WFTV northern Ireland 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 Northern Ireland Mentoring Scheme you must have more than five years’ experience working in film, TV or digital production.
APPLICATIONS FOR THE 2024 SCHEME ARE NOW CLOSED.
THE 2023 Northern Ireland Mentees
Ally Thompson
Factual Producer
Leon
McGeown-Fee
Drama Producer
Lisa Keogh
Director/Writer
Lucy Martin
Camera Operator
Maeve McLoughlin
Senior Digital Development Executive
Rachel Hull
Production Coordinator
Zjena Glamočanin
Costume Designer
2023 MENTORS
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Aoife McArdle | Director
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Charlotte Moore | Chief Content Officer, BBC
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David H. Steinberg | Executive Producer and Showrunner
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Jannine Waddell | MD / Executive Producer, Waddell Media Ltd
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Jennifer Atcheson | Director of Photography
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Mary-Jane Reyner | Costume Designer
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Marie-Therese Mackle | Line Producer
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Sally Anne Massimini | Director
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Sharon Long | Costume Designer
THE 2022 Northern Ireland Mentees
Aoife White
Production Manager
Christine Murphy
Screenwriter
Jennifer Atcheson
Camera Operator / Director of Photography
Maeve Woods
Production Manager
Mairead Kelly
Youth Executive
Meghan Mc Ardle
Director / Writer
Tanya Mellotte
Composer
2022 MENTORS
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Alex Boyd | Line Producer
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Gurinder Chadha | Director
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Justine Barker | Composer
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Jonny Taylor & Zainab Ali Khan | Commissioning, Original Documentaries
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Seamus McGarvey | DOP
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Sharon Horgan | Actress, Writer and Producer
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Sheila Wickens | Visual Effects Supervisor
Meet the 2021 Northern Ireland Mentees
Caoimhe Ní Chathail
Presenter
Caroline Ball
Production Manager
Emma O’Loughlin
Costume Designer
Erin O’Rawe
2nd Assistant Camera
Heather Brown
Writer
Laura Robinson
Director (Animation)
Muireann McGinty
Series Producer and Writer
WFTV 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
2021 Mentors
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Ellie Flynn - Factual Documentary Broadcaster & Investigative Journalist
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Declan Lawn - Screenwriter & Director
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Lisa Barros D'Sa - Director & Producer
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Lynsey O'Callaghan - Director of International Content Acquisitions & Pre-School Current Series, Viacom International Media Networks
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Jany Temime - Costume Designer
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Melanie Morris - Development Executive and Head of Business Affairs, Mammoth Screen
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Seamus McGarvey - Director of Photography
2020 WFTV MENTEES & MENTORS
The 2020 Mentees
Dee Harvey
Freelance writer and VR creator
Grace Sweeney
Freelance Producer and Director
Karen Donnelly
Freelance Producer
Margaret Mc Golderick
Director and Producer, Causeway Pictures
Milène Fegan
Director and Producer,
Waddell Media
Niamh Minihan
Producer, Alleycats
Órfhlaith Ni Chearnaigh
Producer, Director and Writer,
Doubleband Films
2020 Mentors
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Kate Townsend - Director of Original Documentary, Netflix
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Lisa McGee - Stage and Screen Writer
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Mark Huffam - Film & Television Producer
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Jannine Waddell - Managing Director, Waddell Media and Executive Producer
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Danny Horan - Head of Factual, Channel 4’s
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Fiona Campbell - Controller, BBC 3
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Julia Short - Film Distributor and Marketing Consultant
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.
Maddy Darrall | Joint MD Darrall Macqueen
SPONSOR
We are very grateful to our Mentoring Scheme sponsor of our Northern Ireland based programme:
