Speakers
In 2009, we were delighted to welcome over 200 speakers to Doc/Fest. Each year, some of the world’s leading filmmakers, broadcasters, digital artists, and games designers feature in our session programme.
In 2009 speakers such as RJ Cutler, Leslie Woodhead, Penny Woolcock, Marc Isaacs, Nick Fenton, Franny Armstrong, Itay Talgam, and many more participated in a programme of inspirational masterclasses, controversial panels and one-to-one interviews.
Click on speaker names below to read the 2009 speaker biographies.
| Name | Job Title | Company | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ackerman, Roy | Managing Director | Fresh One Productions, Jamie Oliver Group | United Kingdom |
| Adams, Matt | Artist | Blast Theory | United Kingdom |
| Ali, Jobeda | Managing Director | Fair Knowledge | United Kingdom |
| Amsel, Alex | Game Dev CEO | Tuna | United Kingdom |
| Andersdotter, Amelia | MEP | Pirate Party | Sweden |
| Anstiss, Samantha | commissioning executive producer | BBC | United Kingdom |
| Anthony, Sam | Knowledge Commissioning Executive Producer, Scotland | BBC | Scotland |
| Armstrong, Franny | Director | Spanner Films | United Kingdom |
| Arno, Axel | Commissioning Editor | SVT - Sveriges Television AB | Sweden |
| Atkin, Mark | Manager | Crossover | United Kingdom |
| Bailiff, Katie | Head of Programmes | Century Films | United Kingdom |
| Ball, Jo | Commissioning Editor for BBC 1 & 2, Factual Features and Formats | BBC | United Kingdom |
| Battsek, John | Head of Film | Passion Pictures | United Kingdom |
| Baxter, Lucy | Producer | Mandrake Films | United Kingdom |
| Bays, Mia | Producer | Missing in Action Films | United Kingdom |
| Bell, Haidee | Creative Economy Programme Manager | NESTA | United Kingdom |
| Bennett, Mike | CEO / Creative Director | Oil Productions | United Kingdom |
| Bolch, Louisa | Head of New Media | CTVC/Rank Foundation | United Kingdom |
| Bond, David | Director | Green Lions | United Kingdom |
| Boyd, Frank | Director | Unexpected Media/Crossover Labs | United Kingdom |
| Bozhilova, Martichka | Producer | AGITPROP | Bulgaria |
| Brabazon, James | Filmmaker | Freelance | United Kingdom |
| Buck, Samantha | Director | Living the 6 LLC | United States |
| Burnett, Christina | Producer/Trainer | Wide Eye Pictures Ltd | United Kingdom |
| Cheek, Norwood | Director | Flicker | United States |
| Chinn, Simon | Producer | Red Box Films Ltd | England |
| Chitty, Andrew | Managing Director | Illumina Digital Ltd | England |
| Clinton-Davis, Jo | Controller, Popular Factual | ITV | United Kingdom |
| Cohen, Nick | Multiplatform Commissioning Executive | BBC | United Kingdom |
| Connock, Alex | Chief Executive | Ten Alps PLC | United Kingdom |
| Cornuel, Pascale | Commissioning Editor | ARTE G.E.I.E | France |
| Cowling, Tom | Swan Turton | United Kingdom | |
| Crickard, Paula | Materials Aquisitions | Wild Bunch | United Kingdom |
| Crowe, Patrick | President | Xenophile Media | Canada |
| Curwin, Nick | United Kingdom | ||
| Cutler, R.J. | Filmmaker | Actual Reality Pictures | United States |
| Dale, Charlotte | Associate Producer | Current TV | United Kingdom |
| Davidson, Martin | Executive Producer | BBC | United Kingdom |
| Deverell, Richard | Controller of BBC Children's and Chief Operating Officer BBC North | BBC | United Kingdom |
| Dickson, Simon | Deputy Head of Documentaries | Channel 4 | United Kingdom |
| DiGiacomo, Danielle | Community Manager/Distributor and Producer | IFP/Bugle B Productions | United States |
| Dingle, Ceri | Charity Director | WORLDwrite | United Kingdom |
| Duffus, Dylan | Filmmaker, Producer and Distributor | Freelance | United Kingdom |
| Duthie, Lyndsay | Head of Development | Etv Media Group | United Kingdom |
| Edelstyn, Dan | Motto Pictures | United Kingdom | |
