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Tyke Films aims to make a bold contribution to the UK filmmaking landscape through a slate of personal stories. Our projects are drawn from left-field sources and less represented geographies and communities. We work with ambitious storytellers pushing form and content. 

In 2018 Tyke Films was selected for Creative England’s CE50, celebrating the achievements of the best up and coming, innovative and disruptive companies across film, games and digital tech. Rebecca was also shortlisted for Breakthrough Producer category at the British Independent Film Awards.

 

ABOUT REBECCA MARK-LAWSON

 

After working extensively in production with the likes of Penny Woolcock and Ken Loach, Rebecca was appointed as development executive for new talent at EM Media. Working on titles including Dead Man’s Shoes, This Is England, Michael Winterbottom’s Cock and Bull Story, Anton Corbin’s Control, Duane Hopkin’s Better Things and Keith Fulton, Lois Pepe and Tony Grisoni’s Brother of the Head.

Then as Managing Executive at Lifesize Pictures, she delivered new talent schemes for the UK Film Council including Directors Lab, Cinema Extreme, Digital Shorts, Digital Nation and 4Mations.

 
 
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ABOUT DARIA NITSCHE

Daria is an international filmmaker from Germany, and currently based in the UK.

She started her career in 2006, working on programmes for Germany’s leading broadcaster ZDF, as well as global TV and cinema ads. In order to gain more international experience, she decided to move to the UK where she continued studying and received a Master’s degree in Film and Media Production.

Since then she has worked in various production and postproduction roles on films and documentaries, as well as commercials and marketing videos for companies such as Netflix and Channel 4 News.

Over the years she has gained a vast network of industry professionals, which has given her the opportunity to be involved in German, English, Italian, American and Nigerian productions.

 
 
 
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ABOUT JOE WILLIS

Pronouns: He/Him/They/Them

Joe is a Development Exec, born and currently living in Sheffield, UK.

Joe has worked in TV and Film since 2018, building up an extensive knowledge of Screenwriting and Development leading him to be chosen for the BBC Northern Voices Scheme and Children’s Voices Scheme in 2020. He has also worked on several BFI Projects both as a Writer and Script Consultant and is interested in LGBTQIA+ stories, projects around family relationships, mental health activism and the recontextualization of history.