Black & Brown/BAME British Behind the Camera Talent
by MartinaSilcock | created - 07 Jun 2020 | updated - 5 days ago | PublicDynamic list of British-working talent from Black, Asian, Middle-Eastern and multi-heritage diasporas working in scripted TV and film, including Directors, Producers, Costume Designers, Camera team and more. To be added email <talent at lookbeyondthelist.com>. If you spot yourself on this list (after being added by myself or someone else) and would like to be removed, please email. Suggestions welcome. Sharing encouraged.
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1. Steve McQueen
Director | 12 Years a Slave
Steve McQueen was born on October 9, 1969 in London, England, UK. He is a director and producer, known for 12 Years a Slave (2013), Shame (2011) and Hunger (2008). He is married to Bianca Stigter. They have two children.
Director
2. Amma Asante
Director | Belle
Amma Asante is a British BAFTA award winning screenwriter and director, known for Belle (2013), and A Way of Life (2004). She is a former child actress, who began her writing career at the age of 23 with a script deals from both Channel 4 in the UK and BBC. Her first movie, A Way of Life, which she...
Writer, Director
3. John Akomfrah
Director | The Nine Muses
Ghana born John Akomfrah is known for his experimental documentaries and video installations on the subjects of race, migration, and slavery in the encounters between European colonisers and African subjects.In the 1980s working in London, he helped found the Black Audio Film Collective and later ...
Writer, Director
4. Tinge Krishnan
Director | Shadowscan
Tinge Krishnan is an award-winning film and TV writer-director, who started her career out as a doctor with posts in Cardiology, Orthopaedics and in the ER, but quickly segued into filmmaking with her first Bafta-winning short film, Shadowscan.
Tinge has gone on to make critically acclaimed feature ...
Director
5. Gurinder Chadha
Writer | Bend It Like Beckham
Gurinder Chadha was born in Kenya, and grew up in Southall, London, England. She began her career as a news reporter with BBC Radio, directed several award winning documentaries for the BBC, and began an alliance with the British Film Institute (BFI) and Channel Four. In 2001, Chadha set up her own...
Director
6. Levi David Addai
Writer | Damilola, Our Loved Boy
Levi David Addai was born in London, England. He is a writer and producer, known for Dark Mon£y (2019) the award-winning Damilola, Our Loved Boy (2016), Youngers (2013) and My Murder (2012). Stageplays include Oxford Street (2008) and 93.2FM for London's Royal Court. Oxford Street was nominated for...
Writer
7. Richard Ayoade
Writer | Submarine
Richard Ellef Ayoade was born in Hammersmith, and grew up in Suffolk, in England, the son of a Norwegian mother, Dagny Amalie (Baassuik), and a Nigerian father, Layide Ade Laditi Ayoade. He studied Law at Cambridge university, and followed in the footsteps of British Comedy legends like Monty ...
Writer, Director
8. Courttia Newland
Writer | Small Axe
Courttia Newland is known for Small Axe (2020), The Last Pirates and Gamma (2012).
Writer
9. Yvonne Isimeme Ibazebo
Producer | Rye Lane
Yvonne Isimeme Ibazebo is known for Rye Lane (2023), The Ones Below (2015) and Guerrilla (2017).
Producer
10. Michaela Coel
Actress | Chewing Gum
Michaela was born on October 1st 1987 as Michaela Boakye-Collinson to Ghanaian parents and brought up in Tower Hamlets by her mother, a devout member of the Pentecostal church who instilled her religion into Michaela and her sister - something that she would later draw on for her play 'Chewing Gum ...
Writer, Producer
11. Lauren Sequeira
Writer | Kiss Me First
Hailing from south London, Lauren is of British-Caribbean heritage.
Her original TV series DOMINO DAY has been greenlit for BBC3, where she is also executive producer. She has recently written an episode for the second series of GANGS OF LONDON (Pulse Films/SISTER/Sky/AMC) (2022) and also wrote the ...
Writer
12. Sharon Kaur
Sharon Kaur is known for The Limehouse Golem (2016), Extraordinary (2023) and The Durrells (2016).
Asst Production Coordinator, Assistant Production Coordinator, Production Coordinator
13. Moe Owoborode
Camera_department | The Bubble
Moe Owoborode is known for The Bubble (2022), Downton Abbey (2019) and The Feed (2019).
Camera Asst
14. Tania Reddin
Editor | This England
Tania Reddin is known for This England (2022), Funny Cow (2017) and Journey's End (2017).
