Adrian Wootton

Adrian Wootton is the first Chief Executive of Film London, the body charged with representing and developing the film and media industry in the capital.

Prior to becoming the Chief Executive of Film London, Adrian was Acting Director of the British Film Institute (BFI), in addition to having been the Director of the London Film Festival (LFF), the National Film Theatre (NFT) and Head of BFI Exhibition. Subsequent to his appointment to the BFI, he was Founding Director of Broadway Media Centre in Nottingham and Director of the Bradford Playhouse.

He regularly broadcasts and reviews films for Radio 4 and contributes articles to various newspapers and magazines, including The Guardian and Sight & Sound. Adrian lectures regularly nationally and internationally on a wide variety of film and literary subjects, as well as curating film programmes and retrospectives for numerous organizations, including the BFI South Bank.

He is Director of the crime & mystery festival, Crime Scene and Programme Advisor to the London Film Festival, Venice Film Festival; Noir in Fest festival, Courmayeur; is Chair of the Advisory Board of Sensoria, Sheffield’s Music & Film Festival and is a member of the Advisory Board of the Creative Industries Observatory.

Adrian is also a member of BAFTA and the European Film Academy.


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Home About us What we do Who we are Cultural Metropolis Culture and London 2012 News Events and meetings Publications Contact	Adrian Wootton Adrian Wootton is the first Chief Executive of Film London, the body charged with representing and developing the film and media industry in the capital. Prior to becoming the Chief Executive of Film London, Adrian was Acting Director of the British Film Institute (BFI), in addition to having been the Director of the London Film Festival (LFF), the National Film Theatre (NFT) and Head of BFI Exhibition. Subsequent to his appointment to the BFI, he was Founding Director of Broadway Media Centre in Nottingham and Director of the Bradford Playhouse. He regularly broadcasts and reviews films for Radio 4 and contributes articles to various newspapers and magazines, including The Guardian and Sight & Sound. Adrian lectures regularly nationally and internationally on a wide variety of film and literary subjects, as well as curating film programmes and retrospectives for numerous organizations, including the BFI South Bank. He is Director of the crime & mystery festival, Crime Scene and Programme Advisor to the London Film Festival, Venice Film Festival; Noir in Fest festival, Courmayeur; is Chair of the Advisory Board of Sensoria, Sheffield’s Music & Film Festival and is a member of the Advisory Board of the Creative Industries Observatory. Adrian is also a member of BAFTA and the European Film Academy.