HYDE PARK PICTURE HOUSE - Key Persons
Bruno Wollheim is an independent documentary film-maker. He trained as an art historian at UCL London and Harvard Graduate School. He has worked on many Channel4 and the BBC programmes, including two award-winning films on David Hockney. The subject of his most recent film Path to the Absolute is the eminent modern art historian John Golding, focusing on his career as an abstract painter.
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- Deputy Operations Manager
Having started as a volunteer in 2014, Josef now helps manage HPPH's wonderful volunteer team, and supports our front of house team in the day-to-day running of the cinema. This mainly involves running around, smiling a lot, and trying his best to keep us flush with popcorn and tiffin.
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- Fellow at the Leonard a. Lauder Research Center for Modern Art
Dr Jonathan Vernon is an art historian who has studied the work and reception of Constantin Br ncuşi for ten years. His PhD thesis (The Courtauld Institute of Art, 2019) studied how Br ncuşi's work was written into American, Western European, and Romanian art histories and reinterpreted by sculptors after the artist's death in 1957.
In 2020-21 Jonathan was a Leonard A. Lauder Postdoctoral Fellow at the Leonard A. Lauder Research Center for Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. He has also served as an Associate Lecturer at The Courtauld (2018-19, 2022-23) and Ridinghouse Contributing Editor at The Burlington Magazine (2014-17). Jonathan's research has been supported by the Terra Foundation for American Art, the Henry Moore Institute and the Arts and Humanities Research Council.
His published works include a monograph on Amedeo Modigliani for Tate, an exhibition catalogue on British sculpture since the 1960s for Karsten Schubert Gallery and contributions to the catalogue published alongside Centre Pompidou's Br ncuşi retrospective this year. He is currently working on a manuscript that asks what the idea of the fragment has meant to modern history, culture and politics since 1945.
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- Digital Marketing Coordinator
Martha represents the cinema passionately across all of our digital channels. She manages our new website which involves updating film, venue and accessibility pages, and writing and coordinating content for our new journal pages. She also keeps customers up to date via email newsletters.
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- Projection & Facilities Manager
Mike is responsible for managing HPPH's projection team, looking after our projection and AV equipment (both analogue and digital), maintaining our historic building and health and safety across the cinema.
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- Creative Engagement Officer
As Creative Engagement Officer Mosa works with anyone external to the cinema, such as individuals, charities, organisations and programmers to come up with interesting and mutually beneficial film events.
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- Marketing & Communications Manager
Ollie looks after all aspects of the cinema's communications - from social media and digital marketing, to brand development, print and press engagement. He also leads on our audience development strategy, helping the cinema become a place even more people in Leeds can enjoy.
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- Deputy Projection & Facilities Manager
Owen is responsible for assisting Mike and HPPH's projection team, maintaining our building, and providing technical support in house and for external users of the building.
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- Operations & Programme Manager
Robb helps select films and facilitates our screenings and events programme. He also manages the cinema's general operations, box office, kiosk and front of house staffing.
Tony Cragg is an Anglo-German sculptor, born in the UK and resident in Germany since 1977. His early work involved site-specific arrangements of found objects and discarded materials. In 1988 Cragg represented Britain at the 43rd Venice Biennale, and won the Turner Prize the same year. Cragg was knighted in 2016 for his service to the visual arts and Anglo-German relations.
Wendy's role is to shape the way in which all aspects of the work we do - ranging from programming to working with staff and partners - helps to fulfil our charitable aims.
Sylvia delivers our programme of learning and engagement activities for our young audience through screenings, educational activities, community workshops and targeted opportunities.