Editor
15. Charles Obaro
Assistant_director | His House
Charles Obaro is known for His House (2020), Bodyguard (2018) and Dark Heart (2016).
Set PA, AD, Assistant Director
16. Beewan Athwal
Production_manager | Primeval
Beewan Athwal is known for Primeval (2007), Strike Back (2010) and The Fall (2013).
Post Production Supervisor
17. Bennett McGhee
Producer | Brooklyn
Bennett McGhee is known for Brooklyn (2015), Hooded (2007) and An Education (2009).
Producer
18. Ameenah Ayub Allen
Producer | Rocks
Ameenah Ayub Allen is known for Rocks (2019), Ali & Ava (2021) and The Selfish Giant (2013).
Producer
19. Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor
Director | For Love
2020 Screen International Star of Tomorrow, Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor is a producer whose work focuses on Black, Queer and Female-led content for Film and TV. She runs Joi Productions, which received a BFI Vision Award, a £2 million fund aimed at supporting Independent Production companies. In 2019, ...
Producer
20. Kurban Kassam
Producer | Late Shift
Kurban produced BAFTA winning TV series "Jungle" for Amazon Studios, and Cyrmu BAFTA winning "Late Shift". He co-produced BAFTA nominated feature film "The Pass" and other A-list festival award winners including Sally Potter's "The Party", "Brakes" and "On The Morning You Wake". Kurban has ...
Producer
21. Farah Abushwesha
Production_manager | Suite Française
BAFTA nominated producer Farah Abushwesha production company is Rocliffe and she created the BAFTA Rocliffe New Writing Competition and Showcase. She has made comedy content used by the White House, a Netflix Original and an Irish Film Board commission to celebrate the centenary of the 1916 Easter ...
Producer
22. Baldwin Li
Producer | The Voorman Problem
Baldwin Li is known for The Voorman Problem (2011), England Is Mine (2017) and 25Gs (2008).
Producer
23. Rachelle Constant
Producer | The Feed
Rachelle Constant is known for The Feed (2019), Avi and Poirot (1989).
Producer
24. Rienkje Attoh
Producer | You Don't Know Me
Rienkje is a film and TV producer who began her professional career as a Broadcast Journalist at the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). She is known for her award-winning debut feature A Moving Image (2016) and the TV adaptation of Malorie Blackman's Noughts + Crosses (2020). She is alumni of ...
Producer
25. Madonna Baptiste
Producer | The Death of Klinghoffer
Madonna Baptiste is known for The Death of Klinghoffer (2003), Black Mirror (2011) and Lucky Man (2016).
Producer
26. Fiona Lamptey
Production_manager | Attack the Block
Fiona Lamptey is known for Attack the Block (2011), Kill List (2011) and Submarine (2010).
Producer
27. Dominic Buchanan
Producer | Colette
Dominic Buchanan is known for Colette (2018), The End of the F***ing World (2017) and Gimme the Loot (2012).
Producer
28. Hong Khaou
Director | Lilting
Hong Khaou was born on October 22, 1975 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. He is a director and writer, known for Lilting (2014), Monsoon (2019) and Spring (2011).
Writer, Director
29. Melissa Shiyu Zuo
Producer | Official Secrets
Melissa Shiyu Zuo is known for Official Secrets (2019).
Producer
30. Fawzia Mahmood
Producer | Acta Non Verba
Fawzia Mahmood is known for Acta Non Verba (2017), In the Long Run (2017) and The Little Stranger (2018).
Producer
31. Stella Nwimo
Producer | Nuclear
Stella Nwimo is known for Nuclear (2019), Kat and the Band (2019) and The London Mob (2019).
Producer
33. Morenike Williams
Producer | Killing Eve
Morenike Williams is known for Killing Eve (2018), Emmerdale Farm (1972) and Ripper Street (2012).
Producer
34. Nisha Parti
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Nisha Parti is known for Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001), The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011) and Honour (2014).
Producer
35. Paul McKenzie
Producer | Sadie J
Paul McKenzie is known for Sadie J (2011), The Athena (2019) and The Crouches (2003).
Producer - TV Comedy
36. Cheyenne Conway
Production_manager | Chernobyl
Cheyenne Conway is a BAFTA nominated producer based in London. Her BAFTA nominated short film 'samuel-613' (2016) garnered industry recognition with a multitude of festival selections including Palm Springs and BFI London Film Festival. Her other producing credits include 'The Pyramid Texts' ...
Production Manager
37. Jo Ho
Writer | Chinatown Beat
Jo Ho is a self-taught, award-winning British Born Chinese screenwriter, director, author, and script consultant who was named Winner of the Women In Film and Television's 'New Talent' Award (2010).
