Margy Kinmonth – Film Director
Margy Kinmonth is an award winning film and television director whose many credits include Mariinsky Theatre and Nutcracker Story for ITV about Russian opera and ballet; Outback Art – The Goldrush for C4; and Rubens – A Master in the Making. Her series Naked Hollywood with Arnold Schwarzenegger won BAFTA best documentary series.
Kinmonth’s authored investigative films include The Secret World of Haute Couture, shot on location in Paris and the RTS Best Arts award winning film about Rudolf Nureyev and Francis Bacon: The Strange World of Barry Who? Kinmonth’s biography films include Simon Gray’s Smoking Diaries for BBC, Dawn French and Steven Berkoff for the South Bank Show and Grierson nominated Remember the Secret Policeman’s Ball? for BBC.
WFTV 2009 Creative Originality Award
Maureen Murray – Film Producer
During Maureen Murray’s career in international coproduction she has worked with numerous award-winning film directors. Her production credits with veteran maverick Ken Russell include The Mystery of Dr. Martinu (Dreamgrange Ltd in association with BBC Television), In Search Of The English Folksong (Dreamgrange Ltd for Channel Four Television) and Lady Chatterley (for BBC Television). She produced the award-winning Verdi – A Life In Two Parts presented by Sir Mark Elder CBE and directed by Barrie Gavin (BBC Television / WDR / NVC) and the Emmy Award winner Jose Carreras – A Life Story directed by Chris Hunt (Iambic Productions / EEN / ITV).
Her feature film production credits include: Testimony directed by Tony Palmer starring Ben Kingsley; The Sea Change directed by Michael Bray starring Ray Winstone and Return To Sender directed by Bille August starring Aidan Quinn & Connie Nielsen and White Lightnin’ directed by Dominic Murphy starring Ed Hogg & Carrie Fisher. Maureen is a member of The Production Guild of Great Britain and The British Academy of Film & Television Arts, a founder member of Women In Film & Television UK, a graduate of the European Audio-Visual Entrepreneurs and an alumna of the European Film Business School.