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BOARD MEMBERS


The Board of South West Screen is the main executive decision making body, guiding and approving the strategy and the direction of the agency. Board meetings are held quarterly.


Roger Laughton (Chair)

Roger Laughton CBE is currently Chair of South West Screen and a Governor of the British Film Institute. He is also on the boards of the Arts Institute of Bournemouth, the Grierson Trust and Metfilm. He began his production career in the BBC where he worked in Bristol, Pebble Mill and Manchester before moving to London as Head of Network Features in 1980. He was responsible for a range of award-winning programmes including Live Aid and River Journeys. In 1986, he oversaw the launch of BBC TV's new daytime service, including Neighbours. After a spell in charge of the BBC's co-productions, he became the first CEO of Meridian, an ITV franchise winner in 1991. Later, following mergers, he led United Broadcasting and Entertainment for three years. From 1999 to 2004, he was the Head of Bournemouth Media School and also chaired a DCMS/Skillset enquiry into the training needs of the audio-visual industries. Amongst other honours, he is a Fellow of the Royal Television Society and was awarded the Society's Gold Medal in 1999.


Simon Relph

Simon is an independent film producer. His credits include: Privates on Parade, Wetherby, Comrades and The Land Girls, which was shot almost entirely in Somerset. He is currently developing a film of Sebastian Faulks' novel Birdsong with Working Title and setting up a new venture with Michael Kuhn at Qwerty to produce a slate of ten low budget British feature films. He has served as Chairman of the British Academy of Film & Television Arts, on the British Screen Advisory Council, the Executive Council of Pact, the Council of Royal College of Art and as a Governor of the British Film Institute. He is currently a Governor of the National Film and Television School and on the board of the Bristol Old Vic. Earlier this year became a non executive director of Arts Alliance Media. Simon is also the author of The Relph Report on low budget film production.


Anna Keeling

Anna is a lawyer at law firm Osborne Clarke, based in Bristol, advising media clients throughout the UK. She works with digital content, animation, film, television production and publishing companies on the exploitation of rights and finance, and has recently acted as legal adviser on the 2005 and 2007 film productions by Somerset based director, Julian Temple, "Glastonbury" and "Joe Strummer". She runs seminars and legal work shops for a number of arts and educational establishments including the Universities of Bristol and the West of England and Arts Matrix, providing legal advice and exploring ways to encourage the development of small and medium sized entrepreneurial and creative businesses, particularly in relation to rights exploitation. She also works with a number of not for profit and charity clients, including the Wildscreen Trust and Macmillan Cancer Support, advising on media and commercial matters.


Jonathan Jackson

Jonathan is a Chartered Management Accountant with over 12 years experience in media and entertainment, working in film and television, radio, records and music publishing. He is currently Chief Operating Officer at Digital Rights Group, the UK's largest independent TV distributor. Jonathan spent over 4 years at Ingenious Media an Investment and Advisory house specialising in the media and entertainment industry in consulting and ventures roles, working very closely with a number of investee companies in Ingenious' first fund - namely Cream, 19 Entertainment, ID distribution and Stage 3 providing financial,operating and strategic support pre and post investment. He has also had senior financial roles at BBC Worldwide, Channel 4, ZTT Records and Chorion. Jonathan has a BA (Hons) degree in Accounting and an MBA from Bath School of Management.


Peter Ellis

Peter has worked as an actor with the Old Vic Company, the RSC and on television and film. He spent 16 years playing Inspector Brownlow on The Bill as well as being a semi regular in Coronation Street, Emmerdale, Les Dawson shows and Victoria Wood's Acorn Antiques. Peter started out in the industry as an assistant film editor and then went on to direct drama and documentaries. He has taught film at the London Film School, and in China and Australia. Peter has also undertaken a number of community film projects in London, Leeds, Sheffield, Brighton and Derbyshire. His main interest has been to try to encourage young people to get involved in film making and to give them a voice. He is also a board member of Four Corners Film Workshop in the East End and Phoenix Arts in Exeter.


Helen Brunsdon

Helen has worked in animation for 12 years and has a wealth of experience in the industry. After obtaining a degree in animation from Farnham she worked as a production co-ordinator for the BBC series 10x10. In 1994, she worked on the Cardiff International Animation Festival and then moved to Aardman as a production assistant. As a freelance producer, Helen set up One Eye productions to produce two World Faith animated episodes for S4C, and then worked in London for various studios. In 1999 she re-joined Aardman as Development Manager, as part of the team to develop Aardman's slate for broadcast.


Annika Small

Annika is Chief Executive of Futurelab, the UK's leading educational R&D lab, where she is responsible for developing the strategic direction of the organisation, establishing partnerships and exploring new opportunities. Futurelab has developed dozens of compelling digital learning resources in collaboration with partners as wide-ranging as Hewlett-Packard, the BBC, Electronic Arts, Microsoft, Soda, Harcourt Education, Immersive and Intel. Prior to joining Futurelab, she particularly focused on developing compelling interactive learning resources for those excluded from traditional education. Annika has set up and built successful organisations across four continents, working in close collaboration with media, technology and educational experts. Prior to this, she worked at the BBC and The Discovery Channel. Annika is a member of BAFTA and also a Fellow of the RSA.


Terry Corby

Terry Corby is Chairman of Cornwall Film and the Cornwall Media group. He is also the Global Head of Marketing for Strategy & Thought Leadership at Accenture, the worlds largest Management Consulting, Technology and Outsourcing company. Before joining Accenture, Terry held a senior management and marketing roles at American Express and at Sainsbury's where he was Head of Communications and Events. Terry was a founding director of The Talent Foundation (a not-for-profit organisation) and is an Advisory Board Director of Critical Eye (Europe's Centre for Business Leadership). Before taking on senior management positions in business, Terry spent many years in media production as a producer of corporate television programmes, TV commercials, theatre productions and large-scale business events.