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The National Youth Film Conference 2022 brought together the future of film to tackle the issues that are important to debate in our industry. Our Live audience debated with top industry professionals, and they also get to meet and form connections with hundreds of other young professionals.
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Film Talks Live with
Max Harwood
This year we were excited to be joined by rising star, and lead actor in the movie 'Everybody's Talking About Jamie' Max Harwood.
Max joined Dan Charles on the Sofa to discuss his career highlights, how he made it in film
Panel Discussion
James Bond, a character you can't mess with?
Does it matter if historical characters change gender or race?
The Panel
Caroline Munro
Leggy, brunette-maned pin-up actress Caroline Munro was born in 1949 in Windsor, Berkshire, England, and lived in Rottingdean near Brighton where she attended a Roman Catholic convent school. By chance, her mother and a photographer entered her picture in a "Face of the Year" competition for the British newspaper The Evening News and won. This led to modeling chores, her first job being for Vogue Magazine at age 17. She moved to London to pursue top modeling jobs and became a major cover girl for fashion and television commercials while there.
Decorative bit parts came her way in such films as Casino Royale (1967) and Where's Jack? (1969). One of her many gorgeous photo ads earned her a screen test and a one-year contract at Paramount where she won the role of Richard Widmark's daughter in the comedy/western A Talent for Loving (1973). She first met husband/actor Judd Hamilton filming this movie but they later divorced. Also in 1969, she became the commercial poster girl for "Lamb's Navy Rum", a gig that lasted ten years. She had no lines as Vincent Price's dead wife in The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971) and Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972) which, in turn, led to a Hammer Studios contract and such low-budget spine-tinglers as Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972) and Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter (1974). More noticeable roles came outside the studio as the slave girl/love interest in The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1973), the princess in At the Earth's Core (1976), and a lethal Bond girl in the top-notch The Spy Who Loved Me (1977). Her voluptuous looks sustained her for a bit longer but the quality of her roles did not improve with higher visibility. Later 70's and 80's roles included the lowergrade Starcrash (1978), Maniac (1980) and Slaughter High (1986), the last-mentioned written and directed by second husband George Dugdale, whom she married in 1990. He died in 2020.
Following her marriage, she was less seen. The septuagenarian continued to perform sporadically on camera, primarily in England and often in the horror genre. Subsequent lead and supporting movie roles have included To Die For (1994), Domestic Strangers (1996), Flesh for the Beast (2003), Vampyres (2015), Cute Little Buggers (2017) and House of the Gorgon (2019) which also featured her daughter, actress Georgina Dugdale.
Decorative bit parts came her way in such films as Casino Royale (1967) and Where's Jack? (1969). One of her many gorgeous photo ads earned her a screen test and a one-year contract at Paramount where she won the role of Richard Widmark's daughter in the comedy/western A Talent for Loving (1973). She first met husband/actor Judd Hamilton filming this movie but they later divorced. Also in 1969, she became the commercial poster girl for "Lamb's Navy Rum", a gig that lasted ten years. She had no lines as Vincent Price's dead wife in The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971) and Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972) which, in turn, led to a Hammer Studios contract and such low-budget spine-tinglers as Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972) and Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter (1974). More noticeable roles came outside the studio as the slave girl/love interest in The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1973), the princess in At the Earth's Core (1976), and a lethal Bond girl in the top-notch The Spy Who Loved Me (1977). Her voluptuous looks sustained her for a bit longer but the quality of her roles did not improve with higher visibility. Later 70's and 80's roles included the lowergrade Starcrash (1978), Maniac (1980) and Slaughter High (1986), the last-mentioned written and directed by second husband George Dugdale, whom she married in 1990. He died in 2020.
Following her marriage, she was less seen. The septuagenarian continued to perform sporadically on camera, primarily in England and often in the horror genre. Subsequent lead and supporting movie roles have included To Die For (1994), Domestic Strangers (1996), Flesh for the Beast (2003), Vampyres (2015), Cute Little Buggers (2017) and House of the Gorgon (2019) which also featured her daughter, actress Georgina Dugdale.
Phil Meheux BSC
Phil Méheux BSC is an award winning Director of Photography, recognized world-wide for his outstanding collaborations and photographic skills on such iconic motion pictures as The Long Good Friday, Goldeneye, The Mask of Zorro, Entrapment and Casino Royale amongst many others.