| Eisenhauer, Hans Robert | Commissioning Editor - Head of Thema | ZDF/ARTE | Germany |
| Farnel, Sean | Director of Programming | Hot Docs | Canada |
| Fefferman, Nina | Assistant Professor in Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources | Rutger's University | United States |
| Fenton, Nick | Editor | Warp Films | United Kingdom |
| Fontaine, Dick | Head Of Documentary Direction | National Film and Television School | United Kingdom |
| Forbes, Patrick | Head of Documentaries | Oxford Film and Television | United Kingdom |
| Ford, Simon | Excecutive Producer | Freelance | United Kingdom |
| Fowler, William | Curator of Artists Moving Image | BFI National Archive | United Kingdom |
| Fox, Claire | Director | Institute of Ideas | United Kingdom |
| Fraser, Nick | Commissioning Editor | BBC Storyville | United Kingdom |
| Funnell, John | Technical Product Manager | Panasonic UK | United Kingdom |
| Gardner, Emma | Sustainability Consultant | AECOM | United Kingdom |
| Glaser, Daniel | Head of Special Projects in Public Engagement | Wellcome Trust | United Kingdom |
| Glynne, Andy | Chief Executive | Documentary Filmmakers Group | United Kingdom |
| Goodchild, Marc | Head of Interactive & On-Demand | BBC | United Kingdom |
| Gowans, Steve | Head of Factual Entertainment and Acting Head of Features | five TV | United Kingdom |
| Graef, Roger | Chief Executive | Films of Record | United Kingdom |
| Graham, Alex | Chief Executive | Wall to Wall | United Kingdom |
| Griffiths, Richard | Stakeholder Outreach Team Leader (Copenhagen) | DECC | United Kingdom |
| Hall, Carl | Chief Executive Officer | Parthenon Entertainment Ltd | United Kingdom |
| Happold, Tom | Head of Multimedia | Guardian News and Media | United Kingdom |
| Hayes, Melanie | 4iP Investment Manager | 4iP, Channel 4 | United Kingdom |
| Hayling, Alan | Editorial Director | Renegade Pictures UK Ltd | United Kingdom |
| Hewlett, Steve | Chair | Sheffield Doc/Fest | United Kingdom |
| Hill, Brian | Managing Director | Century Films | United Kingdom |
| Hill, Sara | Commercial Director, Broadcast | Prime Focus | United Kingdom |
| Hird, Christopher | Producer | Dartmouth Films | England |
| Hoffmann Meyer, Mette | Head of documentaries and co-productions | DR TV | Denmark |
| Holt, Morgan | Director | The Engine Group | United Kingdom |
| Hon, Adrian | Co-founder and Chief Creative | Six to Start | United Kingdom |
| Howitt, Dylan | Producer / Director | Freelance | United Kingdom |
| Hurst, Lilla | Founder | Lillavision Ltd | United Kingdom |
| Inniss, Nicole "Justice" | Director / Actress / Lyricist | Hotep Productions | United Kingdom |
| Isaacs, Marc | Filmmaker | Freelance | United Kingdom |
| Jackson, Tabitha | Editor of More 4 | Channel 4 Television | United Kingdom |
| James, Emily | Independent Filmmaker | * | England |
| Johnson, Steven | Founder CEO | Outside In | United States |
| Johnson, Andrew | Senior Producer, Documentaries | CBC Newsworld (aka CBC News Network) | Canada |
| Joynson, Sally | Chief Executive | Screen Yorkshire | United Kingdom |
| Kavanagh, Damian | Controller CBBC | BBC | United Kingdom |
| Keir, Grant | Producer | Faction North Ltd | United Kingdom |
| Kemp, Adam | MD Aenon & ex BBC Specialist Factual Commissioner | England | |
| Kilner, James | Dr | Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, IoN, UCL | United Kingdom |
| King, Jamie | Director | Steal This Film | United Kingdom |
| Kingsbury, Jonathan | Head of the Creative Economy Innovation Programme | NESTA | United Kingdom |
| Kopp, Ingrid | Director, US Office | Shooting People | United States |
| Koppel, Gideon | film maker | van film Ltd | England |
| Korn, Dan | Senior Vice President and Head of Factual | Discovery | United Kingdom |
| Langan, Sean | Filmmaker | Freelance | England |
