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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.

MEET THE 2024 Northern Ireland Mentees

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Die Hexen

Composer & Writer/Director

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Elle Kent

Costume Designer

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Fiona Blair

Executive Producer
Factual/ Doc

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Georgia Parkinson

Editor/Development Producer - Factual/Doc

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Katie Richardson

Composer/Musician

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Lindsay Tweedie

Line Producer - Drama

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Lisa Service

Director - Drama

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

  • Carly Paradis | Composer 

  • Cat Grieves | Music Supervisor/Composer Agent

  • David Benioff | Director/Writer/Executive Producer 

  • Emma Loach | Lead Commissioning Editor, BBC Documentaries 

  • Emma Morley | Line Producer 

  • Lorna Mungan | Costume Designer

  • Lynsey Miller | Director/Writer

  • Martin Brennan | Director/Writer

  • Stacey Quigley | Line Producer

2023 WFTV MENTEES & MENTORS

THE 2023 Northern Ireland Mentees

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Ally Thompson

Factual Producer

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Leon
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Drama Producer

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Lisa Keogh

Director/Writer

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Lucy Martin

Camera Operator

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Maeve McLoughlin

Senior Digital Development Executive

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Rachel Hull

Production Coordinator

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Zjena Glamočanin

Costume Designer

2023 MENTORS

  • Aoife McArdle | Director 

  • Charlotte Moore | Chief Content Officer, BBC

  • David H. Steinberg | Executive Producer and Showrunner

  • Jannine Waddell | MD / Executive Producer, Waddell Media Ltd

  • Jennifer Atcheson | Director of Photography 

  • Mary-Jane Reyner | Costume Designer 

  • Marie-Therese Mackle | Line Producer 

  • Sally Anne Massimini | Director 

  • Sharon Long | Costume Designer 

2022 WFTV MENTEES & MENTORS

THE 2022 Northern Ireland Mentees

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Aoife White

Production Manager

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Christine Murphy

Screenwriter

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Jennifer Atcheson

Camera Operator / Director of Photography

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Maeve Woods

Production Manager

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Mairead Kelly

Youth Executive

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Meghan Mc Ardle

Director / Writer

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Tanya Mellotte

 Composer

2022 MENTORS

  • Alex Boyd | Line Producer

  • Gurinder Chadha | Director

  • Justine Barker | Composer

  • Jonny Taylor & Zainab Ali Khan | Commissioning, Original Documentaries

  • Seamus McGarvey | DOP

  • Sharon Horgan | Actress, Writer and Producer

  • Sheila Wickens | Visual Effects Supervisor

2021 WFTV MENTEES & MENTORS

the 2021 Northern Ireland Mentees

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Caoimhe Ní Chathail

Presenter

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Caroline Ball

Production Manager

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Emma O’Loughlin

Costume Designer

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Erin O’Rawe

2nd Assistant Camera

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Heather Brown

Writer

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Laura Robinson

Director (Animation)

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Muireann McGinty

Series Producer and Writer

2021 Mentors

  • Ellie Flynn - Factual Documentary Broadcaster & Investigative Journalist

  • Declan Lawn - Screenwriter & Director

  • Lisa Barros D'Sa - Director & Producer

  • Lynsey O'Callaghan - Director of International Content Acquisitions & Pre-School Current Series, Viacom International Media Networks 

  • Jany Temime - Costume Designer

  • Melanie Morris - Development Executive and Head of Business Affairs, Mammoth Screen

  • Seamus McGarvey - Director of Photography 

2020 WFTV MENTEES & MENTORS

the 2020 Northern Ireland Mentees

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Dee Harvey

Freelance writer and VR creator

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Grace Sweeney

Freelance Producer and Director

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Karen Donnelly

Freelance Producer

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Margaret Mc Golderick

Director and Producer, Causeway Pictures

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Milène Fegan

Director and Producer,

Waddell Media

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Niamh  Minihan

Producer, Alleycats

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Órfhlaith Ni Chearnaigh

Producer, Director and Writer,

Doubleband Films

2020 MentORS

  • Kate Townsend - Director of Original Documentary, Netflix

  • Lisa McGee - Stage and Screen Writer

  • Mark Huffam - Film & Television Producer

  • Jannine Waddell -  Managing Director, Waddell Media and Executive Producer

  • Danny Horan - Head of Factual, Channel 4’s

  • Fiona Campbell - Controller, BBC 3

  • Julia Short - Film Distributor and Marketing Consultant

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:

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