In the same week, she was also nominated for The CDN's 'Best Breakthrough Production Talent' Award, ...
Screenwriter, Writer, Director, Script Consultant
38. Hsinyi Liu
Hsinyi Liu is known for The Bank Job (2008), 28 Weeks Later (2007) and The Inbetweeners (2011).
Line Producer
39. Hussain Casey-Ahmed
Hussain Casey-Ahmed is known for Doctor Strange (2016), Absolutely Anything (2015) and After Life (2019).
Production Manager
40. Hana Tadafe-Swinscoe
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Hana Tadafe-Swinscoe is known for Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018), Me Before You (2016) and Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022).
Production Accountant
41. Junyoung Jang
Producer | Gwoemul
Junyoung Jang is known for The Host (2006), A Good Woman Is Hard to Find (2019) and Untitled Abner Pastoll Project.
Producer
42. Ravneet Minhas
Production_manager | After Louise
Ravneet Minhas is known for After Louise (2019), Viewpoint (2021) and Horrible Histories (2009).
Production Runner
43. Idris Ahmed
Location_management | Giri/Haji
Idris Ahmed is known for Giri/Haji (2019), Lucky Man (2016) and Havoc.
Location Manager www.gemsagency.co.uk
44. Idris Elba
Actor | Beasts of No Nation
An only child, Idrissa Akuna Elba was born and raised in London, England. His father, Winston, is from Sierra Leone and worked at Ford Dagenham; his mother, Eve, is from Ghana and had a clerical duty. Idris attended school in Canning Town, where he first became involved in acting, before he dropped...
Director
45. Marcel Ramlal
Marcel Ramlal is known for One Child (2014), Fortitude (2015) and Yardie (2018).
Unit Medic
46. Aneil Karia
Director | The Long Goodbye
Aneil Karia is known for The Long Goodbye (2020), Surge (2020) and Beat (2013).
Director
47. Athena Sammy
Athena Sammy is known for Ahsoka (2023), Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023) and The Mandalorian (2019).
Asst Production Coordinator/ Production Coordinator
48. Enest Ansah
Location_management | The Current War
Enest Ansah is known for The Current War (2017), Beast (2017) and Dark Heart (2016).
Unit Manager (Locations)
49. Marcia Doyle
Art_department | The Gunman
Marcia Doyle is known for The Gunman (2015), Crooked House (2017) and War Machine (2017).
Art Dept Asst
50. Kwame Ahenkan Owusu
Art_director | Argylle
Kwame Ahenkan Owusu is known for Argylle (2024), Beasts of No Nation (2015) and Brides.
Art Dept Asst
51. John Giwa-Amu
Producer | The Machine
John Giwa-Amu runs production, distribution and financing company Red and Black Films with writer/director Caradog James. John produced the company's first feature, Little White Lies, which won two BAFTA Cymru Awards and was BIFA nominated. His follow up feature, sci-fi cult hit The Machine, was ...
Producer, Director
52. Jermain Julien
Director | Death in Paradise
Jermain Julien is known for Death in Paradise (2011), Vera (2011) and Grantchester (2014).
Writer, Director
53. Yo-Naa Olofsson
Special_effects | The Batman
Yo-Naa Olofsson is known for The Batman (2022), Infinite (2021) and Enola Holmes (2020).
SFX
54. Nathan Mann
Camera_department | Attack the Block
Nathan Mann is known for Attack the Block (2011), Push (2009) and Ready Player One (2018).
1st AC, Focus Puller
55. Tony Tagoe
Producer | Beasts of No Nation
Tony Tagoe is known for Beasts of No Nation (2015), Borga (2021) and They Die by Dawn (2013).
Producer
56. Maryam Mojtabavi
Art_department | Kiss Me First
Maryam Mojtabavi is known for Kiss Me First (2018), Curfew (2019) and Alex Rider (2020).
Graphics, Graphic Designer, Asst Art Director
57. Daniel Jackson
Art_department | Gunpowder
Daniel Jackson is known for Gunpowder (2017), Macadam (2010) and The Boy with the Topknot (2017).
Props, Dressing Props
58. Zam Salim
Director | Up There
Zam Salim is known for Up There (2011), Laid Off (2006) and Cold Light of Day (2003).
Director
59. Sally El Hosaini
Director | The Swimmers
Sally El Hosaini was born in 1976 in Swansea, Wales, UK. She is a director and writer, known for The Swimmers (2022), My Brother the Devil (2012) and Green Zone (2010).
