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Council members serve as directors and trustees of BAFTA, a registered charity, and carry a responsibility to ensure the viability and reputa- tion of our organisation.
They also oversee the Academy’s mandate across the three UK Nations and Regions offices and our two affiliate organisations in the US.
The newly elected members join a Council that represents a huge breadth of talent from the UK across the areas of film, televi- sion and interactive entertain- ment, chaired for the second year of a two-year term by Michael Attwell. Duncan Kenworthy OBE has been elected to the position of Deputy Chair, which he takes over from Simon Relph.
The AGM was the last job taken on by Simon Relph as part of his Deputy Chairman’s duties. Simon will remain closely involved with BAFTA as a trustee of the David Lean BAFTA Foundation and as a co-opted member of the Film Committee.
Duncan Kenworthy paid trib- ute to Simon, who was given a standing ovation by all in atten- dance. It’s a safe bet that the rest of BAFTA’s membership and its staff too would agree that Simon’s unwavering commitment and hard-working contribution to the Academy has been consis- tently positive over the past two decades.
Film
Jane Cussons, Chief Executive of Women In Film and Television, was newly elected to join Council. This will be Jane’s first term on Council. Screenwriter Ayub Khan Din and producer Finola Dwyer have been re-elect- ed for another two years. They join existing Council members Charlotte MacLeod, David Parfitt, Mark Shivas and Ernest Vincze BSC. Duncan Kenworthy remains uncontested as Chair of the Film Committee, while David remains Deputy Chair.
Jane is the only newly elected film member. On being asked why she stood for Council, she commented: “I have been in the industry for 30-odd years and have been a member of BAFTA since 1988. I just feel that in con- junction with the job I am doing at WFTV, it was time for me to put something back, by giving at least my time.”
Television
Drama producer Richard Broke has been elected to serve on Council, along with Producer/Director Peter Kosminsky.
Says Richard “I was on the BAFTA Council before, both as a member of the Television Committee and also as the first- ever Chair of the Interactive Committee. I think it’s vital that BAFTA remains relevant to the whole of our industry and is not seen as an enclave for the elite.
“I also see BAFTA, through its Awards, as an upholder of quality. To paraphrase Michael Grade’s famous remark about the BBC – ‘BAFTA keeps us all honest’”.
Peter’s reasons for standing for election were: “Despite the best, often heroic efforts of pro- gramme makers throughout the UK the standard of our TV pro- grammes seems to fall inex- orably.
“Is this process inevitable, I wondered, or can it be reversed? I decided to stop moaning from the sidelines and stand for BAFTA Council in an attempt to find an answer to that question.”
TV Committee Deputy Chair Hilary Bevan Jones and Kenith Trodd have been re-elected to serve, where they join other TV committee members Amma Asante, Adam Kemp and Mike Milne. Dianne Nelmes remains on Council as the Chair of the Television Committee.
Events and Education
Jill James was re-elected as Chair of the Events & Education committee. This is her fourth year in that post.
Interactive Enter tainment
Paul Balmer, CEO of multime- dia company Music On Earth, has been elected to Council for the first time. So why did Paul decide to stand for election?
“I’m very concerned that the term ‘interactive’ is fast acquiring a reputation as synonymous with ‘trivia - only suitable for teenagers and anoraks.’
“This is unfortunate and causes interactivity to be too easily dis- missed by both programme-mak- ers and viewers. Perhaps I can provoke some discussion of a more considered approach to the vast potential for ‘interactivity’ in the area of arts and education.”
Grant Dean, Director of International Product Development for software pub- lishers Midway Games, and exist- ing member of the Interactive Committee, has been re-elected for a second term, and was recently elected Chairman of the Interactive Committee.
Children’s
Jocelyn Stevenson, Executive Vice-President, Global Production and Creative Development at HIT Entertainment, remains the Children’s Committee represen- tative on Council. The Chair of the Committee will join her once elected later in the year. This fol- lows Nigel Pickard’s departure from Council, although he remains Chair of the Children’s
Committee until December 2003. Sara Geater and John
Chambers remain the two non- designated members of Council. This category was created last year for those wishing to con- tribute experience not confined to a specific genre. Michael Harris remains Honorary Treasurer. Ted Childs is the new DLBF Trustee on Council and joins Sydney Samuelson, the other DLBF Trustee representative.
The Academy would also like to thank those outgoing Council members for their valued contri- bution and dedication to the Academy’s work: Bea Ballard, Nick Elliott, Martin Freeth, Lord Puttnam, John Richmond and Stephen Woolley.
new faces at the top
This year’s Council of Management elections resulted in a few notable changes. The successful candidates were announced at the Annual General Meeting on June 30, reports Tara Davies
council elections
PRODUCERS,
DO YOU WANT TO MAKE “REAL” REALITY TV PROGRAMMES?
We award development funding to programmes that offer an authentic view of the developing world.
DFID PROGRAMME DEVELOPMENT FUND 2003.
Applications are invited for the DFID Programme Development Fund 2003. The scheme, launched in October 2001, aims to support UK television producers in their coverage of the developing world. Its objective is to expand understanding of development issues and of developing countries with a special focus on factual programme proposals that illustrate global interdependence.
The scheme is administered by the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association (CBA), with funding from The Department for International Development (DFID).
The DFID Programme Development Fund supports established, UK based, television producers wishing to produce factual programmes, for UK mainstream transmission, that promote understanding of the developing world. Grants of up to £8,000 are intended to help cover the costs of research, pilot filming and the procurement of filming rights/access.
The deadline for applications in 2003 is November 19th.
Application forms should be downloaded directly from the CBA website: www.cba.org.uk. Further information can be obtained by email from Sally-Ann Wilson (DFID Fund Executive) at sally-ann@cba.org.uk. or via the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association, 17 Fleet Street, London EC4Y 1AA. Tel. 01508 538941 (Dir.Line ) or 0207 583 5550.
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