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BAFTA unveils 2022 US, UK breakthroughs

November 10, 2022

BAFTA has revealed the 33 creatives from across the UK and US selected for BAFTA Breakthrough 2022. BAFTA Breakthrough is the arts charity’s flagship talent initiative that provides a springboard to creatives in film, games and TV. Breakthrough participants receive unique professional development support from BAFTA – from coaching and mentoring to networking opportunities with BAFTA’s global membership of key industry figures.

A jury of international creative industry experts including Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Ade Rawcliffe, Fiona Lamptey, Ruth Madeley, Nyasha Hatendi, Jodi Balfour and Bianca Lawson selected the participants this year.

The full list of this year’s BAFTA Breakthroughs is as follows:

UK Breakthroughs (pictured)

  • Alex Thomas | Director – Yorkshire Cop: Police, Racism and Me (TV)

  • Alyx Jones | Dialogue Editor – Elden Ring (Games)

  • Ambika Mod | Performer – This is Going to Hurt (TV)

  • Chloë Fairweather | Director – Dying to Divorce (Film)

  • Diana Olifirova | Cinematographer – Heartstopper (TV)

  • Emily Brown | Lead Designer – Alba: a Wildlife Adventure (Games)

  • Jack Rooke | Writer/Executive Producer – Big Boys (TV)

  • Jamal Green | Composer – TOEM (Games)

  • Joanna Boateng | Producer – Uprising (TV)

  • Leon Harrop | Performer – Ralph & Katie (TV)

  • Marley Morrison | Writer/Director  – Sweetheart (Film)

  • Morag Taylor | Principal Technical Artist – Total War: Warhammer 3 (Games)

  • Nell Barlow | Performer – Sweetheart (Film)

  • Nicôle Lecky | Writer/Executive Producer/Actor – MOOD (TV)

  • Paul Sng | Director – Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché (Film)

  • Rose Ayling-Ellis | Performer – Eastenders (TV)

  • Runyararo Mapfumo | Director – Sex Education (TV)

  • Sophie Cunningham | Director – Look Away (TV)

  • Theo Williams | Director – Terms & Conditions: Deeper than Drill (TV)

  • Zachary Soares & Luciana Nascimento | Co-Founders, Creative Director & Artistic Director – Moonglow Bay (Games)

US Breakthroughs

  • Alex Pritz | Director – The Territory (Film, Documentary)

  • Amrit Kaur | Performer – The Sex Lives of College Girls (TV)

  • Brandon Perea | Performer – NOPE (Film)

  • Charlotte Hornsby | Cinematographer – MASTER (Film)

  • Clare Knight | Director – Back to the Outback (Film)

  • Daphne Qin Wu | Cinematographer – The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster (Film)

  • Ellie Foumbi | Director/Writer – Our Father, the Devil (Film)

  • Megan Fox | Founder/Games Programmer – SkateBIRD (Games)

  • Melissa Adeyemo | Producer – Eyimofe (Film)

  • Rebeca Huntt | Director – Beba (Film, Documentary)

  • Robert Ouyang Rusli | Composer – Test Pattern (Film)

  • So Yun Um | Director – Liquor Store Dreams (Film, Documentary)

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