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Tricia Tuttle is a film festival director, programmer and film educator.

Education edit

Tricia holds a joint Bachelor of Arts in Radio Television and Motion Picture and English Literature from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

She earned a Masters degree in Film and Television Studies from British Film Institute and Birkbeck College, University of London, a programme jointly run in the 1990s by distinguished film theorist and filmmaker Laura Mulvey and academic and producer Colin MacCabe.[1]

Career edit

In early 2023 Tricia joined the National Film and Television School as Head of Directing Fiction under Jon Wardle.[2]

From 2018 to 2023 Tricia Tuttle served as Festivals Director at British Film Institute, running both BFI London Film Festival and BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival. Prior to this she served as Deputy Head of Festivals from 2013 under previous Director, Clare Stewart.

Under Tricia's leadership, the Festival expanded to encompass Series and Immersive programming with initiatives including the commission of new XR works from Asif Kapadia and Guy Maddin. She also introduced partnerships with key UK independent cinemas to deliver Festival screenings to audiences around the UK.[3]

Throughout the first decade of the 2000s, Tricia worked to devise talent and skills programmes for filmmakers for a number of important UK organisations: British Academy of Film and Television Arts, The Script Factory and Shooting People.

She was programmer of BFI London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival (now BFI Flare) from 1999 to 2022.[4] Tricia also taught film studies for Middlesex and Birkbeck Universities.

Background edit

Prior to working in film, Tricia played guitar in the North Carolina band June (North Carolina band), signed to Beggars Banquet Records.[5]

Honours edit

In 2022, Tricia was recognised in Variety500, a annual list of influential media business leaders published each December.[6]

References edit

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  1. ^ "Tricia Tuttle | Watershed". www.watershed.co.uk.
  2. ^ "Tricia Tuttle". nfts.co.uk.
  3. ^ Gant2022-10-03T12:54:00+01:00, Charles. "LFF director Tricia Tuttle reveals why the time is right to move on". Screen.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ Gant2016-03-15T10:25:00+00:00, Charles. ""Questions were asked in parliament": the story behind LGBT film festival BFI Flare". Screen.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ "Listening to June Tunes/David Menconi". The News and Observer. March 11, 1994. p. 73 – via newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Tricia Tuttle". December 23, 2022.
  7. ^ Tabbara2023-01-16T13:15:00+00:00, Mona. "Outgoing BFI London Film Festival head Tricia Tuttle reveals next move". Screen.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ Lodderhose, Diana (August 21, 2013). "BFI Hires Tricia Tuttle As Deputy Head Of Festivals".
  9. ^ "BFI festivals director Tricia Tuttle to step down following 2022 BFI London Film Festival". BFI.
  10. ^ "Best Girl Grip". pod.link.
  11. ^ Ntim, Zac (August 24, 2022). "BFI London Film Festival Announces LFF Expanded Lineup; Guy Maddin To Debut New Work".
  12. ^ Dalton2021-09-10T09:45:00+01:00, Ben. "Asif Kapadia project heads BFI London Film Festival immersive, XR strand". Screen.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)