WFTV wales
MENTORING SCHEME
The WFTV Mentoring Scheme is a programme designed for women looking to take a significant step in their career. To apply for the Wales Mentoring Scheme you must have more than five years’ experience working in film, TV or digital production.
the 2024 WALES Mentees
Dinah Jones
Producer and Company Owner
Jenny Wood
Assistant Scheduler
Joelle Rumbelow
Set Decorator
Laura Martin
Robinson
Producer/Director
Lindsey Alford
Writer
Lindsay Bonaccorsi
Costume Designer
Sally Llewellyn
Producer
2024 MENTORS
WFTV has an extensive database of past and potential mentors who are keen to pass on their skills and experience to the next generation. Once mentees have been selected for the scheme they are hand-matched with an experienced industry figure who commits to spending at least six hours with their mentee over six months. Mentors are drawn from across the film and TV industry.
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Caroline Hollick | Head of Drama, Channel 4
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Nerys Evans | Creative Director, Scripted at Expectation
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Lynwen Brennan | Executive Vice President and General Manager, Lucasfilm
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Michele Clapton | Costume Designer
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Claire Russell | Script Editor and Producer
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Amy Flanagan | Creative Director and SVP Unscripted, Hidden Light
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Louise Thornton | Head of Commissioning, BBC Scotland
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Alan Clements | Film Producer and Managing Director, Two Rivers Media
the 2023 WALES Mentees
Caroline Evans
Hair and Make Up
Erika Hossington
Series Producer
Helen Faulkner
Sound Editor
Jenny Dafydd
Series Producer
Jenny Thompson
Scripted Producer/Story Consultant
Kaite O'Reilly
Screenwriter
Rosemary Baker
Self Shooting PD
2023 MENTORS
WFTV has an extensive database of past and potential mentors who are keen to pass on their skills and experience to the next generation. Once mentees have been selected for the scheme they are hand-matched with an experienced industry figure who commits to spending at least six hours with their mentee over six months. Mentors are drawn from across the film and TV industry.
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Jeanie Finlay | Artist and Filmmaker
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Katie Swinden | Film Producer
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Lucy Price | Founder & MD, Loop Talent
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Matt Barry | Screenwriter
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Nina Hartstone | Sound Editor
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Peter Wallis-Tayler | Executive Producer
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Sam Hoyle | Executive Producer, Sky
the 2022 WALES Mentees
Alaw Evans
Production Coordinator
India Pollock
Social Affairs Correspondent
Kylie Stanton
Head of Production Services
Laura Taylor-Williams
Distribution Consultant
Loretta Preece
Series Producer
Mia Sands
Script Supervisor
Zoë Howerska
Costume Designer
2022 MENTORS
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Caroline Hollick | Head of Drama, C4
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Eve Gabereau & Gemma Spector | Modern Films
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Lindsay Davies | Production Manager
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Natascha Cadle | Creative Director and Co-Founder, Envy Post Production
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Shelley Jofre | Senior News Editor BBC Scotland
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Sophie O'Neill | Costume Designer
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Susan Tully | Director
Meet the 2021 Mentees
Alice Rothwell
Senior Producer
Ana Garrido
Director / Script Supervisor
Catrin Rowlands
Producer/ Director
Hannah Williams
Casting Director
Lowri Malinowski
Multi-camera Director
Noomi Yates
Producer/ Director/ Assistant Director
Sioned Geraint
Series Producer and
Producer/ Director
2021 Mentors
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​Cate Hall - Creative Director, Development for BBC Studios
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Edwina Silver - Director of New Business for Matisse Media
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Julie Gardner - Co-founder of Bad Wolf Studios
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Kahleen Crawford - Casting Director
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Laura Marks - Digital Commissioner, Channel 4
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Rose Glass - Writer/Director
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Sarah Gavron - Film Director
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Scarlett Ewens - CEO Matisse Media
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Steve Smith - Multi camera Director
WHAT the MENTORS SAy about the scheme
Julie Parmenter
MD, Molinare
The Mentee scheme is an exceptionally rewarding programme to be part of. To watch the transformation of the individuals over the period of six months is astonishing. For anyone to have the time to dig deep into what is most important, set goals and implement change to reach them is a unique opportunity that very few will ever have.
Hilary Davis
Co-Managing Director,
Bankside Films
I was perfectly matched with my mentee and believe that we both derived a benefit from our series of meetings. Training is crucial for the continued development of careers, especially for women, as the commercial side of the business is often overlooked but is vital if films are to be successful in the worldwide market place.
André Singer
MD Spring Films
Nothing is more effective in our fraught industry than the marriage of experience to aspiration. Linking mentees with passion and drive to industry veterans prepared to guide them is a great way to help remove some of the many hurdles ahead.
The WFTV mentor scheme is a fantastic way to utilise the experience of TV professionals to further the careers of the next generation of content makers. The scheme benefits the mentees and the mentors equally - it really is a two-way thing, listening and discussing the minutiae of one's working life and realising that it was the small stuff that we had all but forgotten that made the big stuff possible.
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Maddy Darrall | Joint MD Darrall Macqueen
SPONSOR
We are very grateful to our Mentoring Scheme sponsor of our Wales based programme:
