Curators

Our curators are responsible for maintaining, developing and explaining the BFI’s collections. The unit is divided into six teams: fiction, non-fiction, television, special collections, collections development and archive projects.

Nigel Arthur (curatorial archivist, stills, posters and designs)
Tabitha Austin (paper conservator, special collections / BFI Reuben Library)
James Bell (senior curator, fiction)
Carolyne Bevan (special collections archivist)
Josephine Botting (curator, 20th century fiction)
Dylan Cave (collections development manager)
Ros Cranston (curator, non-fiction)
Bryony Dixon (curator, silent film)
Mark Duguid (senior curator, archive projects)
William Fowler (curator, artists’ moving image)
Steven Foxon (curator, non-fiction)
Sonia Genaitay (curatorial archivist)
Elinor Groom (curator, television)
Lisa Kerrigan (senior curator, television)
Kathleen Luckey (curatorial archivist)
Simon McCallum (curator, archive projects)
Xavier Pillai (curator, television)
Patrick Russell (senior curator, non-fiction)
Wendy Russell (special collections archivist)
Nidhi Shukal (digital curatorial archivist)
Claire Smith (senior curator, special collections)
Jez Stewart (curator, non-fiction)
Kristina Tarasova (assistant curator, acquisitions)
Rosie Taylor (curator, fiction)
Rebecca Vick (assistant curator, acquisitions)