Film Agency For Wales Appoint Interim Chief Executive

The Film Agency for Wales has appointed Suzanne Alizart as the Agency’s interim Chief Executive, covering Pauline Burt’s maternity leave.
An accomplished Senior Manager and Executive Producer, Ms Alizart was previously Head of Content Creation for EM Media, where she oversaw the strategic, financial and deal direction of production, distributing lottery funding and reporting to EM Media’s Board.
Her credits include Weekend & Anda Union and Oranges and Sunshine along with the 2008 story of Charles Bronson aka Mickey Peterson directed by Nicolas Winding Refn and starring Tom Hardy and, Tryannosaur, Paddy Considine’s debut feature as writer-director. Suzanne has previously collaborated with the Film Agency for Wales with the EM Media co-financed feature, A Boy Called Dad, co-produced by Mark John of Cardiff-based Vision Thing, which shot partly in North Wales. She also enjoyed a close-working relationship across the EM Media Senior Management, working strategically with her colleagues across exhibition, education and the archive.
Commenting on the appointment, Peter Edwards Chairman of the Film Agency for Wales says: “Despite the economic and political challenges, Pauline has done an incredible job to build the Film Agency for Wales as the lead authority on film in Wales.
“Given her experience with EM Media, a notably prolific and innovative screen agency in England, Suzanne has the necessary skills and experience to lead the team over the next few months and to continue with the important on-going strategic and partnership work that is central to our role. She has a particular understanding of the complex funding regimes involved, talent development and reaching audiences, and will undoubtedly remain true to our core values of accessibility and transparency.”
Pauline Burt is expected to return to her post with the Film Agency for Wales in March 2012.
(BMcN)