Membership
Iain Smith has served on the boards of the UK Film Council, Scottish Screen, the Joint board of Creative Scotland, the Scottish Film Council, the Scottish Film Production Fund, the Scottish Film Training Trust and as a Governor of the National Film and Television School. He is currently a patron of the London Film School, Chair of the Film Skills Council, and is a director of the Children’s Film and Television Foundation. He has recently been appointed Chair of the new UK Film Industry Training Board, and is Chair of the Edinburgh International Film Festival. He is a member of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, the Production Guild of Great Britain, and the Producers Guild of America.
In 2011, Iain Smith was appointed Chair of the British Film Commission. He is often called upon to speak about the film industry - Scottish, British and global. In 2011, he gave a hallmark speech at a United Nations' WIPO conference.
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