TALENT EXECS Talent highlights THOMAS WIGHTMAN

Prior to this role, Tom worked at the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) where he managed STOP PLAY RECORD, a London-wide commissioning programme for emerging filmmakers, from 2015 to 2018; during which time he commissioned, developed and executive produced 72 short films made by filmmakers aged 16-24 for Channel 4’s Random Acts series. The programme also provided free monthly workshops for young people interested in all aspects of filmmaking. Previously Tom also worked for the BBC and gained independent commissions as a Producer and Director in film and visual arts.

Nicole Davis

Nicole studied Film & Literature at Warwick University before starting her career in marketing for a video-ondemand platform. Prior to joining the BFI NETWORK team at the ICO, Nicole has worked at the BFI, Creative Europe Desk UK, Film4 and as a producer at digital content agency Little Dot Studios where she produced podcasts on documentary filmmaking, anime and a video essay series for Prime Video UK. She is also the host and producer of Best Girl Grip, a weekly podcast series interviewing women in the film industry.

Jamie Gamache (producer of BFI NETWORK short SANDPAPER, commissioned in 2019) recently had his debut feature as producer, KINDLING, selected for the BFI London Film Festival’s third annual Works-in-Progress showcase.

Dorothy Allen-Pickard (writer-director of BFI NETWORK short WEEKEND DAD, commissioned in 2020) has most recently been working as a director’s assistant on the Netflix series Kaos and was selected to take part in the 2022 edition of NETWORK@LFF.

Myriam Raja (writer of ZUBEIDA, feature idea commissioned for development in 2019) completed the Cowboy Films/Netflix TOP BOY director mentoring scheme in 2019, shadowing Aneil Karia and directing 2nd unit. She is developing a feature version of her short AZAAR with producer Nat Baring and Film4.