Bill Lawrence appointed creative director at showroom and workstation (30/04/2008)
Screen Yorkshire board member Bill Lawrence has joined the Showroom and Workstation in Sheffield in the newly created post of Creative Director, responsible for all of the company’s creative programming including films, seasons, retrospectives, cross artform exhibitions and projects and the entertainment in the organisation’s social spaces.
Bill was most recently Head of Film at the National Media Museum in Bradford and as well as Screen Yorkshire, is a director on the boards of Bradford - City of Film and the York Film Trust. He developed the Bradford Film Festival in 1995, as well as the Bradford Animation Festival from 1994 and the Bite the Mango Film Festival (the largest Black and Asian film festival in Europe) from 1995. In April 1997 Bill became Head of Film for the National Museum of Photography, Film & Television, creating a new department responsible for delivering and directing the Museum’s film programme.
Bill says:
"Showroom and Workstation is one of the most exciting mixed arts organisations in the country and Sheffield is a city that is clearly on the move with some stunning new works and outstanding projects. I am very pleased to have been given this opportunity to come and work in one of the UK's greatest cities and look forward to working with an excellent team of people to deliver a really ambitious calendar of the latest films, exhibitions, festivals and special events."
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