- Shona heads up development of Film and TV at Nexus Studios - a world-leading animation studio with offices in London, LA and Sydney, whose recent successes include 2022 critically acclaimed series and BAFTA nominated THE HOUSE on Netflix and the Grammy nominated Billie Eilish and Robert Rodriguez film HAPPIER THAN EVER: A LOVE LETTER TO LOS ANGELES with Disney+. In production and development with Disney+, Amazon and Netflix on a host of other projects, both series and feature, with an exciting mix of new voices and BAFTA and Oscar winning directors and writers at the helm.
Prior to Nexus Studios, Shona was the Senior Development Executive at Pathe, on such films as JUDY, featuring an Oscar winning lead performance from Renee Zellweger and THE LITTLE STRANGER from Lenny Abrahamson, amongst more recent releases THE DUKE starring Helen Mirren and Jim Broadbent and directed by Roger Michell, and THE LAST KING from Babycow.
Previously part of the development team at the BFI, lastly as a Story Editor and designing and running various Funding Schemes. Even further into the past, Shona worked on TV series development with Eleven Films and was a presenter for How To Look Good Naked. Shona's tenacity and belief in finding confidence, especially for younger people, has brought her success during the filming of her 2nd series of How To Look Good Naked while petitioning government to 'add a new compulsory hour per year to the National Curriculum that will seek to alleviate the rising body image problems in the UK's 12-20 year olds'. Along with Gok Wan she met with Ed Balls who has backed this amendment and is in consultation over lesson plans.
Prior to that she was selected to direct a short film from the Connect Festival in Scotland in 2007. Shona was selected by the Connect and List Magazine to interview the likes of Hot Chip, Bat For Lashes, and Polyphonic Spree and cover performances from Bjork, Regina Spector, Idlewild, LCD Soundsystem and the Beastie Boys.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Anon
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