| Lawson, Dan | Screen WM | United Kingdom | |
| Le Dieu, Paula | director of digital bfi | BFI | United Kingdom |
| Lee, Ralph | Head of Specialist Factual | Channel 4 | England |
| Lidin, Karolina | Managing Director | Filmkontakt Nord | Denmark |
| Lindsay, John | Vice President, Head of National/International Productions | KETC | United States |
| Locke, Matt | Acting Head of Cross Platform | Channel 4 | United Kingdom |
| Longworth, Karina | L.A. WEEKLY | SpoutBlog | United States |
| Loosemore, Tom | Head of 4iP | Channel 4 Television | England |
| Lovadina, Matteo | Senior Sales & Acquisitions Consultant | Wide Management | France |
| Marking, Havana | Director / Producer | Redstart Media / Roast Beef TV | United Kingdom |
| Marsh, Matt | Founder | Firsthand Experience | United Kingdom |
| McLaughlin, Rob | Assistant Director, Digital Content and Strategy | National Film Board of Canada | Canada |
| McLeod , Kerry | Producer | Documentary Filmmakers Group | United Kingdom |
| McVay, John | Chief Executive | Pact | England |
| Meditch, Andrea | Head | MSU Film Initiative | United States |
| Mirsky, Nick | Executive Producer | BBC | United Kingdom |
| Modi, Mehelli | Founder and Managing Director | Second Run DVD | United Kingdom |
| Moore, Charlotte | Commissioning Executive, Documentaries | BBC | United Kingdom |
| Morris, Luke | Producer | Freelance | United Kingdom |
| Mote, Jane | Director Factual, Lifestyle, New Media | UKTV | United Kingdom |
| Mottram, James | Freelance | N/A | England |
| Mulholland, Siobhan | Commissioning Editor | BSkyB | United Kingdom |
| Mullighan, James | Creative Director | Shooting People | United Kingdom |
| Newbigin, John | Chairman, Screen England + Strategy Advisor, UK Film Council | Freelance | England |
| Norbury, Caroline | Chief Executive | South West Screen | United Kingdom |
| Nurkollari, Veton | Director of Programming | DokuFest Prizren | Kosovo |
| Payne, Carolyn | Series Producer | Freelance | United Kingdom |
| Pegg, Alistair | Editor, Factual Entertainment | Channel 4 | United Kingdom |
| Penfold, James | Commercial Director | etv productions | United Kingdom |
| Peters, Sarah | Director | BSkyB | United Kingdom |
| Pitt, Ruth | Executive Director | Screen England | United Kingdom |
| Poremba, Cindy | Artist/Researcher | Concordia University | Canada |
| Porter, Dawn | Vice President Standards / S&P Counsel | AETN | United States |
| Rafaele, Aysha | Commissioner/Editor of First Cut | Channel 4 | United Kingdom |
| Rance, Nick | Manager, Environment Projects | TVE | United Kingdom |
| Read, Emma | Creative Director | ITN Productions | United Kingdom |
| Rhodes, Seyi | Reporter | Channel 4 | United Kingdom |
| Robertson, Margaret | Games Consultant | Lookspring | United Kingdom |
| Robertson, Mick | Executive Producer | Wisedup | England |
| Robinson, Andrew | Party Leader | Pirate Party | United Kingdom |
| Ronez, Joel | Head of Internet | ARTE France | France |
| Rudge, Matt | Producer Director | Freelance/Firecracker Films | United Kingdom |
| Salem, Lisa | Filmmaker | United Kingdom | |
| Scott, Sandi | Series Producer/Director | Freelance | United Kingdom |
| Scott Gordon, Lisa | VP Acquisitions | Brightspark Ltd | United Kingdom |
| Search, Jess | Chief Executive | Channel 4 British Documentary Film Foundation/ Britdoc | United Kingdom |
| Sesic, Rada | Film maker, Curator andFestival Programmer | Sarajevo Film Festival / IDFA | Netherlands |
| Shaw, Chris | Senior Programme Controller | Five | United Kingdom |
| Sheldon, Andrew | Exec Producer | Freelance | United Kingdom |
| Silver, Jeremy | CEO | Mediaclarity | United Kingdom |
| Singer, Andre | CEO & Creative Director | West Park Pictures | United Kingdom |
| Smith, Vaughan | Founder and Managing Director | The Frontline Club | United Kingdom |
