Meet the Producer: TV Drama and Features with Yvonne Isimeme Ibazebo

In this new strand of WFTV events, members are invited to Meet the Producer. This session will feature our host and fellow producer Michelle Stein in conversation with acclaimed TV drama and feature film producer, Yvonne Isimeme Ibazebo.

Yvonne is known for her work on BAFTA winning Netflix series Top Boy, along with the brilliant Romcom feature, Rye Lane.

Michelle and Yvonne will discuss Yvonne’s career path transitioning between TV drama and feature film.

There will be an opportunity to ask Yvonne questions during the last 15 minutes of the session.

Event Schedule:

18:25: Please join the webinar waiting room

18:30: In conversation with Yvonne Isimeme Ibazebo

19:15: Attendee Q&A opens

19:30: Finish

About Yvonne Isimeme Ibazebo, Guest Producer

Yvonne has worked on a wide variety of film & tv projects with an array of talented directors and actors. From Artist / filmmaker John Maybury’s debut feature, Love is the Devil, starring Daniel Craig  (Un Certain Regard nominee, Best British Feature Edinburgh International Film Festival) to Top Boy, a ten-part TV series for Netflix with award-winning directors Yann Demange, Reinaldo Marcus Green, Nia DaCosta and Aneil Karia. Through her company Turnover Films, Yvonne is developing a feature film set in Burkina Faso with DNA/Film4/MGM;  a TV series with 101 Studios;  and two debut features with Film4. Completed projects include Two Single Beds, a short film written and starring Daniel Kaluuya for Film 4; A Story of Bones,best documentary feature nominee at Tribeca Film Festival due to be broadcast on PBS; and Rye Lane, Raine Allen Miller’s critically acclaimed feature film which premiered at Sundance.

About Michelle Stein, Host & Producer

Michelle Stein is a BAFTA nominated, RTS nominated and BIFA winning producer. She is a Founder of and producer at new North-West based production company The Fold, which she has recently established with long-term producing partner Jen Monks. Films Michelle has produced have premiered at Critic’s Week in Cannes, SXSW and the London Film Festival. Her latest production, Sky Peals, by writer/director Moin Hussain was funded by Film4, the BFI and Screen Yorkshire and will be released later in the year. Michelle’s has a range of films and TV projects in development with a variety of broadcasters and funders such as Film 4, BBC Films and the BFI. Her company was recently named a recipient of the BBC’s Small Indie Fund.

How will the online event work?

This event will be live streamed via Zoom.us. Viewing details will be sent via your confirmation.

Attending participants will not be visible to others and will be muted throughout the session. After the talk, there will be an opportunity for audience members to ask questions by using the Q&A feature.

This event is for existing WFTV members only.

If you are not a member and would like to join, membership costs just £100 + VAT/yr , please click here or email admin@wftv.org.uk

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