The NFTS to honor BBC’s Chief Content Officer, Charlotte Moore

The National Film and Television School (NFTS) has announced it will award its annual Honorary Fellowship to the BBC’s Chief Content Officer, Charlotte Moore. Patrick McKenna, Chairman of the NFTS, will present the Fellowship, awarded each year to individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to the industry at the School’s annual graduation ceremony on Friday March 4, 2022, at the Odeon Leicester Square in Central London.

Moore joined the BBC in 2006 and took up her current role as Chief Content Officer in September 2020, creatively leading and setting the strategy for BBC TV, Network Radio, BBC iPlayer, and BBC Sounds across all key genres and platforms. Under her leadership, the BBC has achieved record-breaking figures for iPlayer and attained global and critical success with titles including “Normal People,” “Killing Eve,” “I May Destroy You,” “Peter Kay’s Car Share,” “This Country,” “Blue Planet,” “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” and “Strictly Come Dancing”.

The NFTS Board of Governors selected Moore for the prestigious Honorary Fellowship to recognize her enormous contribution to the UK’s creative sector and sustained commitment to finding and backing new and diverse talent. Her long standing relationship with the NFTS was further cemented in 2020 when the NFTS and BBC announced an industry first three-year partnership, expanding the BBC’s creative input into the School. The deal includes a newly developed scholarship scheme, enabling up to 20 diverse students to benefit from the high quality of teaching at the NFTS and strengthening the off-screen diversity talent pipeline.

“It’s a real honour to be receiving an Honorary Fellowship from the NFTS. I’m a huge admirer and champion of their work and I’m delighted to be supporting their continued commitment to diversity and excellence. The NFTS are world leaders when it comes to developing creative talent. They’ve produced some of the most gifted film makers in the business and provide a vital pipeline for the UK’s creative industries,”  Charlotte Moore commented.

“As a proven champion of new talent and ideas, the NFTS is thrilled to honour Charlotte Moore’s contribution to the industry as a creative firepower. We are hugely proud of the School’s symbiotic partnership with the BBC and look forward to building ever stronger links with Charlotte and her editorial teams as we continue to work together to foster new and diverse talent at the start of their careers,”  Patrick McKenna added.