| Smith, Geoffrey | Producer / Director | Eyeline Films | United Kingdom |
| Solomon, Alexandru | Director/Producer | Hi Film Productions | Romania |
| Stoeva, Anna | Development producer for AGITPROP and project operations manager for the Balkan Documentary Center | AGITPROP/Balkan Documentary Center | Bulgaria |
| Sweeney, Hugues | Interactive program manager | NFB (National Film Board of Canada) | Canada |
| Szalat, Alex | Head of Current Affairs, Society and Geopolitics Department | ARTE France | France |
| Talgam, Itay | Conductor | Shissio Production | Israel |
| Tarn, Gary | Director | www.garytarn.com | United Kingdom |
| Taylor, Celia | Commissioning Editor, Factual and Features, Sky1 HD, Sky1,2 & 3 | BSkyB | United Kingdom |
| Taylor, Alice | Commissioning Editor, Education | Channel 4 | United Kingdom |
| Taylor, Andy | Director, Digital Media | All3Media | United Kingdom |
| Thomas, Gary | Co-director | Animate Projects | United Kingdom |
| Thompson, Molly | "VP" | A&E IndieFilms | United States |
| Thompson, Neil | Product Manager | Sony Professional | United Kingdom |
| Thompson, Chris | Head of Enterprise & Innovation | Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication | United Kingdom |
| Tittel, Jörg | Producer, Director | BreakThru Films Ltd. | United Kingdom |
| Toolis, Kevin | Director | Many Rivers Films | United Kingdom |
| Truyen, Barbara | Commissioning Editor Documentaries | VPRO | Netherlands |
| van Messel, Esther | Manging Director / owner | First Hand Films | Switzerland |
| Vehkalahti, Iikka | Commissioning Editor, Documentary | YLE TV2 | Finland |
| Walker, Dominique | Commissioning Editor, Factual Entertainment | Channel 4 Television | United Kingdom |
| Wallace, Melanie | Senior Series Producer | WGBH | United States |
| Walsh, John | Director | Walsh Bros Ltd | United Kingdom |
| Walsh, Tony | Founding Director | Phantom Compass | Canada |
| Weavers, Deborah | Senior Production Manager | Freelance | United Kingdom |
| Weber, Eva | Director | Odd Girl Out Productions Ltd | United Kingdom |
| West, Robert | Co-Founder and Executive Director | Working Films | United States |
| Wild, Mark | MD | Artists in Motion | United Kingdom |
| Wilkinson, Mary | Commissioning Editor | BBC World News | United Kingdom |
| Wilkinson, David Nicholas | Chairman | guerilla Films | United Kingdom |
| Willey, Paul | Commercial Executive | Prime Focus World Group | United Kingdom |
| Willis, Lucy | Executive Producer | Raw Television | England |
| Win, Khin Maung | Deputy Executive Director | Democratic Voice of Burma | Norway |
| Winston, Brian | Lincoln Professor of Communications | University of Lincoln | United Kingdom |
| Wintonick, Peter | Producer-Director | Necessary Illusions - Eyesteel | Canada |
| Wolting, Femke | director/Co-Founder | Submarine | Netherlands |
| Wood, Jason | Director of Programming | Curzon Cinemas | United Kingdom |
| Woodhead, Leslie | Freelance Producer/Director | Blakeway | United Kingdom |
| Woods, Brian | Managing Director | True Vision Productions | United Kingdom |
| Woolcock, Penny | Writer/Director | Freelance | England |
| Wurstlin, Lucy | Digital Commissioning Manager, Yorkshire & Humber | 4IP | United Kingdom |
| Yakobovich, Oren | Video Department Director | B'Tselem | Israel |
| Yamaguchi, Adam | executive producer | current tv/vanguard | United States |
| Yarmut, Orna | Managing Director | Copro-Documentary Marketing Foundation | Israel |
| York, Ashley | Producer | Take Action Games | United States |
| Ziessen, Tom | Public Engagement Adviser - People and Broadcast Grants | Wellcome Trust | United Kingdom |
| Zimmerman, Debra | Executive Director | Women Make Movies | United States |
| Zin, Tha | Reporter | Democratic Voice of Burma | United Kingdom |