Our Diversity and Inclusion Action Group is tasked with shaping an action plan to improve diversity in the UK’s film and television production workforce behind the camera. The DIAG comprises PGGB members working in high level positions in a range of fields across film and TV production including production office, accounts, locations, assistant directing, post-production and VFX. Members share personal testimonies of barriers or discrimination they have encountered throughout their careers and reflect on their own experiences, to help inform targeted initiatives to be taken forward by PGGB.
PGGB Diversity and Inclusion Action Group
Malika Keswani (Chair), Production Manager (UK Non-Fiction)
Malika is a driven individual with senior production management experience gained and applied at blue chip organisations within Unscripted. Malika's experience…
Mia Martell (Vice-Chair), Producer
Mia Martell is a Producer and Pragmatic Optimist.She has worked on over 50 film, television and digital productions and has filmed in 30 countries.In addition to…
Chika Anisiobi (Vice-Chair), Production Accountant
Chika Anisiobi is Production Finance Manager (UK Non-Fiction) for Netflix. Midlands born and bred, Chika moved to London “for the chance to see my name in lights…
Alex Boden, Producer
Alex Boden is a film and TV producer working in the UK and internationally, specialising in co-productions and international productions. He most recently produced…
Ali Moshref, SVP Production, Film Finances Inc.
Ali has been a Production Executive at Film Finances Limited since 2011, working on between 10 and 15 projects a year. Film Finances provides completion guarantees…
Alice Dawson, Co-Producer
Alice has worked on British independent films for the last 20 years, first as a Production Accountant and then as a Production Manager, Line Producer and Co-Producer.…
Andy Noble, Producer
Andy is an Emmy-nominated Producer with dual British / Irish nationality, based in London. With 20 years experience in the industry he has worked in Feature Films,…
Angela Murray, Line Producer
Angela Murray is a Glasgow based Line Producer and Producer with over twenty years experience working in the film and television industry across the UK and Ireland.…
Anita Overland, Producer
Along with Mike Elliott, Anita Overland recently produced Director Steve McQueen’s anthology series of 5 films “Small Axe” due for transmission on the BBC…
Anna Mansi, Head of Certification, BFI
As Head of Certification, Anna works closely with key stakeholders in government and across the Screen Sectors to provide advice and guidance on the application…
Bianca Gavin, Head of Production
Bianca Gavin is the Head of Production for scripted productions at Pulse Films. This followed her role as Senior Production Executive for EU scripted originals…
Christopher Granier-Deferre, Producer
Christopher is a freelance producer with a career spanning over thirty years, five continents and a brief spell in ‘zero G’. He began as a runner, moved through…
Cindy Irving, Line Producer
Ed Gramolt, Company Director, The Film Office
Ed Gramolt is a Company Director at The Film Office. They are responsible for managing all commercial film and photography activity for various London Borough Councils…
Gary Brown, Creative Director, Technicolor
Gavin Weatherall, Operations Director, The Wire Rig Company
Georgette Turner, UPM and Location Manager
Working as a UPM and Supervising Location Manager for fifteen years Georgette has worked her way up the ladder to be a leading member of the UK film industry. Serving…
Imogen Gay, Production Manager
Jacqueline Graham, Production Accountant
Jacqueline has been in the Finance field for almost 30yrs (10yrs - Corporate & 20yrs - Film/TV).She has seen a change in the industry in regards to women in…
Jacquie Glanville, Line Producer, BBC
Jason Morrow, Supervising Producer
Jason T. Morrow (pronouns: he, him, his) is a Supervising Producer for Technicolor London, overseeing Front End Services, which includes Dailies and Technicolor’s…
Jen Rooks, Production Manager
With over 10 years of National and International experience in the Production Department of films and high end TV drama, Jen has recently stepped up to Production…
Jessamyn Keogh, Assistant Accountant
Judith Bantock, Head of Production, Baby Cow Productions
Judith Bantock is Head of Production at Baby Cow Productions. She started her career as a secretary at the BBC 'many moons ago' and worked her way up through the…
Kate Rolfe, Foundation Director - Digital Orchard Foundation
Kate Rolfe heads up the Digital Orchard Foundation, which focuses on supporting talent progression for individuals from underrepresented groups in technical…
Matthew Lawson, Production Accountant
I have been working in the film & television industry for approaching 12 years with credits including The King’s Speech, Downton Abbey, Star Wars: The Force…
Roopesh Parekh, Executive Producer
Roopesh Parekh is currently an Executive Producer at Lucasfilm and has predominately worked in the HETV space. His most recent credits include Series Producer on…
Sabbir Ahmed, Production Accountant
Sabbir has been freelancing in the Film & TV industry as an accountant and controller for over 15 years; having worked in over 20 countries across 5 continents,…
Samantha Brayson, Accountant
If people in powerful positions continue to hire and cast only people who look like them, sound like them, come from the same neighborhoods they grew up in, they…
Sarah Lazarides, Partner, Harbottle & Lewis LLP
Sarah Lazarides advises clients on a broad range of commercial issues in the media and entertainment sector, primarily surrounding the development, production,…
Tony Hood, Location Manager
I am a Location Manager and a Co-Founder of Circles crewing app. 20+ years of location managing has shown me the difficulties of getting started in this industry…
Veronica Barnett, Assistant Accountant
Since starting in the film industry in 2014 I have been lucky enough to work on a variety of productions, both big and small.I have recently been involved in several…