After making films as a teenager, he began his professional career with the BBC Television Film Unit rising quickly through the ranks to film cameraman on many notable documentaries and filmed television plays - many of which won awards at television festivals.
His first cinema feature, Black Joy, directed by Anthony Simmons, was the official British entry for the 1977 Cannes Film Festival. Photographing director, Martin Campbell's first feature film, Criminal Law, launched an unprecedented 20-year collaboration with films such as Defenseless, No Escape, The Mask of Zorro, Beyond Borders, The Legend of Zorro, Edge of Darkness, and the two worldwide Bond hits, Goldeneye and Casino Royale, the latter earning him a BAFTA nomination, and the British Society of Cinematographers Best Cinematography award. In 2015 Méheux was presented with the American Society of Cinematographers International Award "reserved for cinematographers of international repute who have made extraordinary contributions to the art form".
Méheux's imaginative and intelligent approach to cinematography has highlighted performances of many A-list stars from Kevin Bacon to Catherine Zeta-Jones and other directors such as Alan Clarke, Frank Coraci, Chris Columbus, Raja Gosnell, John Mackenzie, and Philip Noyce.
One of the most experienced and versatile directors of photography working today, Méheux's other credits include the controversial Scum, The Fourth Protocol, Max Headroom, Ruby, The Saint, Bicentennial Man, Beverly Hills Chihuahua, and Smurfs 1 & 2 as well as countless television and cinema commercials for the widest variety of products ranging from cars to food and everything in between.
Phil Méheux is an elected member of the British Society of Cinematographers since 1979 and has served on its Board of Governors since 1993. He was elected as its president in 2002 and served two consecutive terms. He is also an elected member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and an honorary member of the Australian Cinematographers Society.
After making films as a teenager, he began his professional career with the BBC Television Film Unit rising quickly through the ranks to film cameraman on many notable documentaries and filmed television plays - many of which won awards at television festivals.
His first cinema feature, Black Joy, directed by Anthony Simmons, was the official British entry for the 1977 Cannes Film Festival. Photographing director, Martin Campbell's first feature film, Criminal Law, launched an unprecedented 20-year collaboration with films such as Defenseless, No Escape, The Mask of Zorro, Beyond Borders, The Legend of Zorro, Edge of Darkness, and the two worldwide Bond hits, Goldeneye and Casino Royale, the latter earning him a BAFTA nomination, and the British Society of Cinematographers Best Cinematography award. In 2015 Méheux was presented with the American Society of Cinematographers International Award "reserved for cinematographers of international repute who have made extraordinary contributions to the art form".
Méheux's imaginative and intelligent approach to cinematography has highlighted performances of many A-list stars from Kevin Bacon to Catherine Zeta-Jones and other directors such as Alan Clarke, Frank Coraci, Chris Columbus, Raja Gosnell, John Mackenzie, and Philip Noyce.
One of the most experienced and versatile directors of photography working today, Méheux's other credits include the controversial Scum, The Fourth Protocol, Max Headroom, Ruby, The Saint, Bicentennial Man, Beverly Hills Chihuahua, and Smurfs 1 & 2 as well as countless television and cinema commercials for the widest variety of products ranging from cars to food and everything in between.
Phil Méheux is an elected member of the British Society of Cinematographers since 1979 and has served on its Board of Governors since 1993. He was elected as its president in 2002 and served two consecutive terms. He is also an elected member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and an honorary member of the Australian Cinematographers Society.
Madeline Smith
Madeline Smith is an English actress. After working as a model in the late 1960s, she went on to appear in many television series and stage productions, plus comedy and horror films, in the 1970s and 1980s. She is perhaps best known for playing Bond girl Miss Caruso in Live and Let Die (1973), but also had larger roles in the Hammer horror films The Vampire Lovers (1970), Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970), Tam-Lin (1970), Theatre of Blood (1973) and Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974) and comedy films including Up Pompeii (1971), Up the Front (1972) and Carry On Matron (1972) amongst others. She also appeared in the films The Killing of Sister George (1968), Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You (1970), The Amazing Mr. Blunden (1972) and the musical film Take Me High (1973) with Cliff Richard. After leaving the acting profession in the late 1980s to bring up her family, she returned to acting in 2011.