Online Industry Insiders Q&A exploring working in Science and Natural History Filmmaking.
Login to hear Series Producer Alice Jones in conversation with Peter Leonard, NFTS Head of Directing and Producing Science and Natural History and former BBC Series Producer and Head of Development for Science.
Alice Jones is an award-winning Series Producer with a proven track record in high-end, premium factual and blue-chip programming for global broadcasters and streamers, including BBC, Netflix, and National Geographic/Disney+. Alice's most recent work includes: Series Producer for BBC’s Evolution, Series Producer for BBC’s Solar System and Director/Producer for Our Universe on Netflix.
Peter Leonard is the NFTS Head of Directing and Producing Science and Natural History. Prior to the NFTS he worked as an editor, director, producer and series producer, working on a huge range of the BBC’s best-known programmes. For the BBC’s Horizon, he made films covering all manner of science from mental health to cosmology and what makes us laugh. Away from Horizon, he has made programmes about dinosaurs, engineering (with Jeremy Clarkson), astronomy (The Sky at Night) and The History of Science (with Prof Brian Cox). He was also Head of Development for BBC Science.
Login to hear Alice and Peter discuss crafting compelling Science and Natural History films, the type of skills necessary to forge a successful career, and how the Directing and Producing Science and Natural History MFA can help develop the skills to flourish in this area.
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