: BAFTA Breakthrough, which showcases and supports the next generation of creative talent across Film, Games and Television in the UK, India and the USA.

To date BAFTA Breakthrough has championed 290 creatives, including actors Letitia Wright, Florence Pugh, Abubakar Salim, Josh O’Connor, Niamh Algar and Jessie Buckley. Composer Segun Akinola, game producer Dan Gray, producer Sarah Brocklehurst, production designer Luke Hull, screenwriters Laurie Nunn and Charlie Covell, writers and actors Charlie and Daisy-May Cooper and directors Destiny Ekaragha and Michael Pearce. Previous Breakthroughs have gone on to flourish within their respective disciplines, many becoming BAFTA winners and nominees.

Netflix is one of the world’s leading entertainment services, with 283 million paid memberships in over 190 countries enjoying TV series, films, and games across a wide variety of genres and languages. Members can play, pause and resume watching, as much as they want, anytime, anywhere, and can change their plans at any time.