Stephen Marsh

Stephen graduated from The National Film and TV School as a producer with several award-winning and widely screened shorts including A Long Way Home, written by Dennis Potter award-winner John Milarky, and Sidney's Chair by Roberto Bangura, broadcast on Channel 4 and BBC2 respectively. After being awarded the MEDIA funded Nipkow Fellowship, and developing a feature film in Berlin, he produced The Star, a 20-minute Tartan Short for Renegade Films, BBC Scotland and Scottish Screen. The Star won two BAFTA Scotland awards, as well as a Royal Television Society award.

Stephen went on to line-produce several IVCA award-winning drama serials for OUP (starring Jim Sweeney and Steve Steen), as well as producing behind-the-scenes programmes for the Hallmark Movie Channel. Stephen then gained invaluable experience as a script analyst/editor for a diverse range of broadcasters, independent producers, feature film financiers and distribution companies including BBC Films, Intermedia, Alliance Atlantis, Momentum Pictures and The New Zealand Film Commission.

As a co-founder of Whistling Thorn Films, Stephen has been central to the running of the company and the growth of the development and production slate, as well as producing numerous award-winning brand films, commercials, animations and documentaires for global companies like Nokia, Procter & Gamble, and Vauxhall. Stephen's films include an award-winning commercial for Jobcentre Plus, and his film for KPMG won the prestigious Best at Festival Prize in 2008 at the US International Film and Video Festival in Los Angeles.