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Nominated by: Preethi
Mavahalli, executive producer,
Mammoth Screen
It’s a massive task going from
directing short films to helming
three episodes of a widely antici-
pated BBC1 drama, but Koby Adom
has proved himself more than
capable of doing so. His colleagues
at Mammoth Screen say the 29
year-old has met the challenge
with positivity and dedication.
“Throw anything at Koby and
he will put in 100% effort and pull
it off,” says Preethi Mavahalli.
According to colleagues, Koby
has an infectious energy and is a
delight to have on any team.
Mavahalli says he has the ability
to bring people on side, nurture
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loyalty and elicit trust from those
with whom he works.
On upcoming BBC1 drama
Noughts + Crosses, he worked with
experienced talent who had full
confidence in him. Koby had to
manage late scripts, international
filming, a big crew and ambitious
VFX, with very little prep time. If
he can pull that off, he can do
anything, says Mavahalli.
Koby is currently shadowing on
Netflix’s Top Boy reboot and devel-
oping a feature and a series based
on his film House Girl.
One of Screen International’s
Stars of Tomorrow in 2018 and
now a Broadcast Hot Shot, he
is all set to make waves in the
industry as a director.Nominated by: Aleksandra
Bilic, head of development,
My Accomplice
Dorothy Allen-Pickard’s short films
have won prizes including Best UK
New Director at BFI Future Film
Festival and Best UK Short at Open
City Doc Fest.
She has had work commissioned
by Adidas, Google and Vice and
also made fictional short The Wall
for Channel 4’s Random Acts.
The Guardian critic Lyn Gardner
describes Dorothy’s film The Bean-
field as “a theatrically ambitious
and boldly political show”, while
The Mess, about bipolar disorder,
captured the highs and lows of
an overlooked mental illness,
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My Accomplice’s Aleksandra
Bilic says that through practice
and experimentation, Pickard
has learned the value of working
with people whose opinions,
creative instincts and attitudes
complement her own: “Dorothy
is aware of how much there is to
learn from every contributor, and
aims to foster a space that wel-
comes exchange and reflection
to get the most from every one’s
experience and expertise.”
Bilic adds that during a develop-
ment internship in Tangier, Dorothy
went beyond what was expected
in assisting Sean Gullette on his
first film, Traitors. Gullette says
her performance was “well above
many Ivy League graduates”.