Screen Commission

Cheryl Conway joined Screen Scotland as Head of Screen Commission in January 2023 from Sydney, Australia, where she was Manager, Production Attraction at Screen NSW from 2017 – 2023.  She is a highly experienced, highly versatile Production Attraction Executive (Film Commissioner) with significant knowledge of the global film and television industry.

Cheryl lived and worked between Australia and the United States for most of her career and was critically involved in attracting and supporting large-scale productions to Australia since 2004.  

Just some of the large-scale productions she was involved with include Universal's The Fall Guy and 20th Century Studios’ The Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes; Marvel's Thor: Love and Thunder and Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, The Great Gatsby, The Wolverine, X-Men: Origins. She also worked closely with all domestic and independent international productions shooting in New South Wales. 

Caris started out as a runner in 2009 and collected a wide variety of experience  across departments and productions before settling into the realm of locations 6 years ago. She started at Screen Scotland in 2018, joining the Screen Commission team to support all projects in development and throughout production in Scotland, and answer filming enquiries that come in many different shapes and sizes.

Louise Harris, Screen Commission Officer. A librarian in a previous life, Louise is a veteran of the Screen Commission team, having joined many years ago as a part-time location assistant. That was back in the days when our locations library consisted of prints and negatives and Taggart was the biggest thing on Scottish TV. Louise finds that there’s still something new to learn about Scotland every day and enjoys visiting locations across the country.  

After leaving University of Glasgow with an MA in 1998, Francis started an independent production company making documentaries and television adverts. In 2001 he became the manager of Ayrshire Film Focus who’s aim was to attract as much production into the region as possible. He moved to Scottish Screen in 2005 working in Comms and then moved onto the Locations Department. He has been working in the Creative Scotland Screen Commission since the formation of the organisation. Francis is also a published photographer, writes and plays music, stories and makes short films.