Freya Billington
UWE Programe Leader UWE_FILM
Freya is a Filmmaker and Lecturer based in Bristol.
She launched ‘boyandbearfilms’ in 2014 to develop independent projects, since when she has completed the films 'Bread and Butter' with Jennifer Bell, 'Not Waving', starring Peter Bowles for IShorts/Creative England and documentary 'How Lucky?' filmed in Finetown Township, SA over four years all of which have screened extensively at Film Festivals She is now in development on short film 'Terminated: Teeh and Tinder'.
Currently Programme Leader of UWE_FILM Bristol, she ran Film Production at University of Gloucestershire for the 5 years prior to that, both with considerable success. She is a Fulbright Scholar and Fellow of Syracuse University, NY where she completed her MFA in Fine Art Film. She was awarded a hugely prestigious HEA National Teaching Fellowship in 2015, is on the Executive Board for NAHEMI (the National Association of Higher Education in the Moving Image, the Directors Board of the IFA Bologna (International Filmmaking Academy) and is External Examiner for the NFTS (National Film and Television School).
Previously she worked as an Editor on primarily documentary-based projects for BBC4, BBC2 and the Open University and as a Post Production Supervisor on high- end dramas for the BBC including 'Babyfather', 'Outside the Rules' and 'The Whistle-Blower', having started out as a First Assistant Director for companies like Hammer and Tongs, Propaganda Films Europe and Red Star Films.
https://freyabillingtonfilm.com/