Director
60. Michael Spence
Art_department | The Girl with All the Gifts
Michael Spence is known for The Girl with All the Gifts (2016), Argylle (2024) and John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017).
Construction Manager, Carpenter
61. Mike Malik
Art_department | The Hurt Locker
Mike Malik is known for The Hurt Locker (2008), The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain (1995) and Get Real (1998).
Prop Master
62. Charlie Malik
Art_department | How I Live Now
Charlie Malik is known for How I Live Now (2013), Never Let Me Go (2010) and Sunshine (2007).
Prop Storeman
63. Femi Konteh
Make_up_department | His House
Femi Konteh is known for His House (2020), Blue Story (2019) and Top Boy (2011).
MakeUp Artist
64. Sim Camps
Make_up_department | Luther: The Fallen Sun
Sim Camps is known for Luther: The Fallen Sun (2023), Bridgerton (2020) and Doctor Foster: A Woman Scorned (2015).
MakeUp Artist
65. Misan Sagay
Writer | Belle
Misan Sagay is known for Belle (2013), Their Eyes Were Watching God (2005) and The Secret Laughter of Women (1999).
Writer
66. Nida Manzoor
Writer | We Are Lady Parts
Nida Manzoor is known for We Are Lady Parts (2021), Polite Society (2023) and Enterprice (2017).
Writer, Director
67. Dionne Edwards
Director | Pretty Red Dress
Dionne Edwards is known for Pretty Red Dress (2022), We Love Moses (2016) and Got Got (2013).
Director
68. Mdhamiri Á Nkemi
Editor | The Last Tree
Mdhamiri Á Nkemi was born in Hammersmith, London, England, UK. He is an editor and director, known for The Last Tree (2019), Blue Story (2019) and Ear for Eye (2021).
Editor
69. Isabella Odoffin
Casting_director | How to Have Sex
Isabella Odoffin is known for How to Have Sex (2023), Girl (2023) and September Says (2024).
Casting Director
70. Nadia Latif
Director | The Man in My Basement
Nadia Latif is known for The Man in My Basement, White Girl (2019) and Culprits (2023).
Director
71. Rapman
Writer | Blue Story
Rapman is known for Blue Story (2019), Supacell (2024) and Shiro's Story Part 2 (2018).
Director
72. Hashim Alsaraf
Hashim Alsaraf is known for The Lobster (2015), Possessor (2020) and '71 (2014).
Post Production Supervisor
73. Steven Eniraiyetan
Assistant_director | The Kitchen
Steven Eniraiyetan is known for The Kitchen (2023), The Strays (2023) and A Warriors Dance (2024).
1st AD, First Assistant Director
74. Mustapha Kseibati
Director | Painkiller
Mustapha Kseibati is a British Lebanese filmmaker who has directed various television including films for the BBC, SKY, Metropolitan Police and the BFI. He was selected as a Screen International Star of Tomorrow.
He grew up in West London consuming hours of British and American television shows, ...
Director
75. Joel Honeywell
Camera_department | King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
Joel Honeywell was born on January 26, 1990 in Camberwell, London, England, UK. He is a cinematographer, known for King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017), Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016) and The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018).
Cinematographer, DOP, Director of Photography, Camera https://wp-a.co.uk/clients/joel-honeywell#narrative
76. Jon Garwes
Camera_department | Doomsday
Jon Garwes is known for Doomsday (2008), Hellboy (2019) and The Descent (2005).
1st AC, Focus Puller, 1st Assistant Camera
77. Michael Bhim
Writer | Secret Invasion
Michael Bhim is known for Secret Invasion (2023), Impulse (2018) and All American (2018).
Writer
78. Sharon Sarpong
Art_department | The Acolyte
Sharon Sarpong is known for The Acolyte (2024), Snow White (2025) and Pistol (2022).
Art Dept Asst, Art Department Assistant
79. Marvyn Marques
Costume_department | Justice League
Marvyn Marques is known for Justice League (2017), The Current War (2017) and The Kid Who Would Be King (2019).
Tailor, Costume
80. Rohan Blair-Mangat
Director | One Night in Compton
Raised in London by a Jamaican mother and an Indian father, award-winning director Rohan Blair-Mangat graduated from Central Saint Martins with a degree in Fine Art.
His credits include the series 'Centerpiece with Maurice Harris', the short film 'Bam' from Jay-Z's '4:44', and the visual album '...
Director
81. Jonathan Reid-Edwards
Director | The Good Neighbour
Jonathan Reid-Edwards was born in March 1985 in Westminster, London, England, UK. He is a director and writer, known for The Good Neighbour (2019), Hadley TK-421 (2011) and Beth Orton: Forever Young (2022).
