You can call me Al.

Al/Alex/Alexzandra (she/her) is a Production Manager and Talent Development Facilitator, a 2024 Women in Film & TV mentoring awardee, and the winner of the Outstanding Woman in Arts, Media, and Music (East Midlands) award at the 2024 Women's Awards. She has developed projects attracting investment from BFI, Innovate UK, Arts Council England, and the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.

Her work is built on the foundations of striving for equity and creative and curatorial justice, ensuring storytellers and artists have what they need to realise their vision.

She is now the in-house Production Manager for artist moving image commissioners and producers Film and Video Umbrella. Piror to setting up shy films, Alex was a BFI NETWORK Talent Executive (2018–2023), where she executive-produced 35 short films and developed 19 features. Before this, she led the talent programme for Phoenix Cinema, lectured in Professional Practice in the UK Film Industry at De Montfort University, and, through Poppy Jack Productions, produced the family feature A Dozen Summers, which premiered on Netflix in 2021.

She holds professional memberships for Women in Film & TV, BECTU and BAFTA Connect.

With experience in development, production, exhibition, and education, she champions accessibility in film and art.

Ultimately, Alex loves to see people collaborate, achieve and thrive and feels she has the knowledge and skills to connect people and nurture their stories.