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You can call me Al.

Paul Simon, 1986

Profile

Al/Alex/Alexzandra (she/her) is a Production Manager and Talent Development Facilitator, a 2024 Women in Film & TV mentoring awardee, and the winner of the Outstanding Woman in Arts, Media, and Music (East Midlands) award at the 2024 Women's Awards. She has developed projects attracting investment from BFI, Innovate UK, Arts Council England, and the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.

She is now the in-house Production Manager for artist moving image commissioners and producers Film and Video Umbrella. Piror to setting up Liminal Screens, Alex was a BFI NETWORK Talent Executive (2018–2023), where she executive-produced 35 short films and developed 19 features. Before this, she led the talent programme for Phoenix Cinema, lectured in Professional Practice in the UK Film Industry at De Montfort University, and, through Poppy Jack Productions, produced the family feature A Dozen Summers, which premiered on Netflix in 2021.

Work she has produced has appeared in Dazed, Variety and The Guardian.

With experience in development, production, exhibition, and education, she champions accessibility in film and art.

Her work is rooted in creative and curatorial justice, collaborating with storytellers and organisations to help ensure that the aims of a project are communicated and achieved with clarity and integrity.

Ultimately, Alex loves to see people collaborate and thrive and feels she has the knowledge and skills to connect people and nurture their stories.

Memberships

  • BECTU

  • a-n The Artists Information Company

  • Women in Film & TV

  • BAFTA Connect

  • BIFA Voting Member

  • British Art Network

Training

  • BA (hons) Film Theory, History and Criticism with Professional Writing

  • NFTS Developing and Pitching Drama short course

  • London Film School Script Editing short course

  • CiM NVQ3 Line Management

  • University of Leicester Signature British Sign Language Level 1

  • BIFA Unconscious Bias Training

  • Independent Cinema Office Elevate: Leadership for Cinema Professionals

  • Independent Cinema Office Cultural Programming

  • Cultivate Film in Education

  • First Option On Set COVID Supervisor

  • i-act Wellbeing Facilitator (for positive mental health and wellbeing on set)

  • MHFA England Mental Health First Aider

  • NSPCC Child Protection and Safeguarding

  • Action Deafness & Vista Disability Awareness

  • St Johns Ambulance First Aid at Work

  • St Johns Ambulance Fire Marshall

Insurance

Liminal Screens is covered by £10m Public and Products Liability (PPL) insurance and £5m Professional Indemnity (PI) insurance policy.

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