Footage Person of the Year

2022 Winner

Richard Watson

Job Title:: Head of Film and Digital Restoration
Company:: R3store Studios

Archival highlights

Rich is in that group of unsung heroes who hide all day in the dark. Along with colourists he is amongst the people that are always hiding away in their dark rooms, working extremely patiently frame by frame on projects. Rich constantly exceeds expetations for our clients ensuring they receive the highest quality materials back for their budget. During COVID Rich moved to the night shift for quite a few weeks as he needed a dark room to be able to work; again going above and beyond for the team and to ensure we met all our deadlines still.

Shortlisted

Nicole Wilkinson and Misbah Ullah (Job Share)

Job Title:: Senior Product Specialist
Company:: Getty

Archival highlights

Misbah and Nicole job share at BBC Motion Gallery/Getty dealing with hundreds of requests at the same time and have been nominated for their unenviable task of keeping the avalanche of archive requests flowing through the many and various departments and checks required before footage can be delivered. While dealing with numerous requests they are always cheerful while keeping in touch with clients regularly.

Vicky Turner

Job Title:: Director of Sales EMEA/APAC
Company:: Nimia

Archival highlights

Vicky Turner has worked for Framepool since 2008, ‘she IS Framepool/Nimia UK’ as quoted in her nomination. Moving from Head of Global Sales Strategy to her current role as Director of Sales EMEA/ APAC Nimia is a testament to her talent within the archive industry. Vicky knows pretty much everyone in the business, and she will always go that extra mile to work with budgets of all sizes.

Aurélia Charrier

Job Title:: Sales Executive International
Company:: Ina - Institut national de l'audiovisuel

Archival highlights

Aurelia has been acknowledged for her extensive knowledge of the INA archive helping clients to navigate INA's inner workings and complexities as well as French copyright rules. She has been noted as being extremely accommodating to requests as well as helpful when it comes to 3rd party issues and necessary permissions, quick to respond and finds the most amazing archive.

James West

Job Title:: Footage Research and Clearance Manager EMEA/APAC
Company:: Nimia

Archival highlights

James has been quoted as being ‘like a bloodhound’ when searching out the best content and always goes the extra mile for our customers. In June 2020, Nimia took over Framepool and launched a sister company in Europe, Kurator, a complete clearance service. James has been a critical player in many of the projects, his knowledge of third party rights is immense, dealing with multiple requests in a very professional way.