andre

Application Designer

Anna

Advertising

Josephine

Model Agency Director at Mentor and Photographer.

Mentor Model Agency was founded in 2012 by Josephine Webster. Josephine has over 25 years working in the modeling, photography and filming industries. Mentor specialisms in recruiting, mentoring and managing a diverse pool of models and talent in the fashion, commercial, editorial and television industries. We have models and clients throughout the whole of the UK.

barbara

Acting Teacher

Barbara leads Studio 13, a film training groups based in the heart of Sheffield since 2017 and now Kurious on site residents their expert coaches and specialists offer actors with the fundamental opportunities and skill-set to launch their careers in this ever increasing demanding industry. They hold a diverse array of Acting courses, specialising within the powerful 'Meisner technique' as developed by the world renowned teacher Sanford Meisner.

benedict

Composer

Benedict has had quite a wide experience with TV and film, running a company, CZA Studios for 2D and 3D animation, specialising in whiteboard animation for companies like PwC and McKinsey and Co. He has also provided zooming in from space to a specific play in Manchester for the BBC series, The Body Farm and also providing interactive coding for BBC series like Inspector Lewis and Hustle. Other than his work for Google Digital Garage (and Google New Initiative) as broadcaster, lead talker and moderator and all of his background in animation and film, Benedict is now centring his work on his first love, composing for film. .

dalit

editor and director

Dalit is a highly experienced award winning editor and director who’s worked in the industry for over 25 years. Her work includes editing high end TV programmes for BBC, CH4, ITV and CH5 such as ‘A New Life In The Sun’, ‘Say Yes To The Dress’ and ‘My Yorkshire’ as well as music videos for artists such as UB40, Travis and the award winning video for Roni Size, ‘Brown Paper Bag’. Dalit also Directed and edited the award winning short film ‘Coal In Their Veins’, winner of Director’s Choice at Diversity In Cannes (2021) along with directing and editing various music videos and promotional films, winning awards including best Europe Music Video Award (2022) and Best Female Director at the Rome Music Video Awards (2022).

james

podcast strategist and producer

James is our resident podcast guru. He runs his own business, Sound Media, working primarily with brands to create ear-catching audio content which really engages with their target audience. He’s a firm believer that any podcast is only as good as the strategy behind it – otherwise it ends up just joining the noise that is already out there, rather than cutting above it. His background is in journalism and media. He started as a newspaper journalist before moving into radio, first as a newsreader, then presenter, then into management and coaching. He now helps people get a podcast up and running, from concept to content, alongside editing and production work in our shiny studios at Kurious HQ.

Marcus

Audio Technician

Marcus works across the audio post-production spectrum, on everything from sound design to dialogue editing in films and VR. He holds a 1st class honours degree in Music Technology and has worked for global and local production companies including the BBC, Red Apple Creative and Audio Always. Marcus is a multi skilled, organised engineer who loves a challenge and finding new ways of making things sound amazing. Currently he is working on the audio post production for two upcoming short films, including projects for the BBC and Berghaus. Marcus is interested in any projects involving audio post production across all forms of media.

Naomi

Photography

Ryan

Animator/Director

Ryan is currently freelancing as a writer, director and animator and has just finished solo-animating his highly ambitious debut feature film Absolute Denial; a behemoth of a project requiring over 30,000 frames of hand drawn animation. The film is based on his acclaimed script ‘EXE’ – a quarter-finalist screenplay at the Austin Film Festival and semi-finalist of Write LA 2018. At 18 he was the youngest ever recipient of the BAFTA 60 Seconds of Fame award for his short, stop motion film Stick Together which he produced himself in his bedroom. Now, he is excited to take his debut feature to festivals and is already keen to begin developing the next big project!.

Will

Member

Chris

Director

Chris is an alumnus of the prestigious National Film and Television School, as well as industry programmes such as ACE Producers, Berlinale Talents, Screen Yorkshire’s Flex, Creative UK’s Market Trader and the Cannes Producer Network. His BAFTA winning animation, “The Bigger Picture”, along with his live action short, “How I Didn’t Become A Piano Player”, racked up over 250 festival screenings and 100 awards between them.

Richard

Advertising

Jenna

Model Booker at Mentor Model Agency and Dance

Jenna is a model booker at Mentor Model Agency and they represent models, actors, influencers, creatives (MUA/Stylists etc) and artists with specific skills and talent such as dancers, singers, sports persons, presenters plus much more.

Ian

Editor