Contact the Film Team
The Film Team leads the delivery of the UK Film Skills Strategy A Bigger Future 2, developed jointly with the UK film industry. By working closely with the industry and through training and education providers, we aim to attract and retain the brightest and the best talent to the UK film industry, ensuring the supply of skills meets the demands of industry to remain sustainable and competitive.
Dan Simmons - Acting Head of Film
Dan is charged with overall responsibility for driving forward and delivering A Bigger Future - the UK Film Skills Strategy, a partnership between Skillset and the British Film Institute (BFI).
t. 020 7713 9871
e-mail: dans@skillset.org
Rebecca Davies - Partnership Manager, Film
Rebecca manages relations within the areas of film and animation.
t. 020 7713 9869
e-mail: rebeccad@skillset.org
Sarah Trigg - Partnership Manager, Film
Sarah manages relationships with the areas of craft and technical.
t. 020 7713 9858
e-mail: saraht@skillset.org
Harriet Fleuriot - Film and Online Marketing Manager
Harriet is responsible for the development, planning and execution of marketing strategies to promote A Bigger Future 2, the UK Film Skills Strategy, as well as developing Skillset's use of social media to raise the profile of Skillset's work across the UK Creative Industries.
t: 020 7713 9867
e-mail: harrietf@skillset.org
Lesley Lipscombe - Film Standards and Qualifications Developer
Lesley helps to develop film standards and qualifications within the film sector to feed into the wider work of the team.
t. 020 7713 9856
e-mail: lesleyl@skillset.org
John Lee - Film Research & Evaluation Co-ordinator
John is responsible for researching and evaluating within the film sector and supports the rest of the Research and Evaluation Team to implement the strategies.
t. 020 7713 9860
e-mail: johnl@skillset.org
Kristen Platt - Skills Investment Fund (SIF) Co-ordinator
Kristen co-ordinates the collection of the Skills Investment Fund, a skills levy on UK film production that contributes towards training. She is the first point of contact for information on the SIF.
t. 0207 713 9862
email: kristenp@skillset.org
Kate Smith - Film Fund Co-ordinator
Kate co-ordinates the Film Skills Fund. She works with organisations to ensure the contracting process is as smooth as possible and continues to support organisations throughout the duration of their contract.
t: 020 7713 9832
e-mail: kates@skillset.org
Susanna Vaughan - Film Fund Co-ordinator
Susanna co-ordinates the Film Skills Fund. She works with organisations to ensure the contracting process is as smooth as possible and continues to support organisations throughout the duration of their contract.
t: 020 7713 9872
e-mail: susannav@skillset.org
Kieran Heffernan - Film Team Administrator
Kieran works across the film team to support the work of A Bigger Future 2
t: 020 7713 9871
e-mail: kieranh@skillset.org
