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DAISY ALLSOP ASSOCIATE PRODUCER


Daisy studied Philosophy at Cambridge University where she was immersed in student drama, helped found a new theatre in her college grounds, produced a number of plays and sent a production to Edinburgh. In her summers she worked on television documentaries, on Channel 4 News, as a producer's assistant on two features, and as a freelance script reader for Intermedia and Working Title. After graduating she spent a year as Acquisitions Assistant at Downtown Pictures, an independent UK distributor.

In early 2001 she joined Capitol Films, a leading UK sales, production and financing company where she spent three years as Development & Acquisitions Executive. She was heavily involved in the acquisition and development of her favourite project Five Children & It, and moved across to work for producer Nick Hirschkorn, on the production.

She now remains at Feel Films as Head of Development, managing their slate of projects to see them through to production and beyond. Feel Films are one of the UK Film Council "Superslate" companies and are developing a number of projects including two adaptations of Whitbread prize winning books, and working with some highly acclaimed writers and directors.

Daisy was a founder of Stellar Network UK, a membership organisation that connects professionals in film, television and theatre. For Stellar she developed relationships with Bafta, the Film Council, BFI and key UK organisations and distributors. In her spare time she is also a screen-writer, and has representation for her recently completed script. She has a regular slot as a "film pundit" on the national radio station Classic Gold reviewing new releases and reporting from film festivals. She has served on a number of panels and short film juries and has given script development workshops for the BFI.

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