About · Team
Who runs Futures in Film.
A board of five directors, chaired by the founder, and a Technical and Production Lead who came through our own trainee programme.
The board
Rizwan (Riz) Wadan
Founder and ChairA camera stabilisation specialist. Founded MR Helix Ltd in 2016, which develops the Helix gimbal and exoskeleton, and Pixeleyed Pictures Ltd in 2017. Sets the direction and teaches the stabilisation and 35mm modules. MR Helix technology has worked on Luther and The Favourite. Futures in Film grew out of MR Helix's training work.Nina Karwalska
Director and Designated Safeguarding LeadLeads on safeguarding for the board. Co-founder and director of Screen Sisters CIC, which brings women of faith into screen work.Jeremy Braben Assoc. BSC
Non-executive directorAerial director of photography and founder of Helicopter Film Services.Alan Piper
Non-executive directorFormer Managing Director EMEA of RED Digital Cinema, and former Managing Director of Take 2.Pete Swarbrick
DirectorFormer Head of Digital Imaging at Panavision Europe.- GovernanceHow the board worksThe asset lock, declared interests, how we are funded and who holds learner data.
The team
Ateeb Malik
Technical and Production LeadCame through our trainee programme as a camera trainee and 2nd AC. Now runs technical delivery and production on our units.- AdvisersWorking crew who teachHeads of department, operators, grips and technicians come in to teach, test and shoot on our units. Want to advise? An hour a month.
How a unit is crewed
- HoDs lead. Working heads of department run each department on the day.
- Learners hold a grade. They sit inside a department, under a named supervisor. Never in place of crew.
- One call sheet. Same calls, same chain of command as a drama.
- Safeguarding on every unit. Our Designated Safeguarding Lead sits on the board.
