23/08/2013 - Industry veteran and rock musician joins Clare Stewart’s team at the BFI after five-year stint at the BAFTA

The British Film Institute (BFI) has appointed Tricia Tuttle to the newly created role of Deputy Head of Festivals.  She will report to Clare Stewart (photo), the BFI’s Head of Cinemas and Festivals. Tuttle will be responsible for delivering the annual programmes for the BFI London Film Festival (LFF) and the BFI Lesbian and Gay Film Festival (LGFF).  Helen de Witt, previously the BFI’s Festivals Producer, has taken on the new position of Head of Cinemas and Stuart Brown, the BFI’s previous Head of Events, takes on the expanded role of Head of Events and Production. Anne-Marie Flynn, previously the BFI’s Head of Projects and Development, has been appointed Head of Business and Industry.

Tuttle joins the BFI from a five-year stint at BAFTA where she was the Senior Manager, Film & Skills. Overall, she has 15 years of diverse experience including at The Script Factory and A&C Black, besides being a rock musician with US-based band June.

Tuttle said, “I’m joining the BFI Festivals team at such an exciting time. The LFF and LLGFF have long delivered respected programmes bursting with style, passion and of course, cine-literacy; both are rightly applauded around the world. Under Clare Stewart there is new focus, freshness and vision to the BFI’s programmes and I’m ecstatic to be part of helping to realise this vision alongside her and a massively talented team of programmers.”

Stewart said. “Tricia is a terrific addition to our team – creative, tenacious and driven – she has a proven track record of making a difference and brings great energy and smarts to our expanding Festivals activity and our newly structured Exhibition department.”