This event will take place online, chaired by Lucy Brydon, Friday 6th, 11.30am

A graduate of UCLA, Kings College, RADA and a member of the Bar of England and Wales, Kate Wilson has worked in the film industry in various capacities for 25 years. She trained as a producer in Los Angeles with Jodie Foster’s Egg Pictures and Paul Thomas Anderson’s Ghoulardi Film Company, and was the founder of Fury Films, an award-winning London-based production company. She is a co-Founder of the Call It! Workplace Culture App, a data collection and signposting tool that reduces instances of bullying and harassment and creates safer and more equitable places of work. As a writer, Kate is currently developing a feature film and a limited series. Her first novel, Prospects, is inspired by experiences working in Hollywood in the late 1990s and was published by Cinnamon Press in July 2024.

Warwick Thursday In-Person Talk with filmmaker Giorgio Guernier

Join us to hear about writing and directing independent films on a low budget

Please RSVP to Lucy Brydon at L.Brydon@warwick.ac.uk

DAY: Monday 21st October 2024

TIME: 2.15pm for a 2.30pm start, finishes at 3.30pm

LOCATION: FAB0.16, Faculty of Arts Building (Ground Floor)

Giorgio Guernier Bio:

Giorgio Guernier is a London-based producer, writer and director.

His first feature film as a director, writer and producer was Suburban Steps to Rockland - The Story Of The Ealing Club (2017), a music documentary on London’s first blues club. The documentary was presented at various film festivals including London Doc’N’Roll and Barcelona In-Edit and bought by SKY UK and other international TV channels.

Giorgio’s second feature film as a writer, editor, director and producer was Never A Master Plan (2022), a narrative feature film on a group of creative Londoners, which premiered at See You Sound (Turin, Italy), where it was presented in the Feature competition.

As a producer, through his company Pop Homage, Giorgio recently produced Il Padiglione Sull’Acqua (2023), an Italian documentary feature film on architect Carlo Scarpa.

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