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Andy Glynne

Andy Glynne is the director of DFG. Initially trained as a clinical psychologist, he became involved in acting as a consultant clinical psychologist to a number of documentary films, often appearing infront of camera. Eventually, Andy moved behind the camera, and subsequently founded DFG in 2001. He has produced and directed numerous pieces for television including the recent award winning 'Animated Minds' - a series of short animated documentaries for Channel 4. In 2004, he was nominated for a Grierson Award in the "Best Newcomer" category, and continues to produce and direct films. As well as heading DFG, Andy is also Executive Producer at Mosaic Films, the award-winning production company which recently merged with DFG Films - DFG's production wing.

Deborah Kingsland

Deborah is responsible for developing and designing the comprehensive schedule of DFG training courses, corporate and bespoke training, and filmmaking masterclasses, and making sure that they remain responsive to industry developments and needs. A graduate of the National Film and Television School, Deborah has directed and produced numerous programmes for UK broadcast television and won a number of awards.  She also has extensive experience in teaching video production, in the UK and in Ethiopia, where she headed up Gem TV, a professional video training programme for ex-street children.  Gem TV is now a leading Ethiopian production company, run by the graduates of the training programme.

Deborah has a particular interest in women’s rights and has made around a dozen films about gender issues, in India, Kenya, Ethiopia Australia, and the UK. Her work also includes a documentary about the 50th Anniversary of Human Rights and a drama-documentary to promote discussion amongst Ethiopian street children about their rights.

Laura McIntosh

Laura joined DFG in 2004 from the Royal Academy of Art. With a background in art, including a degree in Spanish and Art History from the University of Leeds, focusing on visual culture, she has accumulated an extensive knowledge of documentaries. In the four years that Laura has worked at DFG, she has co-ordinated and delivered an exceptional range of training courses and initiatives, ranging from our overseas projects in Poland and Morocco to the London-based Diploma and DocLab intensive courses. Working with Deborah Kinglsand, she has also been responsible for organising a range of bespoke training for broadcasters (including ITV and Channel 4), as well as for production companies, not-for-profit organisations and individual filmmakers. She loves hats and libraries.

Kerry McLeod

Kerry joined DFG following several years of meandering through the world of tv and film, which culminated with an MA in Documentary Practice at Brunel University in 2005. Her interest in the questionable benefits of the London 2012 Olympics borders on obsession and to date she has made two films on the subject. She has recently completed a short documentary about tea - For All The Tea In England - and also writes reviews and features for several film publications, including 6 Degrees Film and movieScope. Kerry runs DFGDocs and the DFG Community, our membership scheme. She also produces a host of industry events and initiatives, and works with Mosaic Films on various projects, including the groundbreaking 3MW initiative, Britain Recut, in association with the BFI.

Jenny Saunders

Jenny goes by the rather lofty title of Head of Communications and Strategy, and is frequently to be found sitting in a corner of DFG, rubbing her chin in a ponderous fashion… Prior to working in documentaries, Jenny was a Public Affairs and Public Relations Consultant, working for not-for-profit organisations as well as Weber Shandwick (PR Week International Consultancy of the Year) on a range of high profile campaigns. Jenny specialised in health, charity and human rights issues, and her campaigns were nominated for various awards. As a PR, Jenny supported the development of a number of documentary projects and started to wonder whether the grass might be greener on the documentary side. She began developing documentaries with Mosaic Films, and has since moved to work both for Mosaic Films and DFG. Current projects include the second series of the award-winning Animated Minds, and Jenny will happily testify to the abundance of lush, green (and totally legal) grass on this side of the fence.

Philip Cox

Phil Cox is an award winning news director camerman based in London. He produced and directed his first films in Scotland whilst based at the Edinburgh Film and Video Centre, also completing an honours degree in languages and literature at the University of Edinburgh. With a primary interest in documentary he created Native Voice Films with his brother in 1998. For the last 6 years he has worked both as a director and producer of broadcast and award winning international indy documentaries as well as working as freelance news cameraman in war zones. He is fluent in Spanish and has lived and worked for a considerable period in Latin America. Over the last years he has filmed at length in Iraq, Sudan, Colombia and Pakistan for international broadcasters. In 2004 he was the first filmmaker to film the Darfur conflict traveling with the SLA rebels and was awarded the 2004 Rory Peck Award for this work. He is currently a director of the acclaimed Unreported World series for Channel 4.

Esteban Uyarra

Esteban studied Film in Sheffield where he trained himself as an editor, and produced and directed his first documentary ("The Light in the Dark") as part of his final year. After moving to London he freelanced as an Editor and Assistant Editor on a wide range of film & TV productions. In 2000 he was approached by the BBC to make a series of short documentaries around the British coast entitled "Rush" which had to be filmed and edited within 24 hours before being uploaded onto the BBC website. Since then he has continued to work as director and editor for the BBC on a number of projects. In 2001 he directed a series of documentaries portraying 6 different Spanish fiestas. The first one to be completed ("The Runner") won Best Debut Director and Best International Documentary at the NY International Independent Film & Video Festival. His latest film, the award winning "War feels like war" was bought by Storyville (BBC4), is a feature documentary about the unilateral journalists in the last Gulf War. He is a Senior Tutor with DFG, designing and implementing editing training for our short courses, as well as the MA's that we run with Brunel and Manchester.

We'd also like to thank...

The following people for their help with DFGdocs:

Nadia von Christierson
Ed Kevill-Davies
Asima Shaikh
Gabriela Jaime
Jaya Jiwatram
Purnima Raghunath
Rosie Saunders
Maite Alvarez

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