Director, Writer
82. Tony Sebastian Ukpo
Writer | Simana
Nigerian-British writer/director. He has written and directed an eclectic range of films, including "Paris 60", Japanese murder mystery "Random 11" with Haruka Abe, British Nollywood romantic comedy Mum, Dad, Meet Sam starring Joseph Benjamin, and immigration drama Simana among others. He is also a...
Writer, Director
83. Sahil Gill
Editor | Jail Caesar
Sahil Gill is known for Jail Caesar (2012), Shingetsu and The Find (2010).
Editor
84. Konnie Huq
Writer | Black Mirror
Konnie Huq was born on July 17, 1975 in London, England, UK. She is an actress and writer, known for Black Mirror (2011), A Touch of Cloth (2012) and Robin Hood (2006). She has been married to Charlie Brooker since July 26, 2010. They have two children.
Writer
85. Elizabeth Khan-Greig
Camera_department | Lockwood & Co.
Elizabeth Khan-Greig is known for Lockwood & Co. (2023), Silo (2023) and The Son (2022).
Camera Trainee, Stills Photographer
86. Rina Yang
Cinematographer | Euphoria
Rina Yang is known for Euphoria (2019), Nanny (2022) and The Fire Inside (2024).
DOP, Cinematographer
87. Louise Rashman
Assistant_director | The Girl with All the Gifts
Louise Rashman is known for The Girl with All the Gifts (2016), Aladdin (2019) and T2 Trainspotting (2017).
2nd AD, Second Assistant Director
88. Samuel Grant
Camera_department | Peaky Blinders
Samuel Grant is known for Peaky Blinders (2013), Sherlock (2010) and Happy Valley (2014).
2nd AC, 1st AC, Clapper Loader, Focus Puller, Second Assistant Camera, First Assistant Camera
89. Samira Musa
Samira Musa is known for Love at First Sight (2023), Foresight (2021) and The Girl Before (2021).
Producer
Set PA, Runner, Production Runner, Production Assistant, Production Asst
91. Michael Driscoll
Director | Two Black Coffees
Michael Driscoll is known for Two Black Coffees (2017), Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004) and Casino Royale (2006).
Director
92. Nathan Lloyd
Camera_department | Solo: A Star Wars Story
Nathan Lloyd is known for Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018), F9: The Fast Saga (2021) and Black Mirror: Bandersnatch (2018).
2nd AC, Second Assistant Camera, Central Loader, Clapper Loader
93. Tina Pasotra
Director | I Choose
Tina Pasotra is known for I Choose (2020) and But Where Are You From? (2017).
Director
94. Abby Ajayi
Writer | Riches
Abby Ajayi is known for Riches (2022), The First Lady (2022) and Inventing Anna (2022).
Writer
95. Sarmad Masud
Director | My Pure Land
Sarmad Masud is known for My Pure Land (2017), Two Dosas (2014) and London Calling: Brit Shorts (2018).
Writer, Director
96. Kaush Bharti
Art_department | Doctor Strange
Kaush Bharti is known for Doctor Strange (2016), Lift (2024) and The Foreigner (2017).
Graphic Designer, Art Director
97. Shaheen Baig
Casting_director | Lady Macbeth
Casting across film and television, nurturing new talent in front of and behind the camera, alongside established and acclaimed directors. Shaheen is a trustee for Open Door, a non-profit organisation that helps young people access drama schools and is Co-Founder of the Casting Assistant ...
Casting Director
98. Nainita Desai
Composer | The Deepest Breath
Emmy 2022 and RTS winning composer, Nainita Desai, was the World Soundtrack Awards 2021 winner for Discovery of the Year. A Ivor Novello and double BIFA awards nominee Nainita was described by Empire magazine as one of the top 5 composers to watch for in 2022 and in leading UK film critic Mark ...
Composer
99. Tina Gharavi
Director | Queen Cleopatra
Tina Gharavi is a Sundance and BAFTA-nominated writer/director and showrunner initially trained as a painter in the United States later studying cinema in France. Fearless in her approach to storytelling, and unafraid to cross borders and disciplines, Gharavi is noted for innovative cross-platform ...
Writer, Director
100. Christiana Ebohon-Green
Director | Champion
Christiana is an award-winning, NFTS trained drama director. Her aim is to tell challenging stories, achieve nuanced performances and share her vision. She was selected for the BAFTA Elevate 2017 initiative to further female directors on to high end television and features. She is a board member of...
Writer, Director
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