Northern Alliance - BFI

Filmmaker support
The total numbers of directors, producers and writers supported by strategic
partners' schemes all declined over the period of review. The average number of
directors supported per respondent each year fell from six to five, the number of
producers held relatively stable at around five, and the number of writers
decreased from six to five.
Career development
Of the 1,048 filmmakers 102 supported by the UK Film Council during the period
368 are directors, 332 are producers and 348 are writers (these may include a
small overlap between roles, eg writer/directors, and between schemes).
The available recorded data show that at least:
20% have made another short film;
8% have a job in the industry;
4% have gained recognition in industry press; and
2% have been recognised in public press.
In terms of conversion to feature film, the majority of respondents say that three
years is much too short a time to see this transformation: ten years is posited as
more appropriate. However, from available figures, of the filmmakers supported
by the strategic partners over the last three years:
Diversity
4% have received feature film development funding; and
2% have made a feature film.
Despite providing diversity key performance indicators directly to the UK Film
Council, four strategic partners were unable to provide the diversity data
requested in the questionnaire: two of them provided the key performance
indicators rather than inputting; one said they believed that the key performance
indicator data and questionnaire data were incompatible; and one was unable to
obtain data from a new strategic partner.
102 This totals 987, when Virgin Shorts and a strategic partner Completion Fund contribution
are excluded.
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