DEVELOPING AND SUSTAINING A WORLD-CLASS WORKFORCE FOR HIGH-END TV PRODUCTION IN THE UK
David Crewdson with his mentor Helen Scott
“For the last year-and-a-bit it’s been quite evident that there’s a lack of diversity within leadership. When I saw this programme, I thought this could be an opportunity for me to not only represent, but also develop the skills to do the job properly. I only know of a few other black costume supervisors so there is a real lack of representation…I feel like I’ve been given the platform to facilitate change.”
The mentoring is important to Payam Hosseinian, who went to the National Film and Television School to move from language dubbing to technical sound, and is to be mentored by the award-winning Doug Sinclair (Sherlock). “I changed career so I was older and I wasn’t that young fresh runner who more senior people in the industry would take under their wings. I was more mature so I didn’t have that opportunity,” he says.
He feels ”very lucky” to be on the programme and has his sights set on supervising sound effects or sound post in high-end TV in three years. “It might be a bit too ambitious to achieve that in three years. But you never know.”
Christine Healy, Chair of the HETV Skills Fund, speaking at the Leaders of Tomorrow launch event
David Crewdson, based in the South West, is a standby art director currently working on Bridgerton. He is being mentored by Bafta-winning production designer Helen Scott and hopes to use Leaders of Tomorrow to progress his ambition to become an art director.
“It feels even more important that people are supported as they progress in their careers”
Christine Healy Chair of the HETV Skills Fund
George Thompson, who wants to be a production sound mixer in high-end TV, is to be mentored by David Lascelles (Downton Abbey) and is “buzzing” at the opportunity to be part of a programme with such a strong industry network. “So many production companies pay into the ScreenSkills High-end TV Skills Fund, so having all those contacts is something that is going to be instrumental in my success and getting myself out there. And potentially getting work in the future when that time comes,” he says.
He particularly values the length of the programme over three years. “It is more long-term in scope and ambition.”
“The programme will give me opportunities to expand technical sides to my knowledge base that I would like to build upon as I progress, but also there’s a lot of personal, character-building training available in terms of leading and managing teams,” says David. “Not just in terms of managing them in a business sense, but also from a personal sense, and being able to develop my leadership skills and learn how to run a healthy department that is happy and contented enough to be able to produce good creative work.”
In total, there are 19 Leaders of Tomorrow, spanning the UK from Victoria Nugent in Wales, who works in hair and make-up, to Rachel Erskine
in edit in Scotland. The High-end TV Skills Fund is supporting 15 candidates with additional places thanks to the BBC, Netflix and Sky Studios.
Christine Healy, Chair of the HETV Skills Fund and COO of Watford & Essex, says: “We all know how busy the industry is at the moment and it feels even more important that people are supported as they progress in their careers. We also need to ensure that both in front and behind the camera reflects UK society as a whole and that everyone is given the opportunity to follow their dreams…no matter what their situation.”
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