A week's work experience at BAFTA-winning production company The Bureau

The Bureau is an established, BAFTA winning, production company known for its work with some of the UK’s most distinctive film makers, from Asif Kapadia, to Harry Wootliff, Aleem Khan, and Andrew Haigh.

Recent films include The Strays with Netflix, which launched at number one on the platform in the UK, and spent its opening weeks in the top ten in 89 territories; Supernova starring Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci; Aleem Khan’s After Love, for which Joanna Scanlan won a BAFTA for best Actress; and Harry Wootliff’s True Things starring Ruth Wilson and Tom Burke.

The Bureau previously produced Andrew Haigh’s 45 Years, for which Charlotte Rampling was Oscar nominated, and upcoming productions include Queen at Sea starring Juliette Binoche, and Andrew Haigh’s next film, which will shoot in the autumn of 2025.

The Bureau is also a co-producer on two international features: Dara Van Dusen’s A Prayer for The Dying, starring Johnny Flynn, which is a co-production with Norway (Eye Eye Pictures), Sweden (GarageFilm) and Greece, and Meryem Benm’Barek’s Behind The Palm Trees, a France- Morocco-Belgium-UK co-production.

This work experience week will involve shadowing the Production Manager to observe how an independent film production company operates. Depending on our current projects, the person will learn about script development, experience the intensity of pre-production planning, or follow post-production where the film takes its final shape.