BAFTA Breakthrough 2024 - new creatives honoured
- The 2024 BAFTA Breakthrough cohort includes young creatives from film, games, and TV, supported by Netflix, offering personalized mentoring and career advice.
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The BAFTA Breakthrough cohort for 2024 has been announced, and this year's cohort of young creatives working in film, games and TV includes those who have worked on hit video games Black Myth: Wukong and Baldur's Gate 3 as well as those from film and TV, including Bottoms, WondLa and Baby Reindeer.
The Breakthrough awards is supported by Netflix and is designed to turn the spotlight on new talent on the cusp of, well… breaking through. The list includes talented creatives from the UK, US and India, who join last year's BAFTA Through cohort . The Breakthrough initiative is a year-round programme aimed to support professional development in games, TV and film. In comes off the back of BAFTA revealing the winners of this year's BAFTA Young Game Designers in the summer.
This year we have an amazing roster of casting directors, producers, writers, performers, lead artists, cinematographers, lead developers, and more
"BAFTA Breakthrough, now in its 11th year, spotlights a host of emerging and talented 'must-watch' creative practitioners working across film, games and television," says Jane Millichip, BAFTA CEO. "This year we have an amazing roster of casting directors, producers, writers, performers, lead artists, cinematographers, lead developers, and more. We urge the industry to take note. A huge thank you to Netflix, whose support makes BAFTA Breakthrough possible."
The year-long program offers an incredible package for budding talent: personalised one-on-one mentoring, tailored career advice, full voting BAFTA membership, and exclusive access to BAFTA events and screenings.
Participants also get to connect with industry professionals through curated networking events in the UK and beyond, providing a global platform to grow their careers. If you're part of BAFTA Breakthrough things are looking good. If you want to find out more, visit the BAFTA website , and maybe you can make next year's list. Read our professional development content for career advice, tips and insights.
2024 BAFTA Breakthrough cohort
BAFTA Breakthrough is part of BAFTA's year-round initiatives to nurture the next generation of creative talent. Its long-established and celebrated programmes, such as BAFTA Elevate, Young Games Designers, and the Yugo BAFTA Student Awards, help thousands of people build their careers in film, games, and television.
Below is the full list of all 43 people included in the 2024 BAFTA Breakthrough cohort:
BAFTA Breakthrough: UK
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Alice RussellDirector - If the Streets Were on Fire
Beth ParkLead Performance Director - Black Myth: Wukong
Clair TitleyDirector - The Contestant
Cobbie YatesCostume Designer - Layla
Daf JamesCreator/Writer/Executive Producer/Musical Director - Lost Boys & Fairies
Fred HoffmanArt Director - Paper Trail
Georgina HurcombeCreator/Producer/Director - Pop Paper City
Harry GilbertCasting Director - G'wed
Jennifer EnglishPerformer - Baldur's Gate 3
Kyla Harris*Lead Performer/Co-Creator/Co-Writer/Associate Producer - We Might Regret This
Lauren SequeiraCreator/Writer/Executive Producer - Domino Day
Lee Getty*Co-Creator/Co-Writer/Associate Producer - We Might Regret This
Loran DunnProducer - Hoard
Luna CarmoonWriter/Director - Hoard
Luned TonderaiSeries Director - Miriam: Death Of A Reality Star
Mawaan RizwanPerformer/Writer/Creator/Executive Producer - Juice
Otto BaxterWriter/Director/Performer - The Puppet Asylum
Poulomi BasuCreator/Director/Writer/Art Director - MAYA: The Birth of a Superhero
Rochelle NewmanProducer - White Nanny Black Child
Shahnaz DulaimyEditor - Top Boy
Sophie KnowlesLead Artist – Viewfinder
* applied as a team
BAFTA Breakthrough: US
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Angela Walker Patton**Director - Daughters
Elaine GómezCreative Director - Blink Land
Erica TremblayWriter/Director - Fancy Dance
Hanna ParkEditor - Bottoms
Jih-E PengCinematographer - Girls Will Be Girls
Joy NgiawComposer - WondLa
Juliana HoffpauirCostume Designer - Hit Man
Karrie Shirou ShaoGame Writer/Lead Designer - Pacific Drive
Nafisa KaptownwalaCasting Director - Dìdi
Natalie Rae**Director - Daughters
Nava MauPerformer - Baby Reindeer
Nicole HeCreative Director - The Crush House
Sean WangWriter/Director - Dìdi
** applied as a team
BAFTA Breakthrough: India
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Abhinav ChokhavatiaGame Producer - Down and Out
Christo TomyDirector - Curry and Cyanide: The Jolly Joseph Case
Deepa BhatiaWriter/Director/Producer - First Act
Dhiman KarmakarSound Designer/Production Sound Mixer - Amar Singh Chamkila
Jaydeep SarkarShowrunner/Series Director/Executive Producer - Rainbow Rishta
Monisha ThyagarajanSeries Producer - The Hunt for Veerappan
Neeraj KumarProducer/Lead Developer - Artifice: War Tactics
Sindhu Sreenivasa MurthyWriter/Director/Performer - Aachar & Co.
Varun GroverWriter/Director - All India Rank
