About me
Nahrein Kemp has an MA in Film And Television Studies from the British Film Institute, where she was awarded the Richard Attenborough Scholarship. She began her career in BBC Radio and TV before joining film and TV company, Little Bird where she worked in various production capacities for films including BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY (Renee Zellweger), GANGSTER NO.1 (Paul Bettany), ORDINARY DECENT CRIMINAL and INVICIBLE (directed by Werner Herzog) as well as TV drama such as the International Emmy award winning DIRTY TRICKS (Martin Clunes). She then went onto originate and executive produce the 13 part children's comedy series UNCLE MAX for ITV. She produced the feature documentary SHOT IN BOMBAY for BBC Storyville and the Sundance Channel, which premiered at the Sheffield Doc Fest and at festivals including Hot Docs, SXSW and LA Indian Film Festival and had a limited theatrical release across the UK, supported by the UK Film Council. In 2008, Nahrein produced the second series of UNCLE MAX for the BBC starring David Schneider, Frank Skinner, Meera Syal and Jocelyn Jee Esien. She has worked at Bigger Pictures and as a consultant producer to companies such as Tico Film and Pitstop Productions.
Nahrein took part in the INSIDE PICTURES course in 2007, was a mentee on the WFTV mentoring scheme with Pat Younge, Sugar Films as her mentor and was named as a Breakthrough Brit by the UK Film Council, which honoured BAME professionals in the film industry. At Film London, she is working on Equal Access initiatives to ensure TV and Film have a dynamic and diverse workforce. She set up the first ever Return to Work Scheme with funding from Creative Skillset's HETV Fund placing 6 parents in Returnships at Tiger Aspect, Carnival, Twickenham Studios, Objective Media Group, Molinare and Cuba Pictures. She is currently a mentor on the Women In Film and TV Scheme, member of the BAME steering group for the Games London Festival and member of Bafta's New Talent and Learning Commitee.
Projects
- Film London: Return to work schemeI created the first ever Return To Work scheme for High End TV. This took 6 parents, ‘re-trained’ them and gave them a four week ‘Returnships’ at the following companies- Carnival Films, Tiger Aspect, Molinare, Cuba Pictures, Twickenham Studios and Objective Media Group. Each Returner was also given a carefully matched mentor. The scheme ended in December and the Returners have found been employed at companies including Reef TV, Tiger Aspect, Twickenham Studios, Carnival Films, CBBC and Aardman
- Equal Access NetworkCo- established and run Film London’s Equal Access Network (EAN), whose aim is to ensure the screen industries reflect the diversity of London’s population. EAN will help anyone who wants to work and thrive in the screen industries but also works with charities, foundations and training providers to ensure that under represented groups also have access to jobs and opportunities. So far, it has created 100 opportunities and jobs and the plan is to increase this to 150 for the new year. Part of th
- Film London x The Ink Factory Internship SchemeJoining forces with The Ink Factory (The Night Manager), I placed two interns into a fully paid, three months internship. Amina Aweis was placed in Marketing while Nimai Inniss was placed in the development department. Both Nimai and Amina were given a mentor and are receiving on going support from Film London.
Projects credited in
- This International Women’s Day, meet the 200 Women Redefining the Creative Industry in 2018Discover our 2020 list here This International Women's Day, we asked influential icons to nominate 10 trailblazing women who they believe are redefining the creator landscape. The result? A unique and incredible list of 200 trailblazing women breaking barriers and inspiring change! Only 36% of jobs in the creative sector are currently filled by women. At the top of the tree there’s an even bigger problem - women make up only 11% of Creative Directors. In an attempt to change this